Successful Counterinsurgency in the Kurdish Region of Syria and Iraqi Military Operations Foil planned “Kurdistan Crisis”. Western – Saudi – Backed Terror Wave in Syria and Iraq however, creates Havoc and aim at Civil War. The Syrian Arab Army conducts successful counterinsurgency operations throughout the country. Also, the Iraqi military has some success in limiting the effect of the primarily Saudi Arabia backed wave of terror that has been unleashed against the country, and Iraqi troops help securing the Syrian border. A renewed and intensified wave of violence was expected in August and September. Iran´s leadership warns against attempts to cast the entire region into civil wars.