1、A NEW“GOOD FENCE?”:TURKEYSHOULD LEARN FROM ISRAELSEXPERIENCE IN LEBANONDYLAN MAGUIREJANUARY 3,2020COMMENTARYIn Feb.2015,a Hizballah official remarked that its allies needed to launch a counterattack in Syria to prevent its fallto“Israels agents.”If not,he feared a foreign power aided by rebels would
2、 establish a“security zone.”By this point,the Syrian civil war was four years old.President Bashar al-Assads government forces backed by Iran,Russia,andHizballah were in a life and death struggle against rebels supported primarily by Turkey and the United States.FromBeirut,Hizballah or the“Party of
3、God,”an armed Lebanese political movement that supports the Syrian government watched developments in Syria with alarm.Hizballahs organizational knowledge regarding security zones was hard won.The group was formed in 1982 in responseto Israels invasion of southern Lebanon.For 18 years,Hizballah fought to expel Israel and its local surrogates from the“Good Fence,”a roughly 800-square-mile area along the border.Decades later,the group has grown into a significantregional player,with a missile force capable of striking Israel.
