Pro-democracy protests erupted in March 2011 in the southern city of Deraa after the arrest and torture of some teenagers who painted revolutionary slogans on a school wall. After security forces opened fire on demonstrators, killing several, more took to the streets.
Syria enters its 11th year of war this month. Protests against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime broke out in March 2011. Since the violent crackdown that ensued, the dynamics of the groups fighting the bloody conflict – and the situations of the civilians suffering – have shifted multiple times. Over 400,000 civilians have been killed since the conflict began.
In 2013, an infamous chemical attack on rebel-held areas in Damascus killed over 1,400 people. The Assad regime has continued to deny responsibility for the attack.
Last year U.N. chief Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter this week that “a decade of fighting has brought nothