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If one mentions the events in Syria in the 21st century, they will most definitely use the concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), indicating intervention to third states in order to prevent massive atrocities. Still, humanitarian aid during such interventions stays further from the main research and analytical focus. This research aims to analyze the balance of competition and cooperation in providing humanitarian aid in Syria by Russia, the US and France from 2017. The study is based on the neorealist paradigm, as it implies a strictly rational approach to the international system and sees R2P as an element of global order. It is concluded that there was surely room for cooperation for these states despite all differences in their policy and fundamental motives, however, each country maintained its own view on the situation and stayed true to its national interest, which complies with neorealism.