The war in Syria explained in five minutes
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2013
- What is going on in Syria and why? This animation explains the events that have led to the ongoing civil war in the Middle Eastern country, which is reported to have claimed over 100,000 lives.
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It's a complicated issue, but this explainer should serve as a good starting point for understanding it all.
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#Syria #SyriaWar #Assad
The lies by the Guardian explained in 5 minutes.
thats exactly what I was thinking
ask the refugees about assad and his regime
you will know that this video is telling the truth because THEY ALL HATE ASSAD AND SAY HE IS THE CAUSE OF ALL SUFFERING
i am really suprised by how much poeple thinking that assad is the good side and the rest are all terrorists !!!
the poeple dying and the destroyed building and the plans that bombs the civilians are not actors and photoshop , they are REAL
wake up people
WAKE UP !!!ask the refugees about assad
@@redone4637 the refugees are against him they are strict sunni that support FSA dumb if you live in syria you can talk but you aren't living there like me so
Zehra ELJ
First what does it tell you that all people who fled war are against him ? It tells you that he is the cause of their suffering
About the show ... Every one can make up stories and fake evidences
I have been following the syrian war since the very beginning so could all the news, turtoment videos by saa , all the dead children all the people saying they hate assad , all the civilian building destroyed by regime are all just actors and photoshop ... I can't believe they actually convinced you that the dictator is the good side and the sunnis population that are against him are all terrorists.
Media may lie and so do the journalists ... But can mellions of people decide make a lie and tell it to the world ? I doubt that
@@redone4637 i live in Syria LMAOOOO I know that Assad is good. People who fled support the FSA and say he is bad but only because his army is killing the FSA. And btw the FSA means free syrian army but they kill alawites so they aren't even there for "freedom" they are fake. Look at how beautiful Aleppo is turning after the liberation. And if Assad was that bad no one would vote for him. (He won the election in 2013 with above 80%)
Trying to explain the very complicated situation of Syria in 5 minutes reminds me of when I wanted to learn Japanese through a book called " learn Japanese in 5 days", it never worked.
As someone who is bilingual English and Japanese I’ll just have it be known to you that any course that says learn japanese in any timescale under a month is lying and if you include kanji then you’ll never finish at all
I like cupcake
That's not the problem the problem is it's all lies from top to bottom .
@black human speak japanese right now then
@black human dayum
"The USA hasn't intervened" cough
@@jacoblyalls4026 Yea.... APPEAREd.. definitely
@UCoJ_GTEGEFJev_gjYT9zg7A . I mean US just tossed Turkey to intervene.
"... openly."
What an absolute joke of a statement.
This was 10 years ago
A CIA analyst once said, “If you think the US involvement in the Middle East is not because of their partnership with Israel, then your a fool!!!”
What exactly has this got to do with Israel?
But fool
@@ieatmice751 Israeli irredentism
@@ieatmice751 everything. Weaken your enemy states , so you can longer your life span for some times.
@@azmolhossain9244 not true. Israel has won three times against arab nations when there was no sign of a civil war at all
For the children living in Syria a Rough childhood is an understatement
I am syrian and i live there but i came to egypt 10 yrs ago
I'm syrian and when the war had started I've been just 7 so I live the hole war till today and actually I'm glad to be alive after all this years now there isn't any weapon war in Syria but it hits another level and turned into an economic war or economic blockade
كنت من الاطفال الذين عاشوا بسورا ورائيت المجازر بابناء قريتي فقط لاننا من طائفة مسلمة تريد الحرية والان عمري ١٧
My family lived during the reign of hafez but we can’t return since the place is in ruins
Yeah... I can relate...
My best friend Alan died in Syria during this out of hunger. He went to visit close family relatives but then the bombing incident happened. His family had to go underground but had no food or water. After 4 days, I found out Alan had died out of hunger. I hope you all understand what Syria is going through. I love you Alan. Your in a better place now. Rest in Peace best friend. You’ll see me but in a very,very long time.
Im so sorry for your friend🥺 me he rest in peace. I wish a better future for the middle east
@@nikolayvaleriya6365 they are human beings, not animals like you bafoons
@@nikolayvaleriya6365 he is talking about water and food,water is so essentially
So what happened to @Nikolay? I don't see him here?
