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In 480 air strikes (as of Dec 12), Israel has decimated much of what remained of Syrian military assets and infrastructure. The result will be ongoing internal struggle and instability as the new Syrian Salvation Government gets no big boost in the balance of internal military power. Who will gain? Turkey and the Turkey-aligned Syrian National Army, US-aligned groups including the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Maghawir al-Thawra (which operates near the Jordanian border), and possibly ISIS. From Al Jazeera:<\/em><\/p>\n

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