TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- The state of Israel seems to share at least some of the responsibility for the latest shift of U.S. Syria policy -- as National Security Adviser John Bolton announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s call to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria would now be “coordinated” with Israel, after meeting with top Israeli officials
With Golan at Stake, Netanyahu, Bolton Set Trump Straight on US Syria Withdrawal Plan
Understanding the significance of the Golan Heights is in many ways key to understanding why the Syrian conflict was engineered by foreign powers in the first place.