The significance of Syrian Conflict819935

During the ongoing conflict in Syria relating to the Bashar Al-Assad forces as well as the rebel army it could happen to be observed that "Syrian conflict" became one of the extremely crucial cases for that world. Both Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have made their points in showing that it's inside their countries interests to act. Therefore, it poses the issue why the problem in Syria is really important for Russia and the United states.

Firstly, it really is worth mentioning the strategic geographical and political location of Syria - It's access to Med and it is in the heart of four important countries/regions: Israel, Iran, Kuwait and Caucasian states. The very first 2 of them have hostile relations and particularly under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the conflict seemed very plausible. Syria is located between those countries and Iran is strongest ally in the Middle East, which make them a really strategically located country. The very last two countries, Kuwait and Caucasian states are relatively all-around Syria. What is important, is destabilization of Syria and the many Islamic extremist mercenaries (who partly constitute the rebel army) might have affect situation in those regions (Kuwait - that is essential because it continues to be the 4th biggest oil exporter for your USA in last 15 years) and former Soviet Caucasian states, that have already causing problems due to the activity of its extremist groups. Hence, both Russians (avoiding destabilization while increasing 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 interest in the center east) are extremely concerned about the help syria. Barack Obama feels a lot of pressure from your Israeli government (and apparently the Kuwait government that's supporting the rebel army right from the start), who emphasize the specter of Iran for your Middle East. The next, very important aspect is the control of the med Sea. The Russian Naval Base in Tartus established in 1971 under agreement of Soviet Union and Syrian governments may be basically named since the only opposition to USA/NATO domination in the Mediterranean Sea. In the case of failure of Bashar Al-Assad, the existence of Russian base could be put under question from the new government. Additionally, Putin would loss his only ally inside the Middle-east region and what is 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 thus feels obligated to intervene in Syria. The conflict in Syria may be described not just as conflict between Al-Assad and rebel forces, and also being a conflict in the diplomatic domination between Putin and Obama. Every possible closure in the Syrian conflict will surely have major impact on both relations between Russia and USA and also the way forward for the guts East.