PROXY WARS IN SYRIA AND A NEW BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST

This article aims to analyze the proxy wars in Syria to find out whether these proxy wars create a New Balance of Power in the Middle East or not. The US, Russia, Turkey and Iran are trying to focus on their interests in the region. The Russian-American war appeared as proxy war in Syria and both sides use the Cold War methods. Iran and Russia support the Assad regime and they provide heavy weapons. The article is a product of a review of the literature on the Syrian crisis and a number of books are analyzed throughout the process of the article. The main part of this article constitutes the analyses from these books therefore the Internet has been of great use in accessing the related topics. In this context, the article has been prepared by an inductive method from the specific to the general. Thus, a holistic study has been conducted through an eclectic method. The aim of this study is to contribute to the literature by bringing up this issue to the agenda