Do Israeli Airstrikes Play Into Assad's Hands?

Jordanian activists hold a Syrian flag as they shout slogans against Israel during a protest to show their support to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and condemning an air strike in Syria, near the Israeli embassy in Amman May 5, 2013. Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIV

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Do Israeli Airstrikes Play Into Assad's Hands?

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