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Author: Christopher Phillips
Pages: 320
Size: 3.527,16 Kb
Publication Date: October 25,2016
Category: Syria
An unprecedented analysis of the key but underexplored roles america and other countries have performed in shaping Syria’s ongoing civil battle
Many accounts of Syria’s brutal, long-lasting civil battle concentrate on a domestic contest that started in 2011 and only later drew international nations in to the escalating violence.Â
Drawing on various first interviews, Phillips constructs a fresh narrative of Syria’s battle.S. power in the centre East. He concludes with some insights on Syria and the area' Christopher Phillips argues instead that the worldwide dimension was by no means secondary but that Syria’s battle was, from the begin, profoundly influenced by regional elements, particularly the vacuum made by a perceived decline of U. Without absolving the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime, the writer untangles the main element external elements which explain the acceleration and stamina of the conflict, like the West’s technique against ISIS. This precipitated a fresh regional order where six external protagonists—america, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar—possess violently competed for impact, with Syria an integral battleground.s future.