Grey Zone: Israel Bombs Damascus Before US Deal: Is Netanyahu Betting on Trump to Clean Up After Syria Blunder? | Hindustan Times Podcast

There’s a dramatic twist unfolding in the Middle East and it's not the war you're thinking of.Israel launched an airstrike campaign inside Syria, claiming it’s “protecting the Druze minority.” But weeks ago, the same Israel was reportedly in peace talks with Damascus. So what changed? Why did Israel suddenly strike Syria's Defence Ministry in Damascus?Is Benjamin Netanyahu trying to force normalization by manufacturing a crisis?Where does Trump stand on this and is the U.S. secretly pulling strings on both sides? And more importantly: is Syria being played, again?In this episode of Grey Zone, Ananya Dutta takes you inside the Druze flashpoint, Israel’s shifting strategy, and the high-stakes diplomacy cloaked as war.