In Syria, Joy at a Dictator’s Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids

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In Syria, Joy at a Dictator’s Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids

Ruwayda al-Aqaar was sleeping next to her husband and 3-year-old daughter in late December when they were awakened by the sound of approaching tanks and bulldozers. They rushed outside their small house and saw dozens of Israeli soldiers marching into their small farming village, she said. “I was terrified,” Ms. al-Aqaar said recently in her home in the village of Suwaisah, in southeastern Syria, as her daughter watched “Tom and Jerry” cartoons.…