The Israeli-Syrian Conflict

Kingdom of Israel (main belligerent)

The Romanian National Reclamation Government (alleged to aid) - now the Romanian Republic

Side 2 - Syria

Republic of Syria (main belligerent) - now de facto disbanded

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (direct ally of Syria)

The Saltin Empire (direct ally of Syria) - now disbanded

Neutral Parties (as of 2/28/2023)

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea - disbanded

The SPQR

The Socialist Republic of Turkey - became the USSJ

Oakania - now disbanded

Switzerland

### Location

None - it is a diplomatic conflict, for now...

The **Israeli-Syrian Conflict** began on 2/27/2023 due to Syrian demands of Israel giving up some of its claims, namely the Golan Heights and Gaza region. Due to their refusal, the Syrian leader announced an ultimatum to Israel, in which he threatened war if Israel would not give up the before-mentioned claims in 24 hours, which was also basically ignored by Israel and indirectly began the **Israeli-Syrian War**, though this war did not actually begin (see History of the Server for details).

Initially, the SPQR supported Israel, but they later announced their neutrality - the same has happened with Switzerland. The DPRK, Socialist Republic of Turkey, Oakania and others also announced their neutrality, but from the beginning.

The war did not happen due to the inactivity of the two nations, which began right after the de facto end of the conflict.

## Development of the conflict and analysis

The conflict arguably began as early as the foundation of Syria (initially a Prussian puppet, now independent) due to the issue of who would control the Golan Heights and Gaza. This greatly escalated on 2/27/2023, when a heated debate began between Aokperson, the leader of Israel and Bashar al-Assad, the leader of Syria over the before-mentioned region but also over the Gaza region. After XiphosS, leader of The Romanian National Salvation Government failed to mediate the conflict - he proposed a demilitarized zone between the two nations - the Syrians sent the Israelites an ultimatum, which was practically instantly declined. Thus, war broke out, though currently this war was quite phony, as it could only be "fought" diplomatically, due to the fact that the 3rd iteration of the server was then in-development.

The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth quickly sided with the Syrians, as they were allied through the Mediterranean-Baltic Alliance. Due to the same reason, the Saltin Empire followed suit. The Romanian National Salvation Government sided with Israel due to an apparent opposition to Polish interventionism, though why this would happen after the Commonwealth agreed to cede their Romanian claims is mostly unknown. The Socialist Republic of Turkey condemned the conflict, saying that it is not a conflict between good and bad but between "Imperialist Europeans vs Settler Colonist Israelites". As such, they remained neutral - it should be noted that this comes after 'coercing' the previously French-aligned state of Algeria to declare independence. Zenith, then member of South Africa but not leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea said that this conflict is a "colonizer 1 v 1 v 1", and also declared neutrality, though with Syria declaring its independence from Prussia diplomatic stances may yet change. The SPQR is the only party to have truly changed a side: they were initially allied or at least quite friendly to the Israelites, but seeing the conflict escalate, they also declared neutrality. Switzerland also 'changed sides', but this event is more bizarre due to how quickly they changed sides: they initially also supported Israel, but then became neutral too. Oakania announced its neutrality from the start.