Syria's war: Who is fighting and why 

You know the war is complicated when the rebels’ rebels get attacked by rebels

But between all those powerful people, innocent civilians are suffering for no reason.

'' when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers '' - African Proverb

Trying to understand Syria is like trying to understand INCEPTION on the first watch

Vox, it's time you should make new video about the current situation in Syria

“In a war there are neither good or bad, but certainly innocents”

I’m Lebanese and I can’t believe what my Syrian brothers are going through, Stay strong Syria from Lebanon 🇱🇧❤️🇸🇾

i literally just watched a kid crying because 40 of his family members died, and now i’m watching this. human ego is really the key to human destruction.

Asad : (Make trouble) US : "Make it double" Russia : "How about triple ?" Turkey : "Quad ? Any chances"

most importantly, millions of people lost everything they had... their sense of life… their loved ones…

I am a Syrian living in South Asia and I cannot stop my tears when I look at the condition of my country. Most of my family members are still struggling for there life there and I cannot do anything for them.💔

And they say Infinity War was the most ambitious crossover.

In 2050: History teacher: What did the League of Nations and UN have in common? Students: *Both of them were made to prevent wars, and both of them failed*

I am from Syria, I lived in the war for 3 years and my relatives and my family died.😔💔

As a syrian this is exactly what happened and iam sad to see my country shattered 💔

So it's like that one scene in The Office where everyone got the finger gun pointed at each other

It's more complex than game of thrones

I have a friend who survived the war and luckuly escaped on a air canada plane. Hes now been in canada for 6 years im glad hes alive

2023, syrian here and still in syria.. No water no enough money like salary for 2days only,no electricity only one hour a day, yea..my life is wasted

History teacher : Don’t worry, the test isn’t that hard The test :

It's so easy to get caught up in the politics and then forget this is many people's day to day reality living in this war zone that has destroyed their life and country. Breaks my heart.

I feel so bad for all the citizens who are struggling through all of these problems.

Syria is like a playground where countries play/test with their toys.

Vox perhaps the best condensed, yet simplified, history Channel. Using a base timeline makes it more understandable to those of us who can't seem to piece togather complex issues as such. 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

It breaks my heart to see children dying

I pray for peace to the innocents peoples in syria. May humanity win.

Im from Syria, Deir alzour government, and my cousin and my sons cousins died in the war 😔😔😔😔😔

Imagine if you are Syrian watching this.💔💔God remember the Syrian people ✝️🙏🏽

Pray for the innocent children and families in Syria 🙏🏻

Basically the US & Russia playing dominos in Syria 🤦‍♂️

I'm felt sad for Syria. Godbless Syria from 🇵🇭

this is really useful and it also helps to understand what has been going on in syria

This breaks my heart. All my love for the Syrian civilians. We all deserve a world of peace.

I think if we just gave Assad a Pepsi, we'd all be friends again.

I was born United Kingdom I was taking a visit to Syria and I saw some homeless people

حماكي الله يا بلادي وا الرحمة لي كل شهداء بلادي من الطرفين 😞

I just watched this courageous kid 😭 explaining what happened, trying not to cry why telling the interviewer his 40 family members died. This war should stop.

The only losers here are those innocent people caught in the conflict.

I feel bad for anyone who lost their family in this war.

It's like PUBG but the last standing man is grim reaper

*proxy War Exists* America : We're in!

God save those Inocent people's living in Syria.

Sorry for the delay I just got up from the floor… My head was spinning after watching this and I fell. Awesome explanation. Thank you!

it's a never ending war loop. i feel very sorry for the civilian

I’m Syrian and I hope Syrians are safe ❤️❤️❤️🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

Why did you attacked Iraq ? Usa: We think they have chemical weapons. Why did you attacked Syria? Usa: We think they have chemical weapons Why dont you attack North Korea? Usa: Are you crazy ?! We know they have chemical weapons !

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 🇦🇿❤🇸🇾

As an Indian Syrian civil war scares me most, the way from protests it went to civil war

I swear if US and Russia doesnt intervene in others' matters. The world would be a better place to live.

"Each side with foreign backers" ISIS alone

thank you for making this understandable to general audience, frankly speaking, it's friendlier than the guardian's one.

We need a 2022 version of this

you think the Syrian civil war was bad? look at the comment section

Sorry, i am not convinced of neither USA or Russia's reason to join the war. I don't buy the humanitarian reasons.

Iran stay with syria till end

Thanks for uploading

The funniest thing here is that Western people think they are ready to talk about the Syrian conflict and take a side from a video less than seven minutes...

Assad , ISIS , kurdish , rebels, turkey , gulf states , IRAN , USA , Russia everyone is fighting and who is dying ?? Innocent ctizens .....

Hello there, As a Turk, I feel sorry for the free Syrian citizen because of the persecution, war and massacre, I think many people died in wars. Did not come, were killed in eastern Turkey several years of Turkish citizens, but we do not have enough power to Turkey for the Chinese !!!! a human life we ​​need to wake up now is not so easy !!!

Subhanallah, ya Allah we ask for peace

This video needs an update. ISIS is gone and it's only Assad, the rebels and the kurds remaining now

I am from Syria born in Syria but a couple hours after I was born the war came and destroyed my family 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

@Vox great piece! presenting this in timeline makes it much more easier to comprehend the story especially when it has continued for this many years (been 10yrs now!) with multiple actors’ complicated involvements at different points in time. Now in 2021, it’s been 4 years since this video and it would be great (for viewers and also for record-keeping) if you can make a follow-up one from 2018 until now (2021). Because of covid-19 pandemic, international attention on Syria is fading despite a lot of the same atrocity still happening to Syrian people everyday and night . Even crazier, the Gulfs states are now beginning to reestablish relationships with Bashar Al-Assad regime (normalize Him). Plus the US just agreed to a gas pipeline deal from Egypt Lebanon through Syria which would be the first time US officially engages with the Assad regime. Look forward to your next video!

Bruh this more complicated Than my Math Homework

Civil war: exists USA and ISIS: IT’S FREE REAL ESTATE!

‘When the chips are down, these civilized people, they’ll eat each other ‘ - The Joker

I swear being a political leader in a Middle East nation is like playing 3D chess 24/7

Out of 7 billion people, the probability of being born in Syria is 0.1%, How Much Unlucky I Am

Cool video. im gonna go for a run, then go to the gym. might as well get in shape before im drafted to go fight in ww3

The last time CIA trained rebels (in Afghanistan), Taliban was born. So much for installing a democracy!

Im from syria and its so unsafe to live there

I'm from syria... I wish you good luck my country 😭

I'm a Syrian and I agree with this video. I don't like or agree with assad/isis/the rebels/Kurdish or Turkish,I just want my country back :(

This is a match between Usa vs Russia Ksa vs Iran Rebels vs Asad Isis vs Kurds and all others And the stadium is Syria So what we wait is the result.

And in the end It's all because France and Brittain were using the map of the middle east as paper for their geometry homework 100 years ago

They should make another one just like this that covers everything that's happened since

what does Syria have that all these outside governments want?

I'm from Iran and every week we have some dead bodies from Syria. I don't know when we have peace in MiddleEast? When we listen and speak instead of killing each other? Syria became like a game for big powers, they all want to win in this game and show they're power, but they just destroyed Syria. If war stopped right now its take at least 25 years to rebuild this country. As Iranian I'm feeling so guilty about this stupid war. I know that 5M Syrian refugees will hate iran, maybe not today but in future that hate come back to us. We Middle Eastern people have same culture, same food, same history, we build civilization here, we conquered the world, but when we are united. While all of the word are growing we are just fighting each other and buy weapons. It's dream of mine that someday there is no war in Middle East. (-_-)

Asad demonstrated and withstood amazing pressure

I spend my life wondering what's really happening in Syria ......now thank you for this video...it explains me every thing for just more than 6minutes

Syria became a platform to play game for world and poor people dying and suffering ;(

when i left syria i was only 11 looking back at all of these events i can think of nothing but all the terrors i and my family had felt my ears don’t hear the man explaning all i can hear is the sound of bombs i see no map no reds and blues no allies and no enemies all i can see is terrified people holding their kids and running.. the more i thought about it the more complicated it gets. and despite it all I still miss my homeland every single day..

Only citizens are suffering 😭

very well explained, thank you

war is making this world look a lot like hell

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil , but by those who watch and do nothing

The best explanation I've come across. Brilliant!

It hurt me when i see my own country like this 💔

you forgot a main underground player "israel"

In every war ( like civil wars, proxy wars and world wars) somehow the US gets involved Edit: thanks for the likes

civilians: *exists* Assad: imma end these people whole life

can you guys imagine that i still live in Syria🙂 im struggling

Now its time for my favorite part of a video like this! Reading all the comments from people who apparently know just what to do in this situation! It doesn't matter how complicated the issue, how many parties are involved, how deadly the result would be if it didn't work out, RU-vid commenters are the only ones who know what to do! Either that, or the "debates" devolve into mud slinging and insult throwing while the issue is completely ignored in the name of petty ego fights and "trolling".

5:50 when i look more at this child. i feel more worse. hes probably 4 years old and you can tell he is wearing a sonic shirt which means he is a fan of sonic but he didnt get to see the world more Rest in peace from egypt

Great video.. and description

They never used chemical gas...

Power hungry jerks playing chess with innocent people's lives.

And why did you hide Israel in 0:12 ?

Let's just all pray that this war ends soon

great video man awesome job