Russian Military Intervention in the Levantine-Iraq Conflict (21st Century Crisis)

The Soviet military intervention in the Levantine-Iraq Conflict officially began during North Syria's various wars with South Syria and Iraq, both of which the Soviets currently aid. The Soviets had been supporting the Bashar al-Assad government ever since the Syrian Civil War. The ultimate goal of the Soviet military's involvement was apart from fighting terrorists and rolling back American and western influence, was to eliminate what it referred to as "phony nationalists", citing the same type of nationalism that nearly broke up Yugoslavia. The South Syrian government had made significant gains with Soviet aid, recapturing many territories once captured by ISIS. However, the pre-Trumpian United States, as well as France, North Syria and the United Kingdom all refute the Soviet Union's claims, stating that the Soviets are responsible for heavy civilian death tolls.