Explaining the Syria's Domestic War Based on Internal and Regional Factors
Subject Areas : Political and International Researches Quarterly
Keywords: Russia, the United States, Authoritarianism, ISIL, Syrian Arab Republic,
Abstract :
Abstract Recent geopolitical developments in West Asia have led the region into military conflicts. Syrian developments are at the head of these crises, and as a result of these developments, the political system in Syria has suffered severe stagnation, so that after seven years, all UN initiatives have failed to set fire to the internal forces. Concerns about the persistence of violence in Syria are caused by internal and external factors. On the one hand, there is the Russian, Iranian and Iraqi axis, with political and military support from the administration of Bashar al-Assad in an effort to preserve the territorial integrity of Syria. On the other hand, there is the Arab-western axis, wich supporting the Syrian opposition's movements seeking to eliminate the Assad government. The contrast between these two trends, along with the social and economic context within Syria, has made the country as a place of proxy war among powers. The main question of this article is that what are the reasons and causes of the violence in the Syrian crisis? In response, the hypothesis is that, the undemocratic nature of the Assad government, the incomplete state-building process, the presence of takfiri currents, and the outsourcing of external powers have contributed to the formation of a civil war in Syria. Keywords: Authoritarianism, Syrian Arab Republic, ISIL, Russia, the United States
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