The most recent result of the unrest that has engulfed the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 of last year is the rekindled conflict in Syria.
The status quo was upset by the attacks and Israel’s response. More evidence that the conflict engulfing the Middle East is intensifying rather than abating comes from recent events in Syria.
Because Bashar al-Assad was willing to destroy Syria in order to preserve the government he inherited from his father, his control endured during the ten years of conflict that followed 2011.
He did it with the help of strong friends like Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah in Lebanon. They stepped in on his behalf against rebel organizations that included US-backed militias, Islamic State’s jihadist extremists.
