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Find the article "Syrian Conflict Poses the Risk of Wider Strife" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/world/middleeast/syrian-conflict-poses-risk-of- regional-strife.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/world/middleeast/syrian-conflict-poses-risk-of- regional-strife.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print Paste it on search bar and help me answer the questions below with complete sentences . How is Syria different from Libya (what are the "strategic issues")? 2. How would a revolution in Syria affect Iran? 3. How is the conflict related to the Sunni-Shiite split? 4. How is Turkey affected by the conflict in Syria? 5. In your opinion, should the U.S. get involved in Syria? Why or why not?

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1. Libya tried merging with Egypt and Syria but never does, in 1973 Libya almost gets with Tunisia but never consummates the marriage.Syria teases Libya again with a merger, never comes through. Libya starts to get involved in Chad's civil war on a large scale.

2. Islamic revolution in Iran transformed them into an opposer of Israel and the United States and provided for a potential ally to Syria. When Iraq attacked Iran, Asad publicized his opposition to the conflict. This proved effective in balancing Iraeli power when the 1982 Iraeli invasion of Lebanon was demolished by Iranian-sponsored Islamic resistance

3.Alawite (sect of Shiite) minority was traditionally oppressed by Sunni majority. IbnTaymiyya,a Sunni cleric, issued a fatwa regarding them as heretical and as a result Alawites were brutally attacked by the Sunni. This forced the Allawites to the hills. French exploited this conflict. In order to maintain order among the Sunni majority, Alawi were used to form a local militia. Alawi were able to use this as a way to carve out control after the state gained independence. They joined forces with the Baath Party and launched a coupe against the Syrian government. After 1963, they came to power, giving the Alawite community full political power. The Sunni majority, who wanted a more strict Islamic regime, resented their disproportionate political power. The Muslim Brotherhood led a violent uprising (70s-80s) against the Alawite regime but was brutally suppressed. This left a continuous mistrust across communal lines.

4.Syrian support of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in 1990s. Military threats made by Turkey in 1996 caused Syria to abandon its support. The empowerment of Kurds in the US-Iraq wars of 1990-1991 caused Turkey and Syrian to become closer. Both were worried over the potential threat of Kurdish separatism. Turkey went against US demands to isolate Syria and even sponsored the Syrian-Israel peace negotiations

5. No . U.S. not get into involved in Syria. After 9/11, Bush declared a "war on terror" and any state that opposed this idea would immediately become an enemy. However, Syria objected to their idea of terrorists (Palestinian militants and Hizballah) because they considered these movements as potential gains in their struggle with Israel. Syria countered the US attempts at isolating and invading Iraq. Syrians refused to go along with US demands in the context of the invasion of Iraq because they were laden with their Arab nationalism. They saw Iraq, the Arab state, as a victim to western imperialist power. Even if Syria chose to ignore these demands, Syrian public opinion against the invasion and the communal sense of anti-Americanism would have caused a great deal of instability within the state. The legitimacy of Bashar's term was strengthened by his defiance of US demands.

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