| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 36 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Middle East/North Africa report ; no. 175 |
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ICG Middle East report ; no. 175.
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| Contents |
Executive summary -- Introduction -- The Syria gambit : a double-edged sword -- Hizbollah and its allies -- A way out of the conundrum? -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"When Hizbollah -- the Lebanese 'Party of God' -- threw its fighters into Syria in 2013, it sought primarily to save itself. Had the Assad regime collapsed or been defeated by U.S.-backed regional powers, it could have faced a hostile Sunni successor in Damascus and lost its essential arms channel from Iran. Today, its core objective of preserving the regime has been met, but there is no end in sight to the war. If Iran and Hizbollah continue to provide unconditional military support to the regime without a realistic exit strategy, they will be dragged deeper into what can only become a quagmire, even as their armed strength grows in the wider region. At the same time, they will have to contend with a potentially more hostile U.S. administration that has said it wants to push back Iranian influence even as it also pursues a more aggressive approach against the Islamic State (IS), an enemy it has in common with Hizbollah and Iran"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"14 March 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed March 22, 2017) |
| Subject |
Hizballah (Lebanon)
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| SUBJECT |
Hizballah (Lebanon) fast (OCoLC)fst00648264 |
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Syria -- History -- Civil War, 2011-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001320
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| Subject |
Syria.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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