@@lcfflc3887 Deleted his comment,🤔
"Assad will fall."
Assad: Wins with Russian aid.
Guardian: You weren't supposed to do that.
The war isn't over they just agreed to a ceasefire if anything turkey won because turkey still has control over northern syria
Assad will fall and you will see that soon
@@blackblack6032 he will win and u will see
@@m7md3155 i am a Syrian and to the last second in my life i will fight this regime in every single way
@@m7md3155 Yes
"The white wash of the role of West in Syrian war in 5 mins"
How was the west involved in a civil war in syria exactly
@@dankas5635 Напрямую... сам президент США выкрикивал о том, что он поддерживает Повстанцев ...
Через 10 лет после войны на Украине, вы наверное спросите "как Запад участвовал в войне на Украине?"
@@Tigran_Pan bold of you to assume i know russian
@@dankas5635 What is courage? It would be better to use your Mind, for this purpose there is a built-in translator in UA-cam or Google translator... You are brave! You didn't turn to your mind!
@@Tigran_Pan there is no translate option here on yt and for some reason it wont allow me to cope and paste your paragraph so just type in English?
Civil war in lybia ended?! I'm Egyptian and that's a news to me!
The Egyptian Free Thinkers haha, right
الله وكيلك وانا هي اول مرة بسمع بهاد الشي ... انا سوري كمان😂😂 يا زلمة وحياة الله شي بضحك ... انو عنجد ما حدا فعلا قادر يشوف الحقيقة! وحياة الله منعرف انو بحكومتنا في اخطاء وفي فساد وفي كلشي بس ما عم اعرف مين مفهمون انو الحل بكون بانو نحرق بلدنا! يا اخي لا ... انا ما عندي مانع مين ما كان يكون رئيسي ما دام بلدي بامان وكل السوريين كانو مرتاحين ومبسوطين !
مفيش طغاة في العالم غير المعارضين لأمريكا, صدفة غريبة والغريب أكتر إن مفيش ثورات دموية مدعومة إعلامياً غير ضدهم حتى القاعدة أصبحوا مناضلين لأجل الحرية. Tarek Salameh
It's the Guardian, they have no problem lying through their teeth.
And what happened to Egypt? The army took back power. The revolution was a waste of effort and lives.
Thanks god we have internet, so we can defend us from wrong information. What ever u hear from this video , its a twisted reality, the way America write the history. First time ever I'm kinda proud of the comment section. u guys are no sheep's or trolls
What have you been reading? RT and Sputnik?
"history is written by the victors"
So what’s the truth? What’s really goin i’m in Syria? And why?
Kaan ö lol and who’s the one who blocks certain videos into their country?, that’s right Russia and China!
Can you send me links to these videos?
they destroyed the country of the poor Syrians. I remember how that day started. Syria stands up despite the devastation I wish patience to the Syrian brothers and sisters I hope your country will prosper again 🥺🙏 Greetings from Azerbaijan
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they destroyed themselves.
"They" are Syrians themselves.
thanks 🙏
“Experts agree that al Assad will be removed from power, it’s just a matter of when”
2019: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
So what ? Complicated wars like this take a long time
ليه الاسد ما زال مسيطر علي رقعة كبيرة حتي الان؟ ايه اكتر حاجة مساعداه و ايه اكتر حاجة مانعه الثوار من الوصول ؟
YowYoh the joke is that they said saddam would be removed from power, but instead he won
@@brendanjrice7307 you mean assad not saddam. Typo. All those middle east warmongers have similar sounding names.
Mahmoud Yahya yeah my bad I meant to say Assad. Thx mate
How did the rebels find thousands of weapons rockets mines tanks missiles
what nationality are you?
You know the US funds the rebels right? They don't just find them lying around.
Indiana gun shows
Because the Army rebelled alongside them
Bramha's Astra they bought them off a guy with a Carmel in the desert apparently that's why its covered in sand to hide the stollen stuff
And the Americans? Who invited them?
