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  2. Why the Syrian conflict is so important for Russia and Iran - AOL

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    Here's why Syria is so important for both Moscow and Tehran. ... this resulted in Russia directly intervening in Syria's civil war, which began in 2011, to prop up Assad. ... the fall of Aleppo ...

  3. Explainer-Who is fighting in Syria and why? - AOL

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    The rebels launched their surprise offensive on Nov. 26, attacking from areas to the north and northwest of Aleppo. It is the first time control of the city has shifted since 2016, when government ...

  4. What's happening in Syria? What to know about the complex ...

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    This meeting, Nour said, would be aimed at finding a longer-term solution to Syria's 13-year-old simmering civil war – in particular its underpinning by non-state actors such as Hezbollah at a ...

  5. Syrian civil war - Wikipedia

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    The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state and non-state actors. The Syrian revolution began in March 2011 when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring protests in ...

  6. Background and causes of the Syrian revolution - Wikipedia

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    This article discusses the background and reasons that contributed to the outbreak of the Syrian revolution.What began as large-scale peaceful protests in March 2011 as part of the 2010–11 Arab Spring protests that reverberated across the Arab World, eventually escalated into a civil war following the brutal crackdown by Assad regime's security apparatus.

  7. Modern history of Syria - Wikipedia

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    As of 2021, more than 600,000 people had been killed in the Syrian civil war, [48] [49] with pro-Assad forces perpetrating more than 90% of the total civilian casualties. [a] Aleppo in 2021 Pro-Assad demonstration in the capital Damascus after US-led missile strikes in April 2018

  8. In a country splintered by civil war, could Syria’s rebels ...

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    And further afield, Syrian refugees forced to flee the war shared their hopes of returning to a peaceful country. “We thank our people in Syria and the free ones, for saving us from the ...

  9. Syrian revolution - Wikipedia

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    Discontent among soldiers led to massive defections from the Syrian Arab Army, while people began to form opposition militias across the country, gradually transforming the revolution from a civil uprising to an armed rebellion, and later a full-scale civil war. The Free Syrian Army was formed on 29 July 2011, marking the beginning of an armed ...