Seeds of the Syrian and Mali crises in Western Foreign Policy

... transforming a long-simmering insurgency into a multi-front civil war .’ Photo: multimedia.pol.dk The international intervention in Iraq changed the balance of power from Sunni-led minority regime to Shia-led majority government. The Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri al-Maliki Six months on, it is noteworthy that support from Obama and Cameron for Hollande’s bold move into Mali has been long on political words and short on military substance. But as Hollande embarks on his first war as French President, Obama’s ...