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Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-909037
Syrian Leader al-Sharaa Focusing on Arms Buildup
(Jerusalem Post) Amir Bohbot - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been diverting most of the country's resources, from tax revenues to international aid, toward building a large standing army and acquiring weapons systems while working to conceal its military expansion, according to Israeli security assessments. Sharaa's operational plans are to reach the point at which he can strike Hizbullah in Lebanon, which he despises, as well as pro-Iranian Shi'ite militias in Iraq. One security official said, "Ahmed al-Sharaa wants to build Syria under his leadership into a regional power that will look in every direction. The moment he decides to, he will also direct military force against Israel." A future confrontation is only a matter of time, security sources assess.