Either case appears to the Syrians likely…
April 1976 CE
Either case appears to the Syrians likely to bring Israeli intervention.
This realization forces a reversal of Syrian policy, ending in President Hafiz al-Assad's support for the Christians.
Ironically, both the Syrians and the Israelis, so opposed to one another on other issues, take up the cause of the Lebanese Christians.
Syria prevents the Palestinians from taking strategic points, while ...