Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Foreign interventions and internal strife keep Syria in perpetual instability

NORTH AND EAST SYRIA — A report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, titled Borders Without a Nation: Syria, Outside Powers, and Open-Ended Instability, emphasized the complexity of resolving the ongoing Syrian conflict due to extensive foreign intervention. The report underscored that national dialogue and a political solution are the only viable paths to ending the war and preventing further internal collapse, while warning that external powers continue to clash on Syrian soil.

With numerous factions vying for power, the report argues that no side will achieve absolute victory, leading to the continued fragmentation of the Syrian state and making it a persistent source of regional instability.

The report also cautions that the prolongation of the war could spark internal uprisings in regime-controlled areas, destabilizing the delicate balance between external actors involved in Syria.

It stressed the need for a broad consensus that can shift Syria’s future toward a national framework, where the conflicting parties might finally reach a settlement to bring long-term stability to the country.