The strikes reportedly targeted a Syrian Army facility used by Iranian and Iran-backed forces south of Damascus.
While Syrian opposition and human rights groups protested the immoral nature of rehabilitating Assad’s bloody regime, realpolitik, cynical or not, prevailed
The airstrike comes just months after airstrikes in Aleppo killed a Syrian soldier in April.
Syria was voted back into the Arab League and other countries are rushing to reconcile with Damascus.
Iran has long backed Palestinian groups in Syria, particularly Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Iran’s president believes that Israel and the US are no longer able to conclude new peace deals in the region or increase their influence.
Riyadh is positioning itself as a major diplomatic player in the region after years in which it saw its influence eroded.
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