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Israel assuming ‘worst-case scenario’ with Syria bombing: analysts

Israel’s bombing of Syrian military assets and its entry into the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights show it fears the worst from the end of the Assad clan’s rule, analysts told AFP.  
“The Israeli government… is operating on a worst-case scenario with little to no nuance,” said Yossi Mekelberg, a Middle East specialist at Chatham House in London.The Israeli military has since launched hundreds of air and naval strikes against Syrian military assets, targeting everything from chemic