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CSIS Issues Commentary: Violence Escalates as Israel Intervenes in Southern Syria
July 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 17, 2025:

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Violence Escalates as Israel Intervenes in Southern Syria

By Mona Yacoubian and Will Todman

After days of escalating sectarian violence in southern Syria, Israel struck various Syrian government targets on July 16, 2025, including the ministry of defense and an area close to the presidential palace in Damascus. The s . . .

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