American excuses: US will not retreat unless iranian troops are gone
nikanaughty
and who invited the Russians and the Turks who are inside Syria? Who invited the Iranians?
nurieln they were invited by a legitimate leader of Syria
@@ccdsds3221
Legitimate? leader? This is a sick joke. He is a dictator who seized power by force. legitimate is when he is elected by the people. No one elected him. He elected himself by force and will cut off the head of whoever questions his authority. Leader? How can he be a leader when the majority are against him and do not accept his leadership. This delusion had destroyed Syria.... probably permanently. Incidentally... Turkey was not invited. They just moved in and seized parts of Syria.... permanently. and this joker leader cannot do anything about it.
nurieln pretty sure syria has elections buddy
I clicked on it just to see the comments, have read the first two underneath and now can leave a little bit more reassured that there is still hope left for mankind. Thanks.
@Lourdes A Mateo-Casanova I bet there were.
I don't get your comment
10 years later and Assad is still in power.
Sadly😢
A leader who kills his people is not a human
& lybia still lives in anarchy
I want to know if it's a crime for a news media company to knowingly lie to the public?
No, Guardian isn't lying. Take off your tinfoil hat
You'll find (with regards to the MSM) that thees laws are only ever applied to persons of interest like foreign policy critics (Alternative media)
Dennis Richards Yeah, I don't find the Alternative Media any better than MSM.
Plus, Tron Guy is a dead meme
it is not a crime
paul w it destroy countries.
I cannot remember disliking any video. This one has to be it. Gross misrepresentation of facts.
Ramon Ching obviously it's dated.
Ramon Ching me too if the Guardian thinks this is credible you've got to wonder about any other articles they put their name too.
bro , this is of 2013
The Guardian: "let's see how many lies we can spin in 5 minutes and 28 seconds"
Can you please explain the truth then
Ohhh so this is the western version of the story??😂😂
Yes what I've heard from real sources Bashar was tryna stablize his country but U.S.A decided to play by putting terrorists
LOL. "Small groups of armed rebels started to appear..." From where?
istillsuckatguitar spontaneous generation, they literally appear out of thin air, and by thin air I mean western power's payroll.
the enemy team has spwn, free items unlocked...
Duh, SAA defections
Like they just appeared with no support from western country/countries.
Libya, armed with Libyan weapons. And freaks from all over the world, through Turkey. Armed by NATO & co.
extreme biased and misleading
@Mason Freer Assad is made out to be this bad Regime leader, when in reality it does Neither reflect his true personal views or his Ruling Style
The only thing i learned from this war is to not to trust in anyone ....
2021 and Assad is still in power.
sadly
This video is from the Guardian.... Which means it's absolute garbage western media. Takes 30 seconds to figure that out.
Yeah, how about you stop watching RT and Sputnik so much
@delosombres yeah sorry but VOA and RFE/RL doesn't spread conspiracy theories on a industrial scale.
What? You know it is going to be accurate when it is The Guardian.
Small groups of armed rebels started to appear...how?Who arms them?
Coalition for Illegal Armaments. (aka CIA)
Conspirators for International Assassinations (aka CIA)
Criminals for the Instigation of Anarchy (aka CIA)
Corrupt Insane Assholes (aka CIA)
Politicians.
the toothfairy
The SAA by being incompetent fools
Uncle Sam😎
*assad will eventually fall, but how long?*
Its been 10 years, nothing changed in syria
I love going back to watch old western video journalism on world events to see how terrible they are at analyzing and predicting
They do it knowingly
Wtf man. Quit spreading wrong info
storm chaser 200 one, it's dated. Two, Syria has low press freedom
Watching in 2018, a day after the U.S., U.K., and France ordered airstrikes on Syria.
me too
U.S ,U.K,or what you say Napoleon ,?France-?I have learn fore much on Napoleon.
The vast majority of MPs think that it was the right course of action in British parliament. From what I understand, it seemed quite reasonable.
Me toooooooooo
Hi guys I'm from future to tell you that the war is ended thanks
Is seem like you are keeping silence about US and NATO war crimes in Syria
They’re aren’t many war crimes in Syria by the west but they do support rebel groups which commit alot of warcrimes
Sorry you forgot to mention CIA involvement
COMPLETELY WRONG AND DISINFORMATION!!!!!
SAMREZ-55 ?????
You can't say that without explaining.
SAMREZ-55 I'm syrian and this mostly accurate. The FSA in the first war was made up of defected syrian soliders who refused to shoot protestors. Even priminister riyad hijab of syria defected.
