Israel and Turkey Call Dibs on Syria

Peter Zeihan 3 min

Syria is returning to a no man's land because globalization has ended. Israel and Turkey will struggle over the region without necessarily clashing militarily.

  • Bashar al-Assad

Key points

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    Israel bombs areas it believes Turkey intends to occupy.

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    Turkey claims Israel's actions are nonsense.

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    Syria was an artificial state sustained by globalization.

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    Land transport routes like Syria withered when everything moved to water.

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    Russia and Iran previously supported Syria's stability.

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    The current environment lacks foreign sponsors for Syria.

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    Israel aims to ensure any new Syrian state remains weak and broken.

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    Turkey views Syria as a source of refugees and power projection.

On the map

Map of the places in “Israel and Turkey Call Dibs on Syria”

Who and where

Places · 6

  • Israel 9
  • Syria 6
  • Turkey 1
  • Iran 2
  • Idlib Governorate 1
  • Russia 1

People · 1

  • Drawing of Bashar al-Assad

    Bashar al-Assad 1

    Syrian convicted fugitive and former President of Syria from 2000 to 2024

    Photo 1

1. Photo: khamenei.ir, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata · redrawn in our house style (Bashar al-Assad)

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