For weeks, Israel has engaged in back-channel talks over a diplomatic agreement with the Syrian government. Its strikes on Damascus this week highlight a lack of strategic clarity.

Earlier Israeli strikes hit the Syrian defence ministry, as well as government forces in the southern part of the country.

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The United States also wants Syria to root out forces loyal to Iran, which for years used Syria as a critical land corridor connecting Iran to its most important regional ally, Hezbollah in Lebanon.

If any Trump doctrine for military action does exist, it is perhaps best understood as the One-and-Done Doctrine.