But now the FSA is mostly crushed after 7 years of assad using weapons of mass destruction. Now the most powerful rebels are alquada rebels.
So assad is responsible for the war and he is also responsible for crushing the syrian revolutionist rebels. And he is responsible for most of the casualties killed in the war because he dops missile bombs and barrel bombs on civilians populated areas and on your homes. My home was destroyed by a rocket from the regime.
+Myriam Salama
Weapons of mass destruction? Are you sure about that?
Myriam Salama Lier
The Libyan Civil war ended after Gaddafi?? Are you serious??? it's still going on! Various factions, a lot of them radical islamists, are fighting each other 7 years after Gaddafi fell with no end in sight...such a ridiculous video and no before you ask I am not a Russian troll :P
there's the first Libyan civil war (until 2012) and there's the second Libyan civil war (from 2014 on)
Captain: one should listen carefully before giving a reaction: the video is only talking about the how it was going with the leaders, not with the country.
Well said friend. Are there any independent papers left in the UK?
Это русский тролль!
có lẽ
What's crazy is this video was made several years before it REALLY heated up, the Syrian War became an order of magnitude more violent in 2015-2017, 3 years after this video was made
I hate to predict it, but the war in Ukraine will be many orders of magnitude worse than the Arab Spring civil wars.
Conflicts in densely populated Europe usually have the greatest potential to become global conflicts.
@@ritemolawbks8012 wrong as of now
I'm from sryia my daughter was on TV and she was talking about her life she was the main person
And?
So many lies in 5minutes
Ram so much truth that regime supporters refuse to accept.
Edgardo Díaz mm
Top notch propaganda, right there.
Bullshit.
care to explain in detail then?
It's too early to make documentaries or 5min summaries on it. We don't know who has what agenda. We can't afford to pick sides just yet by default because it could backfire horribly. The rebel groups have shown they can't be trusted and that they can't work with each other because they hate each other out of religious reasons too. Assad represents an old dictatorial cast of society but without him the country would fall into complete chaos. This 5min explanation is too shallow and it just draws a very naive line of dictator bad, civilians victims. History shows that this is very often catastrophically deceptive. So intervention in this situation could be the worst thing anyone could possibly do. IMO, at the end of this, we'll see 3 new small countries emerge just like in the balkans because you can't force ethnically diverse people to live under one roof.when the main force of oppression is gone.
Finally someone who isn't stupid. Assad is a dictator, the rebels are terrorists.
I do have to agree.
MilitantOldLady Why do you think the UN opposes intervention into the country and the US doesn't? China refuses intervention too. I don't recall anywhere in the video it says "The Guradian" supports {Who'evers interests here}?
Yes, it was short (thats the point of a short) Would you have wanted more information on the matter?
This is more complicated situation than just "picking a side" (like you have clearly stated). People from all walks of life from NZ to Switzerland, that have Syrian decent are trying to unify under a single country. Im interested to see this play out.
"Assad will fall"
Assad: and I took that personally
Love to see the American point of view.
Every time somebody traces the roots of conflict in the middle east, Britain pops up.
+Joe Freeman Ah!The unmentionables who are legion!Of course the whole purpose of this savage conflict has nothing to do with the status of Israel,has it?Of course not!
+Squarerig Two The goal of the conflict is the creation of a caliphate led by the Saudi's. The Hashemites had the same idea back in the 1920's and claimed the Arab peninsula and all of Mesopotamia for their caliphate.
+SL1 Instead of Britain insert the name Israel and you hit the nail on the head.
I'm glad you didn't just blame the U.S. Listen I know the U.S. is involved and made the situation a bit worse.. but everybody blames only the U.S. Although Britain and Europe were the ones who started this downward spiral
+SL1 the roots of conflict are Islam, way before there were countries there
If one is ready to form an opinion out of a 5mins youtube video, he is defining the level of his intelligence to exactly that amount.
I'm a Syrian who lived all his life in Syria, and this video is nonsense
Your profile says you’re turkish
@@ndhart3213 I'm sure you can figure it out yourself
@@BarrenFieldsofDust So you used to live in Syria.
@@ndhart3213 Yes, born and raised in Syria, moved to Turkey 7 years ago.
@@BarrenFieldsofDust Sorry about that.
