The Battle for Syria by Christopher Phillips

Author:Christopher Phillips
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780300217179
Publisher: Yale University Press

Suleimani’s Syria?

‘Syria is occupied by the Iranian regime,’ former Syrian Prime Minister Rijad Hijab told the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel in February 2013, six months after his defection. ‘The person who runs the country is not Bashar al-Assad but Qassem Suleimani.’52 Similar accusations, that the thirty-year alliance had been transformed into vassalage or even military occupation became increasingly widespread as the full extent of Iranian assistance became clear.53 Assessing the truth is difficult, given the secretive nature of the regime and the political biases of those claiming insider knowledge: it is not surprising that a defecting Prime Minister speaking to a Saudi-owned channel should wish to vilify Iran. However, the available evidence does suggest a significant shift in the dynamics of the relationship.

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