Islamic State Editorial on the New Syrian Government and Israel's Incursion

Since the beginning of Israel’s incursion into southern Syria following the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian government under Ahmad al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Jowlani) has adopted a consistent approach of caution and de-escalation, condemning the Israeli incursion and its military actions that have killed locals but avoiding a military confrontation out of concern that a conflict with Israel will jeopardise its position on account of the mismatch in military capabilities. Put simply, the non-confrontational approach of the new Syrian government is a matter of pragmatism.

Predictably, however, the Islamic State has taken note of this non-confrontational approach and is using it to attack the new Syrian government in this new editorial published in the group’s weekly newsletter al-Naba’.