Most of America's regional allies are keen to see the US get more heavily involved on the side of the Syrian rebels. The Israelis worry that if the Obama administration’s red line on the use of chemical weapons in Syria is flagrantly crossed, with no response, then the red lines that the US has set for the Iranian nuclear programme will have no credibility. But the Israelis are also worried by the strong jihadist element in the Syrian rebel movement – and those concerns are expressed even more strongly by western intelligence services.
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