Southern Syria: Where Israel Redraws The Levant Through Water And Gas – The Cradle

November 2, 2025 TheMcgwire

Southern Syria: Where Israel Redraws The Levant Through Water And Gas

Behind Israel’s military push in southern Syria lies an effort to command the region’s lifelines – its water and gas – and with them, its future influence.

Since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government, Israeli incursions into Syria have expanded steadily. Tel Aviv now controls strategic high points, including Jabal al-Sheikh (Mount Hermon), which stands at 2,814 meters and overlooks Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and occupied Palestine.

From this vantage, Israel can monitor air activity stretching from Gibraltar to Syria, a capability enhanced by advanced surveillance systems.

In Quneitra Governorate, Israel has entrenched itself across nearly the entire area, establishing multiple checkpoints and fortified positions. Its forces have even advanced into the Damascus countryside, reaching as far as the dissolved 78th Brigade – just five kilometres from Qatna and 20 from central Damascus.

Israeli positions now extend to Rakhla, opposite the Lebanese town of Yahmar. Rakhla is a strategic point that rises 1,500 meters and overlooks three vital roads linking Damascus to Baalbek and Beirut, as well as overlooking the Lebanese Bekaa Valley, and is about 30 kilometers from the Masnaa crossing – the main road between Damascus and Beirut.

Further east, Suwayda province has effectively slipped from Damascus’s authority. Following Israel’s declared “protection” of the Druze community – reiterated by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials – local factions have formed a 3,000-strong “National Guard” under unified command, reportedly funded directly by Israel, according to Reuters.

While these territorial gains are often discussed through a security lens, their implications go far beyond the battlefield. Israel’s control over geography is increasingly intertwined with control over resources – particularly water and gas – two commodities that define power and survival in the Levant.

Water and gas as instruments of power

Tel Aviv’s recent advances have turned southern Syria into a theater where resource competition is reshaping regional politics. Beyond military encroachment, Israel’s ambition lies in dominating the Yarmouk Basin – an essential water reservoir feeding Syria, Jordan, and occupied Palestine.

Its integration into Israel’s existing water grid, stretching from the Galilee to the desert, would mark a significant expansion of Israeli hydro-hegemony.

Yet water is only part of the story. Southern Syria also sits at the crossroads of energy ambitions. Israel seeks to obstruct any future route of the long-proposed Qatari–Turkish gas pipeline that would pass through Syria on its way to Europe – an alternative that could undermine Israel’s EastMed gas export corridor.

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