The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC Perspectives

... of direct and indirect interaction. The two states which have invested the highest political and economic capital have been Saudi Arabia and Qatar [12] ; providing hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and helping fund the various moderate rebel forces in their fight against the Syrian government. The other four GCC states have so far played more of a mediating and charitable role in helping the Syrians who have felt the brunt of this brutal ...