Is the Syrian uprising caused by the large number of Iraqi refugees in Syria
During the Iraq war, large numbers of Iraqis moved to Syria (http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/). Now, with Syrian refugees moving to Jordan, Jordan is worried that it might destabilize it's country (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8610SH20120828). Now I'm wondering if the Syrian conflict is due to all of the refugees it sheltered from Iraq. Certainly this had to have some impact on Syrian society, but it's hard to distinguish this effect from the effect of the Arab spring. It would be a shame to think that Syria is being punished for being gracious enough to help out the Iraqi refugees.
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