Saturday, November 11, 2017

Who Really Controls Syria?

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Strategy Page: Syria: Rearranging The Chess Board For The Next War

Who controls Syria once ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) and other rebels are defeated? It is basically a showdown between Iran (which has been at war with Israel since the 1980s) and Israel (which does not want Iranian military forces on its Syrian border under any circumstances). Iran is also at war with Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Arab allies. Not surprisingly the Saudis and Israel have been cooperating more since 2001 because of this shared threat. Yet the Arabs in general have a problem as they have been insisting that Israel does not have the right to exist since Israel was created in 1947 and decades of state sponsored propaganda leaves a lot of Arabs confused as Israel and Saudi Arabia cooperate to deal with Iran. .

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WNU Editor: A short summary on what to expect in Syria in the coming months.

1 comment:

"Sebastian" said...

Israel using SA airbases/ airspace to strike Iran... a possibility?