USSR Involvement in the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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  • USSR supports Partition Plan for Palestine

    aligning with the U.S., partly to reduce British influence in the region

  • USSR condemns British, French, and Israeli invasion of Egypt during the Suez Crisis

    threatens to intervene militarily

  • USSR supports the new republican government in Iraq after the overthrow of the monarchy and establishes closer ties

  • USSR intervenes in the Jordanian Civil War

    by supporting the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Syria

  • USSR signs a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Egypt

    formalizing its military and political support

  • USSR signs a Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Iraq,

    strengthening ties with Saddam Hussein’s regime
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    USSR supports Iran during the Iran-Iraq War, despite earlier ties with Iraq

    , to counter U.S. influence in the region

  • USSR provides military and political support to Syria during Lebanon War,

    helping rebuild Syrian military after its losses

  • USSR condemns Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait but works with the U.S. to pass UN resolutions

    signalling a shift toward cooperation with the West as the Cold War winds down.