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Saddoun N. Al-Majali, Raafat Abdel salam Tarawneh: The Chinese Position on the Syrian Crisis 2011-2018

which provides for sanctions. The fourth sought to refer the Syrian file to the International
Criminal Court. China opposed any military intervention in Syria, even if it came to fight
terrorist organizations. This was the repeated Chinese use of the veto in the Security
Council, although China is rarely considered a member of the Security Council. Which is
used to undermine the issuance of two similar decisions vis-à-vis the Libyan regime under
former President Muammar Gaddafi in the era of the Libyan revolution, despite its
objections. Is the advanced Chinese position on the Syrian crisis a new formulation of its
role in the Middle East? China's direct interests in Syria? [Chahine, Thuraya (2015)].

China has started using its veto in the Security Council for its growing displeasure with
what it sees as a US policy aimed at denying it access to energy resources in the Middle
East, and its traditional opposition to military intervention, especially the anticipated US
strike against Syria. In part because of its history of foreign intervention in the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as the sanctions imposed on it by the
United States of America for many years during the Cold War, which made the Chinese
very sensitive to both military intervention and Sanctions, and are therefore reluctant to
support these two steps, even if they were targeting authoritarian regimes in the Middle
East, such as the Syrian regime [Chahine, Thuraya (2015)].

That the strategic motives are also the engine of the Chinese position of the Syrian
crisis in an attempt to translate its objectives and political and economic interests in
the region, in addition to observers explain the Chinese position on the Syrian crisis,
which manifested "veto" does not initially concern the Syrian-Chinese direct
relationship, The Syrian crisis, which is reflected in its attitude towards the Syrian
scene, is also the result of the Syrian crisis. The relationship between China and
Russia, which takes an important strategic dimension for China in the context of
important economic interests between the two countries, To coordinate them on the
international stage. On the regional level, Iran is also present in the international
strategy, as Iran is the second most important supplier of oil to China.

That the energy interests are the key to China's foreign policy during the twenty-first
century, which is highlighted in its attitudes towards the Syrian crisis is governed by
the foregoing of its strategic motives as an engine of the Chinese position of the Syrian
crisis, in light of the increasing demand for energy from the Arabian Gulf oil by China,
China accounts for 55% of China's needs, more than half of which are from Arab
countries. China is the second largest economy in the world after the United States of
America, but given the US debt, China will be the first economically. Issues in the

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