Early this month, Iraq held parliamentary election whose result would not bring any change in its power structure. The party of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has gained 92 seats. It is possible that he maintains his seat as prime minister once again though many blame him for failure to attract defected Sunnis back to power mainstream in order to restore peace and instability. If so, the instability will continue and Sunni sect that has kept distance from the government and irritated by allegedly biased behavior of central government may fall prey to growing radicalism spread due to over three years long Syrian
conflict.
Now more than ever, it has become visible that regional countries are directly or indirectly engaged in Syria. In June last year, Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrullah said in a televised speech that his organization had decided to interfere in the Syrian crisis and participate in the battles on the ground in order to stand against a project targeting Lebanon and the region.
"We are the last to interfere in Syria, way after the Future Movement interfered there and other Lebanese organizations that I don't want to name," he alleged during a ceremony held by Hezbollah for the occasion of the Injured Fighter Day. "If today we interfere on the side of the Syrian rebels, wouldn't they praise us as heroes?" Nasrallah wondered.
He also clarified that Hezbollah's involvement was completely transparent and open: "We declared it openly. It's not as if we sent our men to Syria and said we're delivering milk and blankets, and it's
not as if we buried our men in Syria and silenced their relatives in Lebanon.
Now it is believed that Syrian regime depending on the technical and military support from countries like Iran and soldiers from radical groups of Iraq and Lebonan has been doing quite well. Last month rebels left part the of the Homes city which was under their control since the very start of armed struggle against government. Depending on aerial power, Damascus could easily surround the area and people stuck in a grave condition. Ultimately, with temporary truce government agreed to let them withdraw from the area which was also the first time that rebels left an area under their control without military force.
Thus, it is certain that Syrian war is pulling the feet of other countries into mess which is tragic for many countries, including Iraq and Lebonan and other neighboring countries that face flood of Syrian refugees.