The US promised, Israel delivered
Why was it Israel and not the U.S. that reportedly attacked secret Syrian chemical-weapons sites, despite the U.S. promise that it would not allow the Syrians to obtain chemical weapons?
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Why was it Israel and not the U.S. that reportedly attacked secret Syrian chemical-weapons sites, despite the U.S. promise that it would not allow the Syrians to obtain chemical weapons?
Israel has reportedly conducted strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites last year and this year, as concerns around the regime of Bashar Al-Assad's rebuilding of a chemical weapons arsenal con...
According to current and former intelligence and security officials briefed on the matter, the June 8 strike was part of a campaign to stop what Israeli officials believe was a nascent attempt by Syria to restart its production of deadly nerve agents.
The Israeli Air Force carried out two airstrikes targeting Syrian government facilities over the last two years, which it believed frustrated the potential restarting of that country’s sarin production.