62 MARGALLA PAPERS 2016 THE SYRIAN CRISIS AND THE CONTOURS OF EMERGING ORDER IN THE MIDDLE EAST Dr. Nazir Hussain and Amna Javed  Abstract The Syrian crisis is quite important for Middle Eastern Security dynamics because it has gradually transformed the entire regional order. There are many regional states involved. Moreover, the crisis has seen how foreign involvement became a new norm for the semantics. The placement of Turkey and Iran and the formation of a trifecta between Russia-Turkey-Iran are of large value. The added plunge of China in Syria is going to have certain impacts for both Middle East and China. Furthermore, non-state actors have a role to play as well. All in all, the regional order and the security milieu give an insight as to the multiple impacts for the region due to the lingering Syrian Crisis. Keywords: Non-State Actors, Emerging Order, Middle East Dynamics, Syrian Crisis. he international order at all times, remains highly elusive. Similarly, the regional order is no different because it is something which cannot be at one time calculated as a whole and is abstract. Middle East is a valid example because its regional order is full of significant cracks and craters and is manifest in a war without end. This is largely because of various wars and conflicts. The Syrian crisis is no doubt one which is highly intricate and important for the region. And because of the high stakes, it has become equally important for the international realm as well. Thus the international order and the regional order become somewhat tangled in the realm of Syria. The Syrian crisis has given birth to a series of important features and is responsible for transforming the regional order and with it, perhaps, the international order as well. Its history shows how complex all the actors involved in it have been and going further it will be noticed that though the dynamics greatly changed, the complexity remains obscure. The US remains an involved state but new actors like Russia and China have also become involved. Not only that the regional actors like Israel, Iran, Turkey and KSA have greater stakes and have fairly used non-state actors. The inception and spread of the armed non-  Dr. Nazir Hussain is Director School of Politics and International relations, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and Ms. Amna Javed is Security Analyst focussing on Middle East affairs. T