From WSJopinion: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and its loyal proxies have laid the groundwork for a second front along Israel’s border, writes jonathan_spyer
Global View: A miscalculation by Iran could have far reaching consequences as the United States seeks to de-escalate conflict in the region. Image: AFP Photo / Iranian PresidencyIsrael is fighting off Iranian expansion across the Middle East, but danger for the Jewish state lurks near its own borders. Painstaking work by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and their loyal proxies has succeeded in laying the groundwork for a second Iranian front with Israel in the Golan Heights.
The first front is to Israel’s north in South Lebanon. The Golan, which Israel won from Syria in 1967, lies further east. Though Israel rules the skies, the Syrian land adjoining Israel’s border appears increasingly to...
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