International Crisis Group: Syrian Gains in Region Could Prove Short-Lived
The International Crisis Group said in the first of two reports on Syria”s evolving foreign policy published on its website that Damascus”s foreign policy "sits atop a mountain of apparent contradictions that have long bedeviled outsiders."
It said Syria”s self-proclaimed goal is peace with Israel, yet it has allied itself with partners vowed to Israel”s destruction.
Syria, according to the report, takes pride in being a "bastion of secularism" even as it makes common cause with Islamist movements.
The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization.