The Importance of Syrian Conflict6759362

In the ongoing conflict in Syria between your Bashar Al-Assad forces and the rebel army it could have been observed that "Syrian conflict" became one of the very most crucial cases for the world. Both Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama are making their points in showing it's within their countries interests to act. Therefore, it poses the question why the specific situation in Syria is really very important to Russia along with the United states.

Firstly, it is worth mentioning the strategic geographical and political location of Syria - They have usage of Med which is in the Middle of four important countries/regions: Israel, Iran, Kuwait and Caucasian states. The very first two of them have hostile relations and particularly underneath the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the conflict seemed very plausible. Syria can be found between those countries and Iran is their strongest ally in the Middle East, that make them a very situated near commercial establishments country. The last two countries, Kuwait and Caucasian states are relatively close to Syria. What is important, is that destabilization of Syria and also the many Islamic extremist mercenaries (who partly make up the rebel army) might have effect on situation in those regions (Kuwait - which is very important because it has become your fourth biggest oil exporter for the USA in last fifteen years) and former Soviet Caucasian states, which may have already causing problems due to activity of the company's extremist groups. Hence, both Russians (avoiding destabilization and increase of influence of extremist groups in Caucasian states - mostly Chechen groups, who are actually Muslim) and USA (supporting Israel against Iran and protecting their economic fascination with the center east) are extremely concerned with the syrian crisis charity. Obama feels a lot of pressure in the Israeli government (and apparently the Kuwait government that is supporting the rebel army right from the start), who emphasize the specter of Iran for the entire Middle East. The 2nd, very essential aspect will be the control over the Mediterranean Sea. The Russian Naval Base in Tartus established in 1971 under agreement of Ussr and Syrian governments may be basically named because the only opposition to USA/NATO domination within the Med. In the event of failure of Bashar Al-Assad, the use of Russian base could be put under question with the new government. In addition, Putin would loss his only ally inside the Middle-east region and what's more, a profit provider as Russia is the biggest exporter of weaponry for Syria. Lastly, Obama follows the ideological superiority of USA over other countries and so feels obligated to intervene in Syria. The conflict in Syria may be described not merely as conflict between Al-Assad and rebel forces, and also like a conflict in the diplomatic domination between Putin and Obama. Every possible closure of the Syrian conflict will surely have major affect both relations between Russia and USA along with the way ahead for the center East.