🔁Mario Nawfal:

🇸🇾 FOREIGN ARMIES IN SYRIA: WHO’S INVOLVED AND WHY?

🇺🇸 United States

• Began operations in 2014 against ISIS, supporting the SDF in northern Syria.

• Maintains about 900 troops in Syria, including at the Tanf garrison, to prevent an ISIS resurgence.

🇹🇷 Turkey

• Supports Syrian rebels since 2011.

• Conducted 4 military operations targeting ISIS and Syrian Kurdish YPG, seen as linked to the PKK (a designated terrorist group in Turkey).

• Seeks to weaken Kurdish groups and facilitate the return of 3M Syrian refugees.

🇷🇺 Russia

• Intervened in 2015 to support Assad, shifting the war in his favor.

• Operates airbases in Latakia and a naval base in Tartus.

• Coordinates with Iran while opposing the HTS-led offensive.

🇮🇷 Iran

• Provides Revolutionary Guard advisors and backs Hezbollah and other Shiite militias.

• Uses Syria as a corridor for influence across the Middle East.

• Faces frequent Israeli airstrikes targeting its forces.

Source: Reuters
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