Poor Guardian :( You cannot even spell Gaddafi's name right: 0:29
IN THE MIDDLE EAST SECULARISM IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN DEMOCRACY
toza sor Ya because Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE are so secular.
@@Decius. LoL
@@Decius. iran cannot be secular nor democratic . Because giving that much freedom and loosening more western influences break through and cause more political conflicts. I ised to think that way but i realised that being secular and democratic in a non western countries is a trap.
Well done! I unsubscribed
Akshay Bissoon nobody cares
Akshay Bissoon now please go back with your tinfoil hat and circlejerk about your absurd conspiracy theories.
Death Willow are u scared to talk now?!?!
@@akshaybissoon6527 yeah, are you still watching RT and Sputnik? Because they make CNN and Fox News look like teenagers
@@thewisp7447, so you clearly still 1 of the people left with 0 critical thinking skills. You believe the US are the good guys? This video is a sad joke and completely whitewashes the US supporting and arming terrorists and being behind the overthrow of those governments and many more.
The name of this video should be: Lies explainded in five minutes
You have watched too much RT and Sputnik.
@@thewisp7447 A complicit murderer telling people to believe his narrative. The war has taken lives on both government and rebel. Both of them is seeking to dominate the other. I guess the death of the many is fine as long as it is done by the coalition. BTW, the coalition pissed off a lot of people they bombed. Tokens and Trinkets are fine but blood runs deeper. The same way Saudi is cutting the US apart, they'll slowly be an ally ripping the US apart. Remember, keep your friends close and keep your enemies closer.
Asad still stands, he is the lion of Damascus.
May I ask where you are from?
@@wurok871I am form syria and i think like him .. all you see in media about Bashar alassad is a big lie to destroy our country ... We love him and stand with him
@@joudykh9703are you alawite or sunni?
@@b1squitz31 shia
Did you seriously make this whole video without mentioning rojava?
As somebody who lives in Lebanon, and meets Syrians every day, I can pass on from them one very short but true message for you."Take your democracy, and stick it where the sun don't shine, cause we know what it did to Iraq and Libya".
Exactly
Hopefully Syria will be democratized after assured fall of Russia in the near future, not long left for the Kremlin or Bashar.
Well Syria doesn't have democracy, so since they're so happy, why are they wasting their energy on criticizing?
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I so wish I could signal this for being MISINFORMATION!!
*Flag for being misinformation
You have watched too much RT and Sputnik
This doesn't explain even 10% of the whole conflict
I explain it in 5 sec ...
After saddam qaddafi king faisal morsi last hurdle in the way of greater israel is bashar
😂
Pretty accurate
The war in Syria according to Israel in five minutes | Guardian Animations
Why blame israel for every thing?
@@manjur597 Israel is an artifical state implanted by the west.
@@kabulipalaulecker6928 this one is the most deluded one I've heard yet
@@deepstariaenigmatica2601 It's common for ignorance to label things deluded when they are uniformed about the topic or simply don't understand the topic.
@@kabulipalaulecker6928 how ironic. work on your spelling more, ignoramus. And then you can try and string together a better argument
Sorry The Guardian, no one seems to believe you. I guess you need to create a 5 hour documentary instead, to explain everything.
misinformation
"Why isn't the US, Europe, or the UN doing anything?"
say sike right now.
Waste my time and data lines.. Lies lies lies
Quit watching RT and Sputnik
LOL. still Assad is in power. poor guardian.
I'm afraid he will have a pyrrhic victory in this war
He is still here 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷
boboy 987654321 russia is in power in Syria now , Assad has no say anymore,
Long live the Lion
Are u laughing coz the condition of Syria is still worse and looked down
The CIA really needs to chill out
LIES SOAKED WITH THE BLOOD OF THE POOR PEOPLE
But there at the Guardian aren't you ashamed of the lies you are telling?
those are not simple lies but lies soaked with blood of the poor people.
Shame on you!!!!
Agreed such lies
I’m so confused with all this, what lies??
I couldnt watch more than 2 minutes. This clip says more about the "Guardian" than whats actually happening on the ground.
You made video in 2013 your government always said "Assad must go"
Now 2018 USA, british, France, Saudi, Turkey, must get out of Syria
The sick way Americans write history.
should've been a part of the UK and never got independent.
This is the UK paper
Boy, diss kadafi right off. Highest standard of living in africa by far, maybe top 30 in the world.
