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Beautiful Blue sea, great leisure destination resorts, healthy food and Mediterranean Cruises, this is what comes to the mind when someone talks about the Mediterranean Sea. But a new phenomenon has been added in the past few years, wartime battleships. 

First bombardment of Libya's air defence sites on the Mediterranean coast by Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile by US Navy, then movement of ships towards Iran, and now the tension is being developed in the east of Mediterranean sea, Syria. 

Recently the tragedy in the Syrian village of Houla where government forces and opposition were fighting over has not only been the subject of debates in media but provoked a strong reaction from a number of countries over the week. 

According to initial data, the tragedy claimed over 100 civilians lives and left several other hundreds injured. The domestic politics and internal events happening in Syria will invite the high level criticism from western media as well as authorities was not of any surprise. Western media accused the government of Bashar al -Assad for not able to control the situation. As a result, the heads of diplomatic missions of Syria in the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy had to leave these countries.

Syria along with Iran is on the brink of war once again. New Socialist French President Francois Hollande took no time in declaring that he would not rule out the possibility of holding military operations in Syria, however he added that it would be important to get UN sanctions to do so.

While west is preparing for a tough solution to Syrian problem which could include war on Syria, they are simultaneously accusing Russia and China for ignoring what is happening in Syria. However, some even said that Russia plays a crucial role in the crisis settlement and its agreement to act as a united front with the West in the Security Council can help stop “bloodshed”.

After the victory of Damascus in the first phase of the struggle for Syria due to strong support from Russia and China, Syria is facing another challenge that is in the interest of Western governments as it could allow them to create a greater influence in the middle east if they a pro western government comes to Syria. In case the war breaks out this time again Russian and Chinese warnings could be ignored by the West as in the case of Libya.

In case of Libya, rebels were strong, large in number and with NATO support they overpowered Gaddaffi's government and captured key towns and then finally got rid of him. However, this could not be the case in Syria, as the opposition is not that strong at least not without NATO support in case of a total armed confrontation. But dangerously this weakness has resulted the opposition taking the path of terrorism to pressurize the government, the act which was classified by the West as necessity.

In the coming days or months we will be able to see the bigger picture of the event, to what extent can the opposition go and where this geopolitical changes will lead the middle east world to.

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