The value of Syrian Conflict1515157

In the ongoing conflict in Syria relating to the Bashar Al-Assad forces and also the rebel army it may are already observed that "Syrian conflict" has become one of the very most crucial cases for the world. Both Vladimir Putin and Obama make their points in showing it's inside their countries interests some thing. Therefore, it poses the question why the specific situation in Syria can be so very important to Russia and the United states.

Firstly, it can be worth mentioning the strategic geographical and political location of Syria - It has access to Mediterranean and beyond and is also during four important countries/regions: Israel, Iran, Kuwait and Caucasian states. The first two of them have hostile relations and also underneath the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the conflict seemed very plausible. Syria is situated between those countries and Iran is their strongest ally in the center East, which will make them an incredibly situated near commercial establishments country. The final two countries, Kuwait and Caucasian states are relatively close to Syria. What's important, is that destabilization of Syria along with the large number of Islamic extremist mercenaries (who partly from the rebel army) may have impact on situation in those regions (Kuwait - that is vitally important since it has been the 4th biggest oil exporter to the USA in last fifteen years) and former Soviet Caucasian states, which may 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, that are actually Muslim) and USA (supporting Israel against Iran and protecting their economic fascination with the very center east) can be extremely concerned with the help syria. Obama feels a lot of pressure in the Israeli government (and apparently the Kuwait government which can be supporting the rebel army right from the start), who emphasize the specter of Iran for the complete Middle East. The 2nd, important aspect could be the control over the med Sea. The Russian Naval Base in Tartus established in 1971 under agreement of Ussr and Syrian governments could be basically named as the only opposition to USA/NATO domination within the Mediterranean Sea. In case of failure of Bashar Al-Assad, the presence of Russian base may be put under question by the new government. Additionally, Putin would loss his only ally in the Middle-east region and what's more, a return provider as Russia is the biggest exporter of weaponry for Syria. Lastly, Barack Obama follows the ideological superiority of USA over other countries thereby feels obligated to intervene in Syria. The conflict in Syria might be described not just as conflict between Al-Assad and rebel forces, and also being a conflict on the diplomatic domination between Putin and Obama. Every possible closure with the Syrian conflict will surely have major influence on both relations between Russia and USA along with the desolate man the Middle East.