{"id":135860,"date":"2024-12-11T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135860"},"modified":"2024-12-11T16:13:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T09:13:47","slug":"which-countries-have-been-involved-in-the-war-and-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135860","title":{"rendered":"Which countries have been involved in the war and why?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/4e04\/live\/2d732140-b719-11ef-8fcc-45d83a006c6f.jpg.webp\" alt=\"EPA A man in a sweatshirt, his back to the camera, waves a Syrian opposition flag, with stripes of green, black and white with red stars on it, in the air \" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">A man waves a Syrian opposition flag to celebrate the end of al-Assad rule<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A stunning advance by Syrian rebels ended Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s 24-year-long rule, with opposition forces taking the capital and forcing the president to flee on 8 December.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The overthrow followed a 13-year civil war, which started after Assad crushed pro-democracy protests. The fighting killed more than half a million people, displaced millions more, and embroiled international powers and their proxies.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The world is now watching to see how Syria&#8217;s political landscape shapes up after the end of the Assad family&#8217;s half-century rule.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Those with a vested interest in the conflict and the future of the country include, on one side, Russia and Iran &#8211; which backed Assad &#8211; and on the other, the US and Turkey, which supported different rebel groups and militias.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Here we explore how those countries, along with Israel, have played a role in Syria &#8211; and could continue to do so.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Turkey<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">During Syria&#8217;s civil war, Turkey has supported rebel factions &#8211; most of which now fight under the banner of the Syrian National Army (SNA) &#8211; by providing arms, military and political support.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Syria&#8217;s northern neighbour has mostly been concerned with <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-35806229\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">using rebels to contain the Kurdish YPG militia<!-- --><\/a>, which Turkey accuses of being an extension of a domestically banned Kurdish rebel group, the PKK. Turkey also wants the roughly three million Syrian refugees living in its country to return home.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The YPG is the biggest militia in the US-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, which controls much of the north-east of the country. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The SDF largely avoided conflict with Assad&#8217;s forces during the war. However, Turkish troops and allied rebels <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8xj4jzqlvgo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">seized stretches of territory<!-- --><\/a> from the YPG and SDF along Syria&#8217;s northern border.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Turkey has also been politically involved. In 2020, Turkey and Russia <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-51763926\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">brokered a ceasefire<!-- --><\/a> to halt a push by the government to retake Idlib, the rebels&#8217; stronghold in the north-west.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Idlib was dominated by <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0q0w1g8zqvo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS),<!-- --><\/a> which led the rebels who eventually overthrew Assad.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c8j99447gj1o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Many believe<!-- --><\/a> the offensive could not have happened without Turkey&#8217;s blessing. Turkey has denied backing HTS.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, conflict in Syria&#8217;s north continues: At the same time as HTS launched its offensive, the SNA launched a separate assault on areas held by the SDF.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Russia<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russia already had a decades-long relationship with the Assad government, and had military bases there before the civil war. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Russian President Vladimir Putin used his country&#8217;s presence in Syria, and support of Assad, to challenge the power and dominance of the West in the region.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In 2015, Russia launched an air campaign and sent thousands of troops in support of the Assad regime.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/clygege97qwo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">In return<!-- --><\/a>, Russia received 49-year leases on an air base and naval base, which provided crucial hubs in the eastern Mediterranean for transferring military contractors in and out of Africa.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">This marked an important stage in Russia&#8217;s attempt to assert itself as a global power, previously focusing its efforts on nations that were once in the Soviet bloc.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But fighting a war in Ukraine since 2022 preoccupied Assad&#8217;s ally, contributing to the Syrian military&#8217;s swift defeat to rebel groups in late November and early December.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Assad and his family were granted asylum in Moscow after fleeing Damascus, Russian media reported.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">US<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After Syria&#8217;s pro-democracy protests in 2011 were met with force, then US-president Barack Obama backed the opposition to Assad&#8217;s rule.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The US provided military support to what it considered moderate rebel groups <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-38297343\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">and intervened militarily<!-- --><\/a> in order to combat the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A US-led global coalition carried out air strikes and deployed special forces to help the Kurdish-led SDF alliance capture territory once held by IS in the north-east.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">After the Assad government fell, the US government <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centcom.mil\/media\/press-releases\/press-release-view\/article\/3989696\/us-central-command-conducts-dozens-of-airstrikes-to-eliminate-isis-camps-in-cen\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">said it conducted<!-- --><\/a> dozens of air strikes against IS camps and operatives in central Syria to ensure IS could not take advantage of the unstable situation.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in January, <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cj30enxzreyo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">said Syria is a &#8220;mess&#8221;<!-- --><\/a> the US should stay out of. When Trump was president in 2019, he ordered the withdrawal of US troops from Syria, a move his officials gradually rowed back.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The US currently has around 900 troops in Syria, mostly in the north-east.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Iran<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Iran and Syria <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-18369380\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">have been allies<!-- --><\/a> since Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolution in 1979. Syria <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-14703995\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">backed Iran<!-- --><\/a> during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">During the Syrian civil war, Iran is believed to have deployed hundreds of troops and spent billions of dollars to help Assad.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Thousands of Shia Muslim fighters armed, trained and financed by Iran &#8211; mostly from the Lebanon-based Hezbollah movement, but also from Iraq, Afghanistan and Yemen &#8211; have also fought alongside the Syrian army.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But similar to Russia with Ukraine, Hezbollah was weakened by conflict with Israel in Lebanon, likely hastening the downfall of the Syrian military.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">Israel<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel seized the Golan from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War and unilaterally annexed it in 1981. The move was not recognised internationally, although the US did so unilaterally in 2019.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-55646298\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">has conducted hundreds of air strikes<!-- --><\/a> against <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-43694588\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran-linked targets in Syria<!-- --><\/a> during the war, although it has rarely acknowledged such strikes.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Since rebels overthrew Assad, Israel has <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cqx808q7lrno\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">carried out hundreds of strikes<!-- --><\/a> across Syria. Targets have included Syria&#8217;s military infrastructure, naval fleet, and weapons production sites. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel has said it is acting to stop weapons falling &#8220;into the hands of extremists&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israeli forces have also <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c77jrrxxn07o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">seized the demilitarised buffer zone<!-- --><\/a> in the Golan Heights. Israel said the 1974 disengagement agreement with Syria had &#8220;collapsed&#8221; with the rebel takeover of the country.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It has also acknowledged that its troops are operating further inside Syria at &#8220;a few additional points&#8221; beyond the buffer zone, but insisted that they are &#8220;are not advancing towards Damascus&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cd75e8gdy9jo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA A man waves a Syrian opposition flag to celebrate the end of al-Assad rule A stunning advance by Syrian rebels ended Bashar al-Assad&#8217;s 24-year-long rule, with opposition forces taking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135860\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}