Zachary Laub
In the 7 years since protesters inwards Syrian Arab Republic kickoff demonstrated against the four-decade dominion of the Assad family, hundreds of thousands of Syrians accept been killed in addition to roughly twelve meg people—more than one-half the country's pre-war population—have been displaced. The the world has descended into an ever-more-complex civil war: Jihadis promoting a Sunni theocracy eclipsed many opposition forces fighting for a democratic in addition to pluralistic Syria. Regional powers backed diverse local forces to advance their geopolitical interests on Syrian battlefields. The U.S. has been at the fore of a coalition conducting air strikes on the self-proclaimed Islamic State, patch Turkey, a U.S. ally, has invaded inwards operate to foreclose Kurdish forces, the United States' primary local partner inwards the gain out against the Islamic State, from linking upward their autonomous cantons. Russian Federation besides has carried out air strikes inwards Syria, coming to the Assad regime's defense, patch Iranian forces in addition to their Hezbollah allies accept done the same on the ground.
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