ational interests in Assad staying in power for four other reasons. First of all, Assad's fall could lead to a disintegration of the Syrian state. Efraim Inbar, Director of its Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, believes that "in the event that the Syrian regime collapses, Syria's advanced ar

in the Dark Is Not So Terrible <http://besacenter.us6.list- manage.com/track/c=ick?u=7e381afc91d1b09aecO8b492b&id=Ofdeae819d&e=ce7d5dbcd2> By Prof. Efraim Inbar, June 18, 2017 <https://besacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/20=7/06/Gaza-skyline-image-by-prolsraeli-via-Flickr-Creative- Commons.jpg> BESA Center Pe