Israel's calculus on Syria

Israel's calculus on Syria

In the southwestern Syrian town of Sweida recent bloody clashes between Bedouin Arabs and the Druze have left at least 200 dead. Syria’s military was dispatched to stop the fighting, but it struggled to quell the violence and some reported that government forces escalated the carnage. Many Syrian Druze believe that the central government, led by former rebel-turned-president Ahmed al-Sharaa, is tied to the very groups attacking them.   Israel ag…