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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-8697</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Derecho]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Derecho]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-8697</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundación Universidad del Norte]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0121-86972019000100210</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.14482/dere.51.327.1</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Intereses geopolíticos de Israel en el conflicto armado en Siria]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Israel's geopolitical interests in the Syrian armed conflict]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Melamed Visbal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Janiel David]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>51</numero>
<fpage>210</fpage>
<lpage>230</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-86972019000100210&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-86972019000100210&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-86972019000100210&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este artículo analiza el conflicto armado en Siria y sus principales consecuencias para Israel, especialmente, sus intereses geopolíticos y objetivos estratégicos. Israel se constituye como un protagonista sui generis de la guerra pues no es uno de los principales actores armados del conflicto, pero tampoco es un mero espectador pasivo y despreocupado. El texto presenta, de manera descriptiva, una caracterización geopolítica de Siria y de sus históricas relaciones de conflictividad bélica con Israel. Adicionalmente, analiza algunas de las intervenciones militares que Israel ha desarrollado en Siria, determinando la clara existencia de elementos detonantes de su accionar. Esta postura obedece a planteamientos estratégicos y racionales que no buscan, necesariamente, la caída del régimen de Bashar Al-Assad.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article analyzes the armed conflict in Syria and its main consequences for Israel, especially, its geopolitical interests and strategic objectives. Israel has a sui generis role in the war because it is not one of the main armed actors, but neither is a passive spectator. The article presents a geopolitical characterization of Syria and its historical conflictive relations with Israel. Additionally, it analyses some of the military interventions that Israel has conducted in Syria, identifying the evident existence of trigger elements of its military actions. The level of military intervention obeys to rational and strategic considerations, which are not necessarily related to the fall of the Syrian regimen.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Siria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Israel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Irán]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[geopolítica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conflicto armado.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Syria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Israel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Iran]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[geopolitics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[armed conflict.]]></kwd>
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