Publication
12 Feb 2016
This commentary analyzes Saudi Arabia's February 2016 announcement that it was willing to send ground troops into Syria in order to fight against the so-called Islamic State (IS). As the text's author sees it, the move was designed to 1) draw the US deeper into the anti-IS campaign, and 2) counter the de facto alliance between Russia and Iran, which is keeping Syrian President Bashar Al Assad in power.
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Author | James M Dorsey |
Series | RSIS Commentaries |
Issue | 33 |
Publisher | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) |
Copyright | © 2016 S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) |