{"id":2876,"date":"2017-12-26T15:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T15:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2017-12-26T15:36:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T15:36:33","slug":"will-israels-northern-border-become-hezbollah-land-if-assad-wins-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/12\/26\/will-israels-northern-border-become-hezbollah-land-if-assad-wins-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"WILL ISRAEL\u2019S NORTHERN BORDER BECOME HEZBOLLAH-LAND IF ASSAD WINS THE WAR ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2877\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-1024x774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-560x423.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-260x197.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH-160x121.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/12\/HEZBOLLAH.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : The Jerusalem Post<\/p>\n<p>By Anna Ahronheim<\/p>\n<p>Years after Bashar Assad\u2019s regime lost southern Syria to rebels and jihadist groups, government forces, backed by Iranian militias and Hezbollah, are pushing deep into a strategically located rebel-held enclave along Israel\u2019s northern border.<\/p>\n<p>After seven years of deadly civil war that has involved superpowers and dozens of rebel and jihadist groups, the Syrian regime has regained 70% of the country with the help of Russian air power and Iranian-backed foot soldier.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive on Beit Jinn \u2013 near the rebel-held city of Quneitra along the Israeli border \u2013 has Israel concerned. It is part of Assad\u2019s push to reassert control of the remaining rebel-held areas of the countryside west of Damascus.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian entrenchment on the Golan Heights, an area of key strategic importance, has concerned Israel since the start of the Syrian conflict. But according to Lt.-Col. (res.) Mordechai Kedar, a researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Israel can tolerate Assad\u2019s presence on the Golan \u2013 so long as Iran and Hezbollah steer clear.<\/p>\n<p>Image Sourced : Al Manar<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Will-Israels-northern-border-become-Hezbollah-land-if-Assad-wins-519994<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : The Jerusalem Post By Anna Ahronheim Years after Bashar Assad\u2019s regime lost southern Syria to rebels and jihadist groups, government forces, backed by Iranian militias and Hezbollah, are pushing deep into a strategically located rebel-held enclave along Israel\u2019s northern border. After seven years of deadly civil war that has involved superpowers and dozens&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/12\/26\/will-israels-northern-border-become-hezbollah-land-if-assad-wins-the-war\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WILL ISRAEL\u2019S NORTHERN BORDER BECOME HEZBOLLAH-LAND IF ASSAD WINS THE WAR ?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[607,178,1745,15],"class_list":["post-2876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conflict","tag-bashar-assad","tag-iran","tag-quneitra","tag-syria","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}