Syria's government misread how Israel would respond to its troops deploying to the country's south last week, encouraged by U.S. messaging that Syria should be governed as a centralized state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/20/world/politics/syria-green-light-us-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #syria #israel #us #religion #middleeast #donaldtrump #ahmadalsharaa