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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20323</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-4-775-789</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Syrian Factor in Russian-US Relations (2011-2018)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Сирийский фактор в российско-американских отношениях (2011-2018 гг.)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kosov</surname><given-names>Alexander Petrovich</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Косов</surname><given-names>Александр Петрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of General History and World Culture, Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры всеобщей истории и мировой культуры Витебского государственного университета имени П.М. Машерова</p></bio><email>alekos1979@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Витебский государственный университет имени П.М. Машерова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Grand Strategy and Syrian Crisis: Coalition Wars of the Great and Rising Powers</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Большая стратегия (Grand Strategy) и сирийский кризис: коалиционные войны великих и восходящих держав</issue-title><fpage>775</fpage><lpage>789</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-01-15"><day>15</day><month>01</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Kosov A.P.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Косов А.П.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kosov A.P.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Косов А.П.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20323">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20323</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Russia and the United States, pursuing their national interests in the Middle East, were also involved in the Syrian conflict. As a result, in the second decade of the 21st century, Syria became one of the irritants in Russian-US relations. The protests that began in Syria in 2011 within the framework of “the Arab Spring” led to a serious political confrontation between Assad’s regime and the opposition with the participation of external geopolitical players. Pursuing their national interests in the Middle East Russia and the USA were also involved into the conflict, which made Syria one of the irritators in the Russian-US relations. The purpose of the article is to consider the impact of the Syrian conflict on the evolution of RussianUS relations. Employing general scientific and special historical methods the author uses the mass media materials and the documents published by the governmental and expert structures as well as publications of Russian and Western researchers to explore the impact that the Syrian conflict has on the Russian-US relations. The author analyses the reaction of the US and Russia to the events in Syria and shows their approaches to them. The USA supports the opponents of President B. Assad while the Russian Federation defends the interests of the official Damascus, which made them participants in the Syrian conflict. A conclusion is drawn that the opposing views of Moscow and Washington on the conflict in Syria remains an insurmountable obstacle to the diplomatic settlement of the Syrian issue. Even the common threat from ISIL has not made Russia and the US partners in the Middle East. The author explains this by the fact that the solution to the Syrian conflict has been held hostage to the tense Russian-US relations which have considerably deteriorated since the Ukrainian crisis.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Начавшиеся в 2011 г. на волне событий «арабской весны» протестные выступления в Сирийской Арабской Республике (САР) переросли в масштабное политическое противостояние режима Б. Асада и оппозиции, в том числе радикальной, с участием внешних сил (Ирана, Турции, ливанской «Хезболлы»). Преследуя собственные национальные интересы на Ближнем Востоке, в сирийский конфликт оказались вовлечены Россия и США. В результате Сирия наряду с Украиной стала одним из раздражителей в российско-американских отношениях. Ситуация усугубилась после начала в Сирии операции российских ВКС, которая дала повод Соединенным Штатам выдвигать голословные обвинения в адрес России в нанесении ракетных ударов по мирным сирийцам. В статье на основе материалов средств массовой информации, органов государственного управления, экспертно-аналитических структур, публикаций российских и западных исследователей с использованием общенаучных (анализ, синтез, индукция, дедукция, сравнение) и специальноисторических методов (историко-сравнительного, историко-генетического, историко-типологического) рассмотрено влияние сирийского конфликта на развитие российско-американских отношений. Автор анализирует реакцию США и России на события в САР, выявив их подходы к событиям в этой ближневосточной стране. Преследуя свои цели, Соединенные Штаты поддержали противников президента Б. Асада, а Российская Федерация - официальный Дамаск, что сделало Россию и США участниками сирийского конфликта. Сделан вывод о том, что отличающееся видение Москвой и Вашингтоном ситуации в Сирии является на настоящий момент непреодолимой преградой на пути дипломатического урегулирования сирийской проблемы. Даже наличие общей угрозы в лице террористической организации «Исламское государство» (ИГ)1 не сделало Россию и США полноценными партнерами на Ближнем Востоке. 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