On the contrary, one way to make it more likely that U.S. and allied interests are harmed is to involve the U.S. and some of its allies in a Syrian proxy war that “our” side probably won’t win.

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Syria is plunging deeper into an alarming humanitarian crisis that could spiral out of control, an independent UN body warned ...

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) - a UK-based monitoring group with a network of sources on the ...

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The Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah said that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji was killed in a “Zionist assault” at dawn in Damascus.

6, p. 546. Farasoo, Abbas 2021. Rethinking Proxy War Theory in IR: A Critical Analysis of Principal–Agent Theory. International Studies Review, Vol. 23, Issue. 4, p. 1835. Having played a role in ...