(National Interest) Ilan Berman - Iran's strategic footprint in the Levant has grown exponentially over the past half-decade as a result of the Islamic Republic's campaign in support of the Syrian regime. For now, Israel's significant military response has succeeded in establishing at least a minimum level of deterrence against Iran in Israel's north - and in demonstrating that Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general who has been identified as the architect of Tehran's Syria campaign, is not, in fact, "ten feet tall." The writer is senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington.
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