Even before any major world powers were willing to go public (so to speak) with their involvement in Syria’s five-year, bloody civil war, it was difficult to keep track of the myriad rebel factions, militant groups, and jihadists battling the Assad regime for control of the country.
In a testament to just how confusing (not to mention terrifying) the situation had become by the time Iran began to mull asking the Russians for help, in April, 18,000 civilians ended up trapped in the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus where al-Nusra, ISIS, Hamas, the FSA, and the Assad regime were all fighting each other simultaneously in what UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon called “the worst circle of hell.”
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I cannot believe these outsiders trying to over-throw a sovereign country. It is
ReplyDeletenone of their business who the citizens of Syria elected. Overbearing, greedy,
disrespectful bastards. It's like paganism; they never evolved.
It is none of their business who the citizens of Syria elected.
DeleteAgreed.