assad uses chlorine gas on his own civilians millions flee to europe a third of the country fucking hates him but iran and russia prop him up for various reasons: russia gets to have a warm water naval base on the syrian coast, iran sends weapons to hezbollah through syria then 2022-2023 happens. 2 year special military operation drains russia, hamas and hezbollah get dusted  lastly and most importantly, kurds (20% of syria) launch some terrorist attacks in turkey and assad refused to negotiate with erdogan, who kicks this whole thing off by funding rebels to take over northern syria and wreak havoc on the kurds also the leader of the syrian rebels, al-julani is a highly skilled politician and leader, just listen to him talk you can tell he's smarter than assad.
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