Volume: 4 Issue 1 [January 2021]

Article:The Impact of the Syrian Crisis on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Author: Mostafa Hamdy El-Said Ahmed

Volume: Vol 4, Issue 1; January 2021

DOI: North American Academic Research, 4(1) 17-30, Jan 2021,https://doi.org/10.5281 /zenodo.4433101

Abstract: In the paper, the Syrian conflict caused a direct effect on the Middle East and North African (MENA) Region. The attention on an escalation of tensions between Bashar al-Assad’s government and opposition as a source of civil war in Syria was paid. The internal and external factors were shown as main contractors in the conflicts. Also, The war has led to catastrophic consequences to the neighbouring countries like refuges crisis. The paper assessed the factors underlying the spillover and the consequence of the crisis especially the political and security consequences and its prospect on the region, This paper addressed the situation in Syria as a fragile state. Also will explore the factors that contributed to the spillover effect the Syrian Crisis, discuss the consequences of the conflict in the MENA region. Also, the paper will emphasize the reasons why the Syrian revolution failed and why Egyptian revolutions passed, in a comparison Syria with Egypt as a benchmark, and set implications to end the civil war in Syria. The paper recommends starting national reconciliation and dialogue among different political organizations under UN and Arab league mediation. Also, the paper recommends the future of conflict consequences.

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