Hours after the overnight US-led missile strikes on Syria, WikiLeaks republished a crucially important diplomatic cable through its official media accounts confirming that Saudi Arabia`s long term strategy in Syria has been to pursue regime change "by all means available." According to the leaked internal Saudi government document, this is the kingdom`s proposed end-goal even should the United States at any point show "lack of desire" due to the threat of Russian response and possibility of a `great power` confrontation.