Cobweb of proxy war in Syria: Iranian case

This paper will discuss how the proxy War served multiple purposes for several actors in Syria as a battlefield and how the proxy war was used as a tool for the main actors fighting in this country. We will be focusing mainly on Iran as a case of study and how the Iranian regime in Tehran used its militias to achieve its goal in Syria. However, on the other hand, how the other actors in Syria, including Russia and the Syrian Regime, used Iran and its militias to achieve their goals. In the first chapter, I will discuss how Iran established several local and foreign militias under its control and how Iran used these militias and the Syrian army to achieve its goals in Syria. The second chapter will illustrate how the Syrian regime used the Iranian intervention to serve its own goals and, most importantly, to stay in power in Syria. The third chapter will discuss the Russian strategy after its intervention in the Syrian war, how Russia used the pro-Iranian militias to maximize its benefits from the war, and what are the main militias that Russia began to support in the Syrian war. Keywords: Syria, Iran, Russia, Proxy