Israel's attacks on Syria show its 'changing regional role': Analysis

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Israel's response to the collapse of al-Assad's government, including deployments in the Syria-controlled part of the occupied Golan Heights and a massive bombing campaign against the country's military infrastructure, shows how Israel's regional role has profoundly changed, says Rob Geist Pinfold, a scholar of international security at Durham University.

"Israel feels insecure whether that's true or not - and as a response to that insecurity what do they do? They take territory," he told Al Jazeera. "We have seen that happen in Lebanon, we have seen that in Gaza, and now we're seeing that happen in Syria."