How can Israel attack Syria?

There have been numerous attacks on Syria blamed on or claimed by Israel. Why is this still happening?

An air attack killed 13 people in Damascus on Tuesday evening, with Syrian officials laying the blame on Israel.

Israel did not take credit for every attack but has admitted to carrying out hundreds of raids on targets in Syria.

Here’s a brief explainer on the dynamic between Syria and Israel over the last year:

As Israel’s military continues its war on Gaza, Lebanon, the occupied West Bank and Yemen, the attacks on Syria have flown somewhat under the radar.

Ostensibly an ally of the Iranian regime and part of the larger “axis of resistance”, the Syrian regime led by Bashar al-Assad has been conspicuously quiet since the war on Gaza began last October.