... and threats [
14
].
The nuclear control situation began to deteriorate in 2000-2010 against the backdrop of the U.S.-led coalition invading Afghanistan and Iraq, and also due to a series of nationhood crises in the region and the Saudi Arabia-Iran and Israel-Iran rivalries. The general belief is that Israel is the only country in the region that possesses nuclear weapons, while Israel maintains a “nuclear policy of ambiguity.” Even though Israeli nuclear arms can be considered a serious security ...
...
Thus, the developments in June 2015 showed that Israel is really well-placed to save the Druze. Ayoub Kara, Deputy Minister for Regional Affairs and a Druze by origin, made it clear that should the situation with the Syrian Druze aggravate any further, Israel will not stand aside: "We are coordinating actions with our brothers in Syria and take care of them. If need be,
we will destroy
the Islamic State and Dzhabhat al-Nusra. “Tzahal will soon go into Syria and take Quneitra, which will become the center of the Druze state,” said another prominent Israeli politician
Munzer Safadi
.
Judging by the statements,
Tel Aviv is interested
...
... Gebran Bassil in his interview with Al-Hayat in November 2014: "Lebanon is part of the international coalition against the Islamic State ... as well as other countries that are fighting against terrorism. Our position is to encourage the participation ... ... of February in Washington (
Al-Monitor
, 25.02.2015
). However, the situation became even more complicated due to the “Israeli factor.” On January 18, 2015, well-planned Israeli airstrikes against a convoy in the Quneitra District of Syria ...
