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Israel wants regime change in Syria: Israeli spy chief

The Israeli spy chief says Tel Aviv supports regime change in Syria, amid ongoing efforts by the anti-Syria governments to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

“I hope it (regime change in Syria) will happen, even though I don’t know when or how,” Dan Meridor, who also serves as the deputy prime minister of the Tel Aviv regime, said on Tuesday.

He also expressed “hope” that the “new Syria will understand that joining Iran is a mistake that brings isolation from the Western world.”

The latest remarks by the Israeli official come as anti-Syria Western regimes along with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar have been supporting insurgents inside Syria.

On August 5, US senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham said Washington should “directly and openly” provide assistance, including weapons, intelligence and training, to the insurgents in Syria.

The UK newspaper the Guardian reported on June 22 that the Saudi regime would pay the salary of the members of the terrorist Free Syrian Army to encourage “mass defections from the military and… pressure” the Damascus government.

On June 21, the New York Times reported that a group of CIA officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey and that the agents are helping the anti-Syria governments decide which gangs inside the Arab country will receive arms to fight the Syrian government.

Al-Qaeda terrorists have also been involved in the campaign against Damascus over the past months of unrest.

On Tuesday, Syrian security forces carried out an operation in the town of Tal Rafa’at, about 38 kilometers (23 miles) north of the city of Aleppo, killing two local al-Qaeda leaders.

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