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How Syria Came to This
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How Syria Came to This

A story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering

The Atlantic, 2018

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The Syrian civil war’s unabated violence continues to cause monumental suffering for millions of Syrians, with no end in sight. Over the past decade, the conflict has enabled the jihadist group ISIS to take temporary control of large parts of Iraq and Syria, exacerbated tensions between the United States and Russia, and given rise to the worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. How did it all start, and why is the war threatening to mutate into an international conflict? To anyone who’s lost track, getAbstract recommends this useful chronology of the Syrian civil war which the Middle East specialist Andrew J. Tabler put together for The Atlantic.  

Take-Aways

  • The Syrian civil war started 2011 with protests over the arrest of four underage graffiti artists critical of the Assad regime, to which the regime responded with excessive violence. 
  • Syrian regime opponents subsequently formed local militias and started to take control of Syrian territory. 
  • Jihadist groups soon came to dominate the Syrian opposition, enabling the Islamic State (ISIS) to conquer and occupy large parts of Syria and Iraq.

About the Author

Andrew J. Tabler is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of In the Lion’s Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington’s Battle with Syria.


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