Time: These 5 Proxy Battles Are Making Syria's Civil War Increasingly Complicated
Seven years into Syria’s “civil war,” the country is at greater risk than ever of being overrun by the proxy wars of other nations.
These five facts explain just some of the foreign clashes currently raging in Syria.
Israel vs. Iran
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 Assad for some time now (much of that through its proxy Hezbollah), while Israel has tried to generally steer clear of the Syrian quagmire, at least publicly.
But with the breach of Israeli airspace by perennial foe Iran, Israel was forced to respond, launching an airstrike on Syrian and Iranian military positions. The Syrians shot down an Israeli jet (the first Israeli jet to be downed by an enemy since 1982), and the Israelis continued to hit numerous military positions. It is the closest Iran and Israel have come to war since the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel war, and sets a new precedent for the rules of engagement for Israel in Syria.
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WNU Editor: The proxy wars in Syrian are also being played throughout the Middle East .... and I do not see any of them ending soon.
2 comments:
Only 5? Surely we can do better than that. I say we shall have 10 proxy wars, 5 is barely scratching on the "holy shit are we insane?" surface
Then why not sign up and go fight, anon?
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