#Syria civil war
The violent civil war in Syria, which began as part of the Arab Spring in 2011, has been constantly developing over the past four years. It began as a conflict between Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and a group of rebels hoping to overthrow the president and his government, but soon evolved to include a wide array of forces and alliances that sometimes overlap or conflict with one another. Assad initially began fighting back with assistance from his allies, Russia, Iran…