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Created: 2025-07-16 17:09:05 UTC

In striking Damascus and beyond, “what Israel is looking for, I think, is a fragmented Syria – one which is weak and divided,” says former British spy chief John Sawers. “That's a miscalculation… I don’t think Israeli actions were at all helpful.”

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