Abstract:

The eastward expansion of NATO or the increasing influence of the USA and its allies in crises in Central Asia, the Caucasus or the Middle East are seen as threats to their national security by both Russia and Iran. In addition, the Arab Spring, which started as a reaction against authoritarian regimes and their long-standing policies, brought risks and opportunities for Russia and Iran. In this context, this article deals with the Syrian civil war, which is a problem that has turned into a civil war and attracted many regional and global actors. The founding features of the strategic partnership between Russia and Iran, whose positions overlapped since the beginning of the Syrian Crisis, are analyzed in the context of the Syrian civil war. Both countries have different goals in Syria, real ideological differences, different policies towards Israel and their potential rivals as energy suppliers, so it is difficult to state that Russia-Iran relations have formed a typical strategic partnership within the framework of the Syria Crisis. In this context, the present study concludes that cooperation between the Tehran and Moscow administrations has been made in the Syrian field under the pressure of internal and external factors, and this has made both actors more sheltered and advantageous against their main enemies’ competitors.

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