Quarterly Journal of Political
Research in Islamic World

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The recent geopolitic developments of the Middle East under thetitle of Islamic awakening have intensified fragility of Syria and eventually turn it to a failed state. Syrian internal crisis has not only influenced on its national security but also affected entire Middle East security interactions. With regard to this, the main question of the research is: “What is the impact of fragile situation of Syria on the security interactions in the Middle East region?” The research method is descriptive-analytical and it utilizes ‘regional security body’ as theoretical approach toexplain the research topic. The research findings indicate that Syrian fragile situation has significantly affected the security equation in the region. In this regards, Syria’s developments caused Turkey, in addition to military intervention in the Syria, increases its security- military cooperation with GCC countries, in particular Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Besides, Syrian internal crisis gave rise to a tense proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Moreover, similar interests of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel in Syria led to formation of Turkish-Arabic-Hebrew coalition in the region. This decreased Israeli threat in the region and eventually in turn led to a relative security of the regime. The Syrian development also affected on non-states actors such as Hamas and Hezbollah and their security-based actions in the region.
 

Keywords: Fragile state, Syria, the Middle East, Security, Copenhagen School.

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