The Takeaway: Israel would prefer Assad rely on Gulf, not Iran

Israeli scholar Micky Aharonson says Israel can live with Assad, if Assad can live without Iran; Amberin Zaman gets the scoop, again, on Turkey-Israel ties; should we forget about Israel-Saudi normalization for now?
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meet in Damascus on April 20, 2020. - SANA
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Israel: Israel’s priority in Syria is Iran, not Assad, says former NSC official

A Gulf channel to Syria? Israel could support diplomacy by Arab Gulf states to reconnect with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, if those efforts wean Assad off of dependence on Iran, says former Israeli national security official Micky Aharonson in the latest On the Middle East podcast.

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