Syria allies: Why Russia, Iran and China are standing by the regime - CNN.com - 1 views
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One has to do with economics; the other with ideology.
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Russia is one of Syria's biggest arms suppliers
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Syrian contracts with the Russian defense industry have likely exceeded $4 billion
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Russia also leases a naval facility at the Syrian port of Tartu
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Moscow also signed a $550 million deal with Syria for combat training jets
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value of Russian arms sales to Syria at $162 million per year in both 2009 and 2010
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Russia's key policy goal is blocking American efforts to shape the regio
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Russia doesn't believe revolutions, wars and regime change bring stability and democracy
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It believes humanitarian concerns are often used an excuse for pursuing America's own political and economic interests.
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Putin's existential fear for his own survival and the survival of the repressive system that he and al-Assad represent
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not only driven by the need to preserve its naval presence in the Mediterranean, secure its energy contracts, or counter the West on 'regime change
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al-Assad cannot lose because it means that one day he, Putin, might as well
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The West handles the Islamic world the way a monkey handles a grenade," Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted
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Russia is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. It has the power to veto Security Council resolutions against the Syrian regime and has done so repeatedly over the past two years
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religion and strategy.
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Islamic Republic has provided technical help such as intelligence, communications and advice on crowd control and weapons as protests in Syria morphed into resistance
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The last thing Iran wants now is a Sunni-dominated Syria -- especially as the rebels' main supporters are Iran's Persian Gulf rivals: Qatar and Saudi Arabi
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proxy through which Iran can threaten Israel with an arsenal of short-range missiles
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Iran counted on Syria as its only Arab ally during its eight-year war with Iraq. Iraq was Sunni-dominate
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war between the front of hegemony and the front of resistance
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Syrian government is a victim of international plots
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Iran says the main objective of this plot is to make the region safer for Israe
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Many believe Iran is Washington's greatest threat in the region, especially with its nuclear potential
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the Americans will sustain damage like when they interfered in Iraq and Afghanistan
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Syria's third-largest importer in 2010, according to data from the European Commission
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maintain its financial tie
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indicates that China sees Syria as an important trading hub
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China has said foreign countries shouldn't meddle in Syria's internal affairs
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Rather than siding with either Assad or the opposition and standing aside to 'wait and see,' Beijing is actively betting on both
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China said it is firmly opposed to the use of chemical weapons and supports the U.N.'s chemical weapons inspectors.
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It also said it wants a political solution for Syri
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China is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. And like Russia, China has repeatedly blocked sanctions attempts against the Syrian regime
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Syria's allies, Russia, Iran, and China, all stand by them despite western powers opposing the Syrian government. There are different reasons to why these powers seem to stay with Syria such as Russia's ideologies, Iran's strategy, or China's trading. Either way, these government will stand by them until there is nothing left to lose.
