The struggle for Syria in context of the gas war

  • Salloum Feras Sadiq Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Abstract

The aim of this article is to expose the role of discovered gas and planned gas-pipelines-routes along the eastern Mediterranean in the Syrian war, which began in 2011 and has been ongoing until today. This article examines the importance of gas in the XXI century and the clash of interests between superpowers and regional countries, manifested in gas pipeline projects passing through the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR). The volume of natural resources found in Syria and the role of the gas factor in this crisis are also analyzed. It is emphasized that Damascus’s position on Western projects like gas pipelines or the Greater Middle East contributed to the intensifying of the conflict. The discovery of new gas and oil fields in the SAR and the Syrian government’s policy became one of the reasons for the intervention of several Western and regional countries to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad and thus control Syria and its wealth.

Author Biography

Salloum Feras Sadiq, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; associate professor at the department of international relations, faculty of international relations

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Published
2019-02-10
Keywords: Gas War, gas pipelines, Nabucco project, Islamic gas pipeline, South Stream, Nord Stream, Turkish Stream, Russia, United States of America, Europe, Syria, Iran, Qatar, Turkey, Saudi Arabia
How to Cite
Sadiq, S. F. (2019). The struggle for Syria in context of the gas war. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 2, 25-31. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/1331
Issue
No 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. International relations
Section
History of International Relations and Foreign Policy

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