Monday, December 10, 2018

Pretext

When does the offensive to destroy the last rebel stronghold in Syria begin?

The United States has "credible information" that Russia and Assad used tear gas on civilians as part of misinformation to blame rebels:

The United States and Britain accused Russia on Friday of fabricating a story about chemical weapons use by Syrian rebels and warned Moscow against undermining a shaky truce.

Well, I suspected the Russian charge was justification for a final offensive into Idlib notwithstanding the truce.

And at this point I have to wonder if the offensive on behalf of Assad in Idlib that Hezbollah may have a role in spearheading (but I'm not sure if the casualties Hezbollah has endured make them wary of continuing that role to the end) will be the signal for Israel to strike Hezbollah with a serious multi-division ground campaign that essentially will be a deep raid.