The Civil War In Syria Has Also Become A Proxy War Between Iran And Saudi Arabia

Proxy War Between Iran, Saudi Arabia Playing Out In Syria -- Washington Times

Sectarian tensions entangling Middle East a worry for U.S.

Iranian support for embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad is producing a violent backlash against Tehran’s interests in the Middle East and fueling a proxy war with Saudi Arabia that threatens to further destabilize the region.

The situation is a source of growing concern among U.S. intelligence officials and regional analysts who say tension between Saudi Arabia’s Sunni-led monarchy and Iran’s Shiite-controlled theocracy has become a dangerous subtext of Syria’s civil war and poses an existential threat to regional neighbors — particularly Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia and Iran “view their influence in the Middle East region as zero-sum, and the situation in Syria is just another venue in which they are playing out their long-standing power struggle,” said a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss sensitive matters.

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My Comment: The Syrian civil war is already impacting the neighboring states .... especially from returning Jihadist rebel fighters. And while many are working furiously to find a solution to the crisis .... unfortunately .... this conflict within Islam goes back to the beginning of Islam 1,300 years ago .... and I suspect that it will probably continue in the years/decades/and maybe even centuries ahead.