Book 92: Arabia - A Journey through the Heart of the Middle East
Author: Levison Wood (England) đ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż
Genre: Travel / Adventure
Set in: Syria đ¸đž Iraq đŽđś Kuwait đ°đź Bahrain đ§đ the UAE đŚđŞ Oman đ´đ˛ Yemen đžđŞ Somalia đ¸đ´ Somaliland Djibouti đŠđŻ Saudi Arabia đ¸đŚ Jordan đŻđ´ Palestine đľđ¸ Israel
đŽđą Lebanon đąđ§ UK đŹđ§
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It occurred to me just how complicated this war was. Here we had Russians supporting pro-Assad militias, a stone's throw away from the rebel Free Syrian Army, supported by Turkey, the US and the UK. Fighting them, to the east were the Jaish al-Fatah and Tahrir al-Salam, factions of Al-Qaeda, directly funded - allegedly - by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, both of whom, of course are funded and supported by Turkey, the US and the UK.
Iran, a firm ally of Assad, was sending Afghan Hazara tribesmen to fight alongside Hezbollah from Lebanon, in order to defeat the al-Nusra Front - an organisation sponsored by Qatar, which is, believe it or not, a firm ally of Iran, and bizarrely, a mediator for the Taliban in Afghanistan, who really do not like the Hazara.
The Kurds to the north, were still being bombed and invaded by Turkey and yet were themselves being helped by the US and the UK to fight against al-Nusra and of course, ISIS, who, if Professor E was to be believed, were being directly assisted by Israel.
What a bloody mess.
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