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- Since the Russian alliance has no obvious reason to contest our help in ridding Syria of ISIS, there is both practically and officially no “proxy war” happening.
www.wsj.com/articles/quagmires-proxy-wars-and-the-syria-debacle-1446843951
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Nov 12, 2015 · First, describing the Syrian quagmire as a proxy war implies that the conflict is mainly about larger fissures in the region, especially the rift between Sunni and Shiite, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Second, it suggests that the conflict will be resolved chiefly by outside actors hashing out their differences at the table.
- Lionel Beehner
Sep 13, 2019 · The Syrian Civil War became so vulnerable to foreign interference because of the gradual isolation that Syria faced from the international community beginning shortly after 9/11.
- Olivia Giles
- Israel vs. Iran
- Turkey vs. Kurds
- U.S. vs Turkey
- Russia vs U.S.
- Secularists
Over the weekend, Israel intercepted an Iranian drone that had flown into Israeli airspace from neighboring Syria through Jordan. Iran has been openly supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assadfor some time now (much of that through its proxy Hezbollah), while Israel has tried to generally steer clear of the Syrian quagmire, at least pu...
But Syria is not just being used to wage proxy battles between international powers — it’s also being used to wage domestic fights, too. Case in point: Turkey. When Turkey first joined the Syria fray in the summer of 2015, it was ostensibly in response to an ISIS suicide bombing in the border town of Suruç. But the fact that Kurdish forces within S...
…bringing Turkey into direct conflict with the U.S. Given Washington’s other two ongoing wars (in Iraq and Afghanistan), the U.S. has been understandably hesitant to wade too deeply into the Syrian morass. There are currently around 2,000 American troops in Syria as part of an anti-ISIS coalition, but the U.S.’s real contribution to the war in Syri...
At least the NATO dustup should please Moscow; it’s probably less pleased about the toll the Syrian war is beginning to take on Russian personnel. Russia joined the fray to prop up Assad, Moscow’s long-time ally. Syria is strategically important for Russia, housing Moscow’s only naval base with direct access to the Mediterranean. Along with Iran, R...
All these proxy wars aside, Syria is a microcosm for the defining conflict playing out across the Middle East today: secularism vs. Islamism. On one side, you have those pushing for a more secular Syria—Russia, the U.S., and the United Arab Emirates to a large degree. On the other side, you have those pushing for an Islamist Syria—Turkey, Iran and ...
The Syrian conflict presents as a case that has been well‐studied in the power ‐sharing literature. It is typically coded as an ethno‐sectarian civil war moving towards a decisive military victory by an authoritarian regime and thus unlikely to end in a power‐sharing agreement.
- Steven Heydemann
- 2020
Jul 13, 2023 · There is no Syrian Civil War – the conflict is driven by external actors funding and arming local proxies. We must call this proxy war by its name, argues Nesrin Alrefaai.
Feb 4, 2014 · Foreign Policy. magazine. There are now over 100,000 people dead and nearly 9 million others displaced from the Syrian civil war. Jeremy Shapiro and Miriam Estrin look at how in Syria, the...
Sep 29, 2016 · How to understand Syria’s ‘proxy war’ – and who’s fighting for whom. Published: September 29, 2016 5:58am EDT. As another attempted ceasefire falls apart, the destruction of the Syrian...
