If you are new to Syria and are having trouble establishing the rights and wrongs, the good and bad of the situation, I wrote this piece in 2018 which should be clarifying.
https://pulsemedia.org/2018/05/04/are-there-really-no-good-guys-in-syria/
https://pulsemedia.org/2018/05/04/are-there-really-no-good-guys-in-syria/
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«What we see in Syria is not a “civil war”, but a war on civilians. The label “civil war” suggests a kind of parity in a contest that is anything but equal. In Syria the battle has often been waged between high-altitude bombers and hospitals; between barrel bombs and playgrounds. …»