The Jerusalem Post reports: “The axis of resistance of Tehran, Damascus, and Beirut is gone and no longer exists, the IDF said on Sunday night following the fall of the regime of Bashar Assad.

According to the IDF, this new era offers lots of historic opportunities, but it also involves new serious dangers since some of the new rulers of Syria are unpredictable jihadists.

For example, Israel is not only concerned about Syria’s new rulers attacking the Jewish state but also about them potentially trying to destabilize Israel’s close intelligence ally, Jordan.

In terms of taking over the Syrian side of the Mount Hermon range, IDF sources said that the premise that the military will be there only on a temporary basis until it feels it has an understanding with Syria’s new rulers to keep control of their various scattered militias…”