The best thing about the turmoil and shake ups in the last few years is that a lot of exposure of true intentions are being seen, take Israel for a completely random example totally unrelated to the thread ... Israel's gamble to try to split up Syria with this war has not only completely failed, but they've managed, despite the reality on the ground prior to the war, to recreate a well trained and battle hardened military authority (of the Arabic world) on their doorstep - and this newly forged opponent of Israel was the only hold out since as far back as the 60s of Israel's neighbours in consistently refusing to sign a peace treaty with Israel (Egypt and Jordan both did so). Karma's a bitch as they say, so it seems it's no wonder that Israel's air force is now actively, repeatedly providing direct offensive air support to Al-Qaeda in the Golan Heights - as Israel's 4th claim in a week of "some Syrian army shells landed in West Syrian fields (Golan Heights) harming absolutely no one (as Syria was fighting Al-Qaeda), so we flew another sortie to bomb the fruck out of the Syrian army", wears just a little bit "thin". "Auschwitz hath no shame like a failed clandestine Israeli war on a sovereign middle estern state." Anon. The reasons and perils of Israel’s dangerous game in Syria [Well cross referenced by source links.] http://theduran.com/reasons-perils-israel-dangerous-game-syria/ One of the most important things to have happened in the Syrian war over the last few months is that the veil of Israel’s neutrality in the war has been thrown off. ... Israeli leaders have also spoken about all it with refreshing directness and frankness which one never gets from the leaders of the West. Consider for example the public admission in January 2016 of Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon that he would rather see the victory of ISIS in Syria than the perpetuation of Iranian influence there. Israel acts to block Syrian counter offensive against Al-Qaeda http://theduran.com/israel-acts-block-syrian-counter-offensive-al-qaeda/ Israeli air force carries out air strike on Syrian army positions in the Golan Heights seeking to prevent Israel's Al-Qaeda allies from being overrun by a Syrian counter attack.