By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The heat during the day in the Golan Heights is brutal. Maybe that explains why summer is a time for fighting in the Golan. Whatever the reason, it has become the tradition. And this summer is no exception.
In two important battles over the past two weeks, Syrian rebels have extracted ISIS fighters from important positions very close to the Israeli border.
In both locations ISIS was attempting to expand their control - in the end, they lost and were badly defeated.
The first battle was waged just south of Qunetra, right on the Israeli border. That is where Jayash al Nusra, an ISIS affiliate, was defeated by rebels. During the second battle the Free Syrian Army, together with the Islamic group Jabhat al-Nusra, (which is affiliated with al Qaeda) overpowered ISIS fighters from the Shuhada al Yarmouk Brigades.
It is crucially important to understand that local issues trump ideology.
Groups cooperate with each other in order to make certain that the border with Israel remains quiet.
That is why the Jabhat al-Nusra fought together with The Syrian Free Army.
ISIS was a threat to the stability and quiet of that border - and that was simply not acceptable.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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