Higher than the US. Yep, that's right
Banking system behind it. He was independent and that was not on.
How did the rebels got NATO weapons ??
You haven't figured it out...
they bought them from ebay, free shipping.
Mahakal Shiva *Kashmiri freedom fighters
@@hbsblkk3842 nope they are terrorists
From American! CIA agents were sent to fund and train local FSA militia groups. The mission was cancelled few months later and america started training Kurds next.
Am Syrian ... and this way far from true 😂😂
Lol this was 3 days before the attack.
So what is the truth I wish to know plz tell me.
Guled Hero I’m with you on this please enlightened us? And I mean that with respect
I would like to hear it from a syrian to get the full picture.
I'm American and we know it's far from the truth too. The American people don't believe half the things we hear on the news. We know there is always two sides to a story and if one side doesn't make complete sense, we know it's because parts of the story is incorrect or missing.
I love syria from Egypt 🇪🇬❤️🇸🇾
8 Years after this video,...Assad still there. Stronger.
A very nicely and finely told lie. A beautiful delusion
I thought I was learning but this video is from the guardian
felt the same!!
"the guardian"
I'm a refugee and I confirm everything in this video is true.
You sure bro?
I hope you realize the Guardian is British and left leaning.
I swear to you guys, Bashar is my guy
حبيبنا
GLORY TO ASSAD✊
🇵🇭♥️🇸🇾
THE WEST WILL NOT TOPPLE THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE INFIDELS
Hello 👋........INDOCTRINATED person 😆🤣
Well, this didn't age so well.
Cue the tinfoil hatters...
@@illusory-seeker yeah I haven't watched RT, Sputnik, or Press TV for some time.
This video is missing some many key facets of the war - it's almost as if the guardian is actively trying to mislead
what things are missing? could you tell us pleas?
Does not matter when it was made its lies pure and simple.
Isn't that all they do?.. mislead?..
Guys who knew????? News are trying to mislead you!!!!
one of the worst explanation i couldn't even imagine.
Me: Why is there a conflict in Syria?
Video: Well the British...
Me: Say no more...
No one believes you Guardian
Ashley Thomas so where do I find the actual story? I have a feeling this video is bias
Raul Diaz
Ok that's enough haha.
Feel free to ask me any questions and I'll link you some videos and articles I reccomend to support my understanding.
Cheers.
Correct.
Sad thing is theirs a lot of idiots
What are you talking about?
RIP Goebels, your students are doing a great job.
Gaurdian is the student of goebles
Imagine calling terrorists "peaceful protesors "
There werent any terrorists in 2011
Only protesters
I am syria and i can assure it
Fighting started when assad start killing hundreds under torture after each protest
@@songoku6425 أشياء مرعبة عشتوها
All of that is not true bashar AL_Asaad he is the greatest man in the world
Best line "leaving many Syrians wondering if the cure is worse than the disease", as if the rebels could have ever been a solution.
I watched that video, the irony is people were laughing while he was revealing the dark truth behind Iraq War, does people have any idea how many innocent life's were perished including children, Libya the whole turned into ashes from the richest to poor in matter of months yet the world is quietly watching. Go look into those people's life how it feels to loose a child.
What you even talking about
As a arab from syria I am crying because of the war
I know right I had to live there I'm since 2016 in peace but not in Syria
5 mins I will never get back !!! What a waste !
i'm so fucking confused.
+teako north The British and the french have ignited lots of conflicts in the middle eastern areas aswell as many parts of Africa through very advanced but simple psychology. Pay attention to what is said 2:11 through the presentation, when they established the borders by mixing different religions and ideologies within the same areas. Nice recipy for conflict you think not?
***** I feel the need to reply to you by asking: If fighting was the only way you could get a pay, would you prefer to be poor, without any way of defending yourself and your familly? If the fighting just keeps going on, don`t you agree with me that it has become the only way to make a living?
+teako north
I am confused by the bullshit that "the guardian" comes up with.
Actually, the colonialist powers divided the middle east after WW2.
France controlled Syria. Which is probably why it belongs to the nations that are the more fucked up ones.
And no. Al Assad isn't even close to the most brutal force in Syria.
Among the demonstrators, were also an offshoot from the Muslim Brotherhood - Al Nusra, a faction that has since pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda. So no, the demonstrations weren't that peaceful. It is unclear who fired the first shots. There are many sources that state the government forces did, others point the finger to Al Nusra. Either way, Al Assad's government chose to generalize among the rebels and saw no difference between them.
Al Nusra masked its identity openly, as a democratic rebel group and was financed by the lovely and democracy loving CIA, together with other factions. The escalation of violence last year, in neighboring Iraq led to ISIS seizing large parts of Syria and the Syrian civil war became more complicated.
There was division amongst the rebels so they joined forces under one flag: the FSA (Free Syrian Army), but where each faction have their own motives, objectives and alliances.
Al Nusra, as a typical Islamist terrorist organization declared war on YPG (the Kurdistan based rebel faction that fights for a secular democracy) and ISIS (too similar to Al Nusra for both to coexist). They are also at war with the Syrian government, Hezbollah, Iran and Russia since a few months
ISIS is a terrorist organization based on national socialistic and Islamist ideals adopted for guerrilla tactics. They are at war with everyone. They were primarily funded from Saudi Arabia before they received the PR they have today.
FSA (except Al Nusra) are at war with Al Assad, ISIS, Hezbollah, Iran and Russia. You will find everything from secular rebels, fighting for freedom and democracy, to hardcore Islamist terrorists.
YPG are at war with ISIS and Al Nusra. Not a rebel faction, they are a self protection militia, killing Islamist terrorists.
The regime, Hezbollah, Iran and Russia are at war with the FSA and ISIS. Syria would have collapsed without Russia's intervention. Barrel bombs are dropped on enemy positions. Killing civilians in large amounts.
CIA - fucking shit up, everywhere they go. The closest we get of the horsemen of the apocalypse in reality. Funded Al Nusra and other factions of the FSA in the beginning of the conflict.
The anti- ISIS coalition - a coalition with different agendas. USA bombs ISIS and Al Nusra (which they used to fund). Saudi Arabia funded ISIS and are now supporting their defeat, still funding Al Nusra. Turkey are bombing the YPG. Out of over 70 coalition members, only 11 are bombing something. Out of these, the targets can vary a lot.
It's a mess. And as always, we, the west are on the wrong side. Instead of funding the only group that have a similar ideology to us (YPG), we funded the FSA, which includes allies of Al Qaeda. As of now, the best for Syria would probably be to let Al Assad seize power again.
Troll Master
thank you for taking the time to explain this mess to me. i know i'm pathetically uninformed about this, so i thank you for your information. truly.
+Chas Freeman Assad is not sunni. And this video doesnt explain nothing, just shit ! The syrian or ''3d little world war'' is more than just fight between muslims and non muslims.
I love PROPAGANDA Videos , they are so educative ...
assad in 2021 : hahahaha
The war in Syria explained in one word
Oil
Nothing like good propaganda
Such total BS.
I love how the CIA isn't mentioned in any of this.
How is Libia doing?
Relatively fine with with some political hiccups. The video was published in 2013 before the Libyan war in 2014-2020.
sounds biased. don't know why
Because it is
Sreejith VICTOR How? And keep in mind it was based in 2013.
It's the Guardian
Kinda looks and smells biased too.
Because Assad isnt that bad of a guy. Christians were able to celebrate Easter for the first time in Aleppo in years, because Assad kicked isis out.
Tons of people have waken up. Rip propaganda medias
This aged well...
Anyone notice that all these videos are made by American Companies?
The Guardian - Wrong about everything, all of the time.
im an American and think we should not be involved at all.
+David Fubuster Vote for Bernie Sanders then, he is non interventionist
u r the only american who is rational pliz teach yr country to b like u else the world will b in turmoil whenever cia american interfere to other counries
@@makushangkamseiyao9380 also teach your country not to interfere
Legends says where ever u see a conflict, know that the Brits has passed by
I'm syrian and when the war had started I've been just 7 so I live the hole war till today and actually I'm glad to be alive after all this years now there isn't any weapon war in Syria but it hits another level and turned into an economic war or economic blockade
Bro U christian from Syria?
@@helix7203 yes ? you really do not undersrand, among all arabian countries, syria is the one with the most differnt religions ans sects, this is also a reason for the occurrence of war
Hope you doing great