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1 People in the Middle east started the Arab Spring
After decades of enduring authoritarian governments the people in many middle eastern countries started revolutions to get rid of those leaders.
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2 The Revolution in Syria didn't end
The revolution in Egypt and Tunisia ended fast. In Libya it took a little while but eventually ended. In Syria the Revolution Turned into a long war.
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3 The Syrian Army opened fire against demonstrators
As angry demonstrators in Syria demanded Bashar al-assad , the Syrian president, to resign his army replied back by opening fire against them.
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4 Rebels armed themselves and fought back
Syrian rebels managed to get weapons and shortly they were fighting against the army of Bashar al-assad in an open war.
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5 The Free Syrian army was formed
The free Syrian army was a group of militias formed by normal civilians and deserters from the Military. The Free Syrian army doesn't have any centralized command or direct co-ordination between its militias.
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6 Jihadists from other countries joined the FSA
Jihadists from many other countries came to join the Free Syrian army. The Free Syrian Army which is undermanned and under-armed had no choice but to fight along them.
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7 Some of the FSA started killing civilains
People who belonged to the FSA and who had different agendas started killing Civilians as will leaving the Syrian people confused.
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8 It's believed that Al-assad is getting external support
It's believed that Al-assad is being helped by other countries ,especially Iran, and that this is why his army is still standing after a very long war.
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9 China and Russia support Al-Assad
Both China and Russia have interests in Syria and as a result they have been voting against international efforts that wanted to stop Al-Assad.
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10 Lebanon's Shia Islamist Hezbollah supported Al-Assad
The Lebanon's Shia Islamist Hezbollah group started to fight alongside Al-Assad.
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11 Al-Nusra Front was formed
Al-Nusra Front are a group of Jihadists ,who are believed to belong to al-Qaeda, who are fighting against the Syrian Government. Al-Nusra Front have the goal of establishing an Islamic state in the country. They have been declared a Terrorist organization by the united states.
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12 Al-Nusra Front split into two on 8th April 2013
Al-Nusra Front was gaining power and ground. On 8th April 2013 after the announcement by ISIS leader ,Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, that Al-Nusra Front are a part of ISIS Al-Nusra Front got divided. Some remained loyal to al-Qaeda while the others followed Abu Bakr al-Baghdad.
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13 Tensions grew between Al-Nusra Front and ISIS
Tensions grew between Al-Nusra Front and ISIS and this tension turned into a war. (See How ISIS was formed?)
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14 A US led Collation launched air strikes
In September 2014 A US led collation , which included many countries, launched air strikes against ISIS in order to stop them. The collation didn't try to help Al-Assad but they just tried to crush ISIS. (See How Did the Americans Win the Revolutionary War?)
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15 In September 2015 Moscow started fighting Assad's enimies
After believing that their Civilian plane was taken down by Jihadists Russia started making air strikes in Syria to support Al-Assad and to kill all the people they believed to be terrorists.
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