The Israeli attack in Syria it is an important signal. Arrived last night after months of armed peace in which the State Jewish stopped raids on Syrian territory, the bombing that hit southern Damascus represents a clear message addressed not only by Israel to its adversaries, but also to all partners in the Syrian war. And it is a wake-up call for the entire region: especially a few days after the announcement of Donald Trump to withdraw from Syria.
As written in this newspaper, the withdrawal of the United States, present in Syria with approximately 2thousand men, it should not be translated with the end of the war. The blood that has been flowing in the Middle Eastern country for seven years will not stop with the possible withdrawal of US troops. On the contrary, the void left by the Pentagon is at risk (paradoxically) to complicate the road to peace even more. Washington has been the leading superpower for years international coalition anti-Isis. But above all it had the role of Russia's interlocutor with respect to the other regional powers involved in the war. Powers that, like Israel and Türkiye, now they could have free rein again.

The Israeli air force bombing of Damascus is a rather eloquent example. Immediately after Trump's announcement, Very clear words had arrived from Israel on the fact that the Star of David air force would continue raids in Syria against its enemies, that is, against Hezbollah and Iran. E Benjamin Netanyahu, fresh from the announcement of early elections, he immediately moved from words to deeds, making the F-16s take off. An important demonstration action, but also dangerous.
The Russia, after the September attack on Latakia, he had made Israel understand that he would not tolerate new raids that could threaten his strategy and the safety of his men. And this time too, as communicated by the Russian Ministry of Defense, Israeli planes flying over the skies of Lebanon put the safety of two Moscow planes at risk. And the Russian defense spokesman did not hesitate to define Netanyahu's air force moves as "provocative"..
Moscow's anger is also a symptom of concern. This raid comes after it seemed for weeks that his strategy was finally taking a path towards an initial pacification. Instead, after the raid, the hands of the clock seem to have gone back months, when from Israel the fighters left with some regularity to bomb Iranian and Hezbollah sites across Syria. With the risk of jeopardizing the advance of the Damascus army against the rebels.
But calm is often apparent in Middle East. And the latest Israeli maneuvers against Hezbollah were to predict a flare-up of tensions in Syria too. The military operations against the tunnels of the Lebanese Shiite militia had been an eloquent signal. Hezbollah it is Israel's first strategic objective in the region. And not being able to strike Iran directly without triggering a devastating war for both sides, Israel's only tool to strike Tehran and Iranian strategy in the region is to target its ally in Lebanon. The Lebanese militia is Iran's true terminal in the eastern Mediterranean. And it is the Shiite crescent that is the real objective of the forces of the Jewish state.
Per Vladimir Putin, committed to extricating himself from his traditional friendship with Israel, the alliance with Iran and repaired relations with Turkey, the Syrian one risks turning into an even more complicated puzzle. With the United States having pulled itself out of the Syrian quagmire, now it is Moscow that leads the game. But the American exit from the scene, as also mentioned by The Corriere della Sera, risks having messed up the Russian president's plans. The presence of US troops was in fact the card to play in negotiations with Iran to convince the leaders of the Islamic Republic to abandon Syria. The agreement would have been: “reduce the presence in Syria – or at least remove Hezbollah and Shia paramilitary groups from the Israeli border – in exchange for American withdrawal”.

But now that the Pentagon he wants to leave the camp and Israel has started bombing again,it will be difficult to convince the Iranians to withdraw. With the risk that the war may continue for another few months, if not years. And the underlying cause, it could actually be the clash between Israel and Hezbollah.
source – http://www.occhidellaguerra.it/israele-siria-stati-uniti-putin/