Tom Allinson, DW: Iran and Israel renegotiate 'rules of the game' in Syria shadow war
Israel's "wide-scale" response to Iranian-backed rocket attacks on the Golan Heights have shown the dynamics of deterrence between Tel Aviv and Tehran are being renegotiated.
After the Israeli military (IDF) killed an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza and targeted another in a strike unconfirmed by Israel in Damascus last week, a series of four rockets were launched Tuesday at the Israeli controlled Golan Heights by an "Iranian force," according to the IDF, all of which were intercepted.
In response, Israel carried out "wide-scale strikes" on what it said were Iranian and Syrian forces on Wednesday, hitting more than 20 targets and killing at least 14 Iranians and Syrians, 3 of them civilians.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 20, 2019
Iran's Cyber War Adds Dangerous New Element to Its Civil Unrest -- Matthew Petti, National Interest
Report: Iran likely to buy Russian and Chinese arms -- Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor
Israel-Iran: Risk of an all-out conflict grows after Syria strikes -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
Palestinian Islamic Jihad provokes Israel and finds itself a lonely combatant -- Clifford D. May, Washington Times
On South Korea, Trump has seriously miscalculated -- Jonathan Cristol, CNN
SMA Debate: Why Shouldn’t South Korea Pay More for its Defense? -- Doug Bandow, National Interest
China’s Coast Guard Enforcing Its Blue Water Territorial Expansion -- John Grady, USNI
The Navy has 2 new ships operating in the South China Sea to send a message to China -- Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Ethiopia referendum: Sidama poll could test Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed -- Christine Yohannes, BBC
Ready for change? Britain's Labour unveils 'radical' manifesto -- Reuters
'Outcast': how the newspapers covered Prince Andrew's suspension of duties -- Alison Rourke, The Guardian
Sinaloa, a Mexican 'narco-state' running on drug money -- France 24
Facebook, Google business models a 'threat to human rights': Amnesty report -- DW
The Coming Nuclear Crises -- Richard N. Haass, Project Syndicate
Why do billions of people still not have glasses? -- Tim Harford, BBC
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