An Israeli Merkava tank in the Golan Heights overlooks the Syrian village of Breqa on November 13, 2012

An Israeli Merkava in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights overlooks the Syrian village of Breqa on November 13, 2012. Israel has implicitly confirmed it carried out an air strike in Syria, sparking a warning from Iran, but the Jewish state’s next step in anticipation of a post-Bashar al-Assad era remains a mystery.