Syrian War: international escalation
3 | July | 2018
After a suspected chemical attack in opposition-held Douma on April 7, the US President announced a military response, joined by France and the UK, against the Syrian regime. Russia alerted to the possible consequences of an intervention and, despite the escalation in international tensions, the UN Security Council failed to adopt three resolutions to establish responsibility for the attack.
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See also: Syrian Conflict
Resources
Syrian civil war map: Who's in control where [14/04/2018]
Alia Chughtai, Al Jazeera
Map: Russia And Iran In Southwest Syria [12/04/2018]
Institute for the Study ofWar
Syria's War: The Descent into Horror
Zachary Laub, Council on Foreign Relations
Opinions & Analysis
Syria’s Final Frontiers? [28/06/2018]
Entrevista a Nicholas Haslam, Carnegie Middle East Center
How US-Turkey deal in Manbij could affect Russia's influence [22/06/2018]
Metin Gurcan, Al Monitor
Keeping the Calm in Southern Syria [21/06/2018]
International Crisis Group
The Escalating Conflict with Hezbollah in Syria [20/06/2018]
Seth G. Jones & Maxwell B. Markusen, CSIS
Russia’s cautious role in Syria [20/06/2018]
Zeidon Alkinani, Open Democracy
Turkey Cultivating Ever-Deeper Roots in Syrian Territory [14/06/2018]
Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor
Russia as Restraining Factor in the Iranian-Israeli Confrontation in Syria [29/05/2018]
Zvi Magen, Vera Michlin-Shapir, and Udi Dekel, INSS
Only the US can prevent more clashes between Israel and Iran in Syria [11/05/2018]
Lina Khatib, The Guardian
What Iran Really Wants in Syria [10/05/2018]
Payam Mohseni & Hassan Ahmadian, Foreign Policy
New Directions in Syria? [08/05/2018]
Ghida Tayara, Carnegie Middle East Center
Syria crisis enters new danger zone [02/05/2018]
Michael Dempsey, The Hill
Trump, Syria – and the threat of regional conflagration [02/05/2018]
Fawaz A. Gerges, Qantara
Frappes occidentales en Syrie : quel défi pour la diplomatie française? [27/04/2018]
Brahim Oumansour, IRIS
Who will side with whom if Syria explodes? [21/04/2018]
Tony Duheaume, Al Arabiya
In Syria’s Complex War, Is Turkey’s Erdogan the Wiliest Player? [19/04/2018]
Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
Dear Bashar al-Assad Apologists: Your Hero Is a War Criminal Even If He Didn’t Gas Syrians [19/04/2018]
Mehdi Hasan, The Intercept
Trump declares ‘Mission Accomplished’ on Syria attacks — but whose mission? [18/04/2018]
Andrew Bacevich, Boston Globe
Trump needs to define achievable political objectives in Syria [18/04/2018]
Michael Young, The National
Bolton dealing to build an Arab military force in Syria [18/04/2018]
Zachary Cohen, CNN
Control of the Syrian Airspace: Russian Geopolitical Ambitions and Air Threat Assessment [18/04/2018]
Can Kasapoglu, CSS
Syria strikes violated international law – are the rules of foreign intervention changing? [18/04/2018]
Jan Lemnitzer, The Conversation
The Syria Strike: A Mere Bump in the Road for Assad [18/04/2018]
John McLaughlin, Ozy
Iran Faces Strategic Decision – Whether to Respond To Israel's Operations Against Its Military Expansion In Syria, Which Could Lead To Iran-Israel War [17/04/2018]
Yigal Carmon and A. Savyon, MEMRI
4 essential elements of a U.S. strategy on Syria [17/04/2018]
Michael E. O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution
As the U.S. and Russia Spar Over Syria, China Sits Strategically on the Sidelines [17/04/2018]
Logan Pauley, World Politics Review
Launching missiles was the easy bit. Now what about Syria’s future? [17/04/2018]
Juliet Samuel, Gulf News
Back to Normal in Syria [17/04/2018]
Joshua Keating, Slate
Syria War's Game Theory Is Too Complex to Predict [17/04/2018]
Eli Lake, Asharq Al Awsat
The search for truth in the rubble of Douma – and one doctor’s doubts over the chemical attack [17/04/2018]
Robert Fisk, Independent
The realities of Syria’s war remain unchanged by western strikes [16/04/2018]
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Here Are All the Reasons Striking Syria Was a Bad Idea [16/04/2018]
Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest
The many things Trump didn’t accomplish in the latest Syria strike [16/04/2018]
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Striking Syria Was the Right Caller [16/04/2018]
Jim Geraghty, National Review
Trump’s Realist Syria Strategy [16/04/2018]
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
«Les frappes en Syrie sont-elles justifiées par la “responsabilité de protéger”?» [16/04/2018]
Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Le Monde
In Syria, Moscow Is Defending a Narrative, Not a Country [16/04/2018]
Maxim Trudolyubov, Kennan Institute
Two and a half cheers for the Syria strike [16/04/2018]
Dalibor Rohac, AEIdeas
Iran's Real Enemy in Syria [16/04/2018]
Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic
Washington’s biggest mistake in Syria [15/04/2018]
Mohammad Ghaderi, Teheran Times
It was right to strhke, but only bringing Russia to the table can end the Syrian conflict [15/04/2018]
Lina Khatib, The Guardian
After the Syria Strike, a Strategy [15/04/2018]
Ryan Crocker and Michael O’Hanlon, Wall Street Journal
The Fruits of Iran's Victory in Syria [15/04/2018]
Ariane Tabatabai, Lawfare
Why Russia did not respond to the US strikes on Syria [15/04/2018]
Leonid Issaev, Al Jazeera
Legal Questions Loom Over Syria Strikes [15/04/2018]
Entrevista a John B. Bellinger III, Council on Foreign Relations
How Syria Came to This [15/04/2018]
Andrew Tabler, The Atlantic
Syria has paid a terrible price for the west’s disastrous policy of doing nothing [15/04/2018]
Andrew Rawnsley, The Guardian
The West Rebukes Russia in Syria [15/04/2018]
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
What next for Syria after the US-led attacks? [15/04/2018]
Rami G Khouri, Al Jazeera
Non-Accomplishment in Syria [15/04/2018]
Paul R. Pillar, National Interest
The Syria powder keg: danger in rush for influence on crowded battlefield [15/04/2018]
Lulian Borger, The Guardian
Syria’s Axis of Evil Cannot Be Trusted [15/04/2018]
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat
No, US strikes on Syria will not start World War III [14/04/2018]
Malak Chabkoun, Al Jazeera
Was Trump’s Strike on Syria Justified? [14/04/2018]
Joshua Keating, Slate
The New Cold War Is Boiling Over in Syria [14/04/2018]
Dmitri Trenin, Foreign Policy
Will the US and Russia go to war over Syria? [13/04/2018]
Ruth Citrin & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR
The Syrian War Is Actually Many Wars [13/04/2018]
Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
«Pourquoi punir Bachar el-Assad n'est pas une si mauvaise idée» [13/04/2018]
Antoine Viktine, Le Figaro
Will the US and Russia go to war over Syria? [13/04/2018]
Ruth Citrin & Kadri Liik & Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR
Iran Is Outpacing Assad for Control of Syria's Shia Militias [12/04/2018]
Phillip Smyth, Washington Institute
Turkey's running out of time to pick a partner in Syria [12/04/2018]
Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor
America's Interests in Syria Beyond Deterring Chemical Weapons Use [12/04/2018]
Jennifer Cafarella, Institute for the Study ofWar
U.S. Response to the Reported Chemical Attack in Douma, Syria [11/04/2018]
Rebecca Hersman & Melissa Dalton, CSIS
Have Iran, Russia and Turkey reached agreement on future Syrian state? [11/04/2018]
Hamidreza Azizi, Al Monitor
Syria: Act Decisively or Not at All [11/04/2018]
Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
More U.S.-Israeli Coordination Could Change the Balance of Power in the Middle East [10/04/2018]
Michael Doran, New York Times
Trump Needs to Be More Trumpian in Syria [10/04/2018]
Michael Doran, New York Times
Macron Needs to Attack Syria [09/04/2018]
Benjamin Haddad, Foreign Policy
Syria’s latest chemical massacre demands a global response [09/04/2018]
Michelle Bentley, The Conversation
Control of the Syrian Airspace: Russian Geopolitical Ambitions and Air Threat Assessment [09/04/2018]
Can Kasapoğlu, SWP
NATO Allies Go Head to Head in Syria [09/04/2018]
Oytun Orhan, German Marshall Fund
The latest chemical attack in Syria reveals the bankruptcy of Trump’s policies toward Assad [08/04/2018]
Max Boot, Washington Post
Conditioning American withdrawal from Syria [06/04/2018]
James Dobbins & Jeffrey Martini, Al Monitor
Israel, Hizbollah and Iran: Preventing Another War in Syria [07/02/2018]
International Crisis Group
Editorials
How a Victorious Bashar al-Assad Is Changing Syria [30/06/2018]
Economist
Trump missing piece in Putin’s Syria plan [03/06/2018]
Al Monitor
Syrian people pay the price [03/05/2018]
Al Ahram
War for War: On U.S. Strikes in Syria [16/04/2018]
The Hindu
Japan Should Join Call For Real Syria Sanctions [16/04/2018]
Japan Times
A Trump Strategy for Syria [15/04/2018]
Wall Street Journal
Syria’s political problem can’t have a military solution [15/04/2018]
Gulf News
Bombing Syria will not provide a lasting solution [15/04/2018]
Financial Times
Western strikes are too little, too late [14/04/2018]
Khaleej Times
Assad has lost all right to sovereignty [13/04/2018]
The National
Why Intervening in Syria Is the Wrong Move [13/04/2018]
Der Spegel
We must not let memories of Iraq paralyse us in facing Putin and Assad over Syria [11/04/2018]
The Sun
Syrie: l’inéluctable riposte occidentale [10/04/2018]
Le Monde
Trump’s dangerous ‘Twitter Doctrine’ in Syria [11/04/2018]
Boston Globe
Don't Blindly Follow Trump [10/04/2018]
Guardian
Syrian Situation Calls For Caution [10/04/2018]
Haaretz
Assad's Cannot Go Unpunished [10/04/2018]
The National
Syria Isn’t Just About Syria [10/04/2018]
Weekly Standard
Meeting the Limits of Bluster in Syria [09/04/2018]
New York Times
Trump’s Approach to Syria Is No Way to Run a War [06/04/2018]
New York Times
After the fall of Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian civil war has graduated to a new phase [25/03/2018]
The National
News
Syrian Rebels in Surrender Talks in Southwest near Israel and Jordan [03/07/2018]
Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post
Syria cease-fire deal unravels as Trump, Putin prepare to meet [26/06/2018]
Laura Rozen, Al Monitor
Exode massif face à l'avancée des forces du régime dans le sud de la Syrie [26/06/2018]
Agence France Presse
Assad offensive creeps closer to southwest Syria ceasefire zone [24/06/2018]
Alexandra Gutowski & Caleb Weiss, Long War Journal
Syria’s Assad Defies U.S., Presses Southwest Assault [22/06/2018]
Angus McDowall & Tom Perry, Reuters
Assad Says He’s Open to Establishing Iranian Bases in Syria [14/06/2018]
Al-Monitor
European Leaders Agree Iranian Forces Must Leave Syria, Israeli Officials Say as Netanyahu Wraps Up Tour [07/06/2018]
Noa Landau, Haaretz
Russia Finds Navigating New Development Tricky in Syria [06/06/2018]
Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor
Syrie : « violations graves du droit international » lors de la bataille de Rakka [05/06/2018]
Allan Kaval, Le Monde
Kahlon: We'll do everything to kick Iranians out of Syria [10/05/2018]
Ynet News
Israeli Minister: If Iran Attacks From Syria, Assad's 'Blood Is Forfeit' [07/05/2018]
Jerusalem Post
Syria’s Assad Presses Offensive, Missile Strikes Raise Escalation Risk [30/04/2018]
The Editors, Reuters
Iran, Russia, Turkey Close Ranks on Syria Coordination Amid U.S. Pressure [30/04/2018]
A Correspondent in Beirut, Al-Monitor
Syria: western nations seek to bypass Russian veto at UN [24/04/2018]
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Russia to Move Air Defenses to Syria 'Soon,' Warns Israel Against Attack [23/04/2018]
Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post
US Syria effort hinges on unreliable Egypt [20/04/2018]
Jack Detsch, Al Monitor
Insurgents South of Syrian Capital Surrender [20/04/2018]
Angus McDowall, Reuters
Militants given 48 hours to surrender enclave near Damascus-report [19/04/2018]
Arab News
Bolton dealing to build an Arab military force in Syria [18/04/2018]
Zachary Cohen, CNN
Syrie: les difficultés de l’OIAC pour inspecter le site de Douma [18/04/2018]
Stéphanie Maupas et Benjamin Barthe, Le Monde
New war authorization from Congress unveiled following Syria strikes [17/04/2018]
Ted Barrett, CNN
The Latest: Officials say Turkey wants reduced Syria tension [17/04/2018]
Associated Press
Attaque chimique en Syrie: la difficile mission des inspecteurs internationaux [17/04/2018]
Le Figaro
Israel and U.S. Working Together to Blunt Iran's Expansion in Syria [17/04/2018]
Dion Nissenbaum and Rory Jones, Wall Street Journal
Inspectors reportedly reach alleged Syria chemical attack site [17/04/2018]
CBS News
Trump has reportedly halted new sanctions against Russia [17/04/2018]
Pat Ralph, Business Insider
Saudi Arabia says open to sending troops to Syria under wider coalition [17/04/2018]
Reuters
Syrie: la défense antiaérienne victime d'une fausse alarme après les frappes occidentales [17/04/2018]
Le Figaro
Pentagon Denies Carrying out Military Operation in Syria’s Homs [17/04/2018]
Asharq Al Awsat
Israel Planning for Direct Retaliatory Attack from Iran [17/04/2018]
Anna Ahronheim, Jerusalem Post
S.Arabia Says Open To Sending Troops To Syria Under Wider Coalition [17/04/2018]
Jerusalem Post
Egypt to decline any request by US to send troops to Syria: former intelligence official [17/04/2018]
Taha Sakr, Egypt Independent
False alarm, not outside attack, sets off Syria air defences [17/04/2018]
Los Angeles Times
EU Threatens New Syrian Sanctions but No Clear Russian Target [16/04/2018]
Robin Emmott & Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters
Sabbagh: Tripartite aggression on Syria aimed at hindering work of fact-finding mission [16/04/2018]
SANA
Military Source: Israel Conducted April 9 Strike On Syrian Airbase [16/04/2018]
Jerusalem Post
Haley: US troops to stay in Syria until goals achieved [15/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
U.S. Plans to Impose Sanctions on Russia Over Alleged Chemical Weapons Use in Syria [15/04/2018]
Carol Morello & James McAuley, The Washington Post
What mission has the US accomplished in Syria? [15/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Putin: Further Syria strikes to cause chaos in international ties [15/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Assad's brutal strategy survives regardless of Trump's victory tweet [15/04/2018]
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Syria: western allies launch diplomatic offensive in wake of strikes [15/04/2018]
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
China says Syrian strikes violate international law, urges dialogue [14/04/2018]
Reuters
‘Mission Accomplished!’ But What Is the Mission in Syria? [14/04/2018]
Peter Baker, The New York Times
Syria fired 40 missiles 'at nothing' after allied air strikes destroyed three Assad chemical sites [14/04/2018]
Gareth Davies, The Telegraph
What are Syrians saying about the US-led attacks? [14/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Netanyahu Tells Putin: Israel Will Not Permit an Iranian Military Presence in Syria [12/04/2018]
Haaretz
White House: Trump still weighing 'all options' on Syria despite military threats [11/04/2018]
Cristiano Lima, Politico
If Iran Acts Against Israel, the Assad Regime Will Disappear [11/04/2018]
Ben Caspit, Jerusalem Post
Kremlin to Trump: We don't engage in Twitter diplomacy [11/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Israel Moves to Block Iran's Military Presence in Syria [11/04/2018]
Amos Harel, Haaretz
WHO demands access to 'chemical attack' victims in Syria [11/04/2018]
Susan McFarland, UPI
Top iranian official says israel to face 'response' over air base attack [10/04/2018]
Jerusalem Post
Russia says it warned U.S. of 'grave repercussions' if Syria attacked [09/04/2018]
Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Syria to chair UN disarmament forum on chemical & nuclear weapons; watchdog calls on US &EU to walk out [09/04/2018]
UN Watch
White House: US and France promise a 'strong, joint response' on Syria after suspected chemical attack [09/04/2018]
Tara Francis Chan, Business Insider
Trump to Decide Soon Whether to Retaliate for ‘Barbaric Act’ in Syria [09/04/2018]
Peter Baker, New York Times
Mattis 'not ruling out' Syria military action after Douma attack [09/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Iran-Israel Conflict Escalates in Shadow of Syrian Civil War [09/04/2018]
Ben Hubbard and David M. Halbfinger, New York Times
Syria chemical attack: Scores killed in Douma, rescuers say [08/04/2018]
Al Jazeera
Trump Drops Push for Immediate Withdrawal of Troops from Syria [04/04/2018]
Julie Hirschfeld Davis, New York Times
