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“Not only is it heartbreaking to see the magnitude of the devastation [in Aleppo], the mass killings and the unbridled destruction, but now it is clear that Bashar Assad is going to remain in his palace for a long time to come — [which] will mean that Iran and Hezbollah have free rein across the length and breadth of that devastated country, and we should anticipate that they will try to reestablish their positions along the Golan border.”

(Israeli political commentator Ehud Yaari speaking on the threat of the Shi’a axis to Israel, 14/12/2016)