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title: "Is the Syrian conflict a sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni or is it a proxy war between USA and Russia?"  
description: "Is the Syrian conflict a sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni or is it a proxy war between USA and Russia?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-03-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39062/is-the-syrian-conflict-a-sectarian-conflict-between-shia-and-sunni-or-is-it-a-proxy-war-between-usa-and-russia  
category: "world politics"  
tags: ["politics and government"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Is the Syrian conflict a sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni or is it a proxy war between USA and Russia?

Is the [Syrian conflict](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100642/what-s-the-status-of-the-ongoing-syrian-conflict) a sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni or is it a [proxy](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1945/how-to-get-proxy-from-text-file-c-sharp-dot-net) war between [USA](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111806/what-are-common-leisure-activities-in-the-usa) and [Russia](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2481/researchers-in-russia-unearth-a-48-500-year-old-zombie-virus)?

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