Israel is trying to capture some of Syria’s lands near the Golan Heights after opposition forces overthrew former President Bashar al-Assad.
With the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government, Israel is occupying much of Syria’s Golan Heights.
That move breaks a 50-year-old cease-fire agreement.
But Israel’s right-wing ministers say their country’s borders must go further – to Damascus.
So what are Israel’s plans in Syria?
Presenter:
Dareen Abughaida
Guests:
Robert Geist Pinfold – lecturer in international peace and security at Durham University
Akiva Eldar – political analyst and veteran journalist
Salma Daoudi – Syria researcher and policy analyst, and non-resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
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