Zitouni, WassilaMaameri, Fatima2018-06-272018-06-272016http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3623The United States used such excuses as democracy and freedom to justify its policy of intervention in the arab world. The unexpected revolutions in 2011 that reached most arab countries against the ruling systems have shifted the US policy. What the Arab World, particularly the Middle East countries,has seen of instability and dispersion of Arab unity was the outcomes of American policy of intervention in the region's affairs. This mémoire investigates american policy toward the arab world during the first Barack Obama's administration and Syrian crisis is one case that reveals that policy. The core issue is Obama's measures toward Syria before and after the revolution of 2011. Based on the analysis of Obama's speeches and through a historical account of events, the research provides an overview on American-Arab relations and the uprisings that swept the Arab World. Obama's position was characterized b y hesitation and ambiguity; however, earlier than the outbreak of revolutions, policy toward Syria was decided. The George W. Bush administration saw Syria as a state sponsoring terrorism after 9/11 attacks and a supporter of Islamic resistance. With the arrival of Obama, a new phase in US-Syrian relations began and the need to change US strategy has been established. The Mémoire reveals that the coming of the Syrian upheaval in 2011 with its challenges, particularly the growing influence of Russia and China, the lack control of chemical weapons and threat to Israel's security, has put US policy in confusion. The real american interest inthe Syrian conflict was based on protecting self-interests and getting rid of the threat of the major powers to its international status.enCrise syrienne : (2009-2012)Other