The fall of bashar al-assad’s reign in Syria – if the country is not taken over by forces just as bad or even worse (a very real possibility) – has the potential to be an enormous benefit for its people.
But that’s not all. It has the potential to be an enormous benefit to Israel as well. Because, as you will see below, it turns out that Syria was a major conduit for Iran’s arming of Hezbollah.
From Hana Levi Julian’s article for the Jewish Press, we have this:
Syrian rebel forces have uncovered a network of huge underground tunnels beneath the Qalamoun Mountains bordering Syria and Lebanon.
The subterranean labyrinth, which cost millions of dollars to build, was funded by Iran for the purpose of transferring advanced weaponry to its proxy, Hezbollah, in Lebanon.
A smaller but equally sophisticated tunnel system was found beneath Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus and the home of Assad’s brother, Maher Assad, who headed the Syrian Arab Army before both men fled the country with their wives and families.
Ms. Julian’s article also includes video of the tunnel – which is wide and high, thus able to be used for transporting major armaments to the hezbollah terrorists.
Will the incoming rulers of Syria allow those shipments to continue? Will they have anything to do with Iran at all?
If the answers to those two questions are “no” (and, though certainly in doubt, this is a definite possibility), it is an absolutely crushing blow to hezbollah…and to Iran as well: hezbollah, because it cannot receive weaponry covertly through those tunnels, and Iran, because it even further diminishes its ability to attack Israel using indigenous proxies like hezbollah and hamas.
The best thing that could happen? Those tunnels will be destroyed and Iran will be shut out.
Keep your fingers crossed…
