The Strategic Importance of Syria's Geographical Location in the Perspective of the Russian Geopolitics

Abstract

The research aims to shed light on the strategic importance of Syria's geographic location and its place in the classical and modern international strategic and geostrategic theories In order to determine the importance of the geographical location of Syria with the perspective of the geopolitics of Russia politically, economically and militarily. Politically, Syria is an important strategic region in the Middle East, a loophole in the North Atlantic Treaty pact (NATO) blockade, through which Russia seeks to regain its role as a superpower in the Middle East . economically despite the volume of trade exchange and sales of Russian arms and oil exploration, but Syria's geographical location has gained a strategic dimension in the global energy map, Syria has become a strategic location of the future natural gas pipeline complex, which explains the size of major regional and international interests in Syria. Militarily the Tartous naval base on the Mediterranean coast is the starting point and financing of the Russian naval fleet through which the Russian Federation plays an important role in maintaining the international balance of power, as long as the strategic objective of the Russian Federation is access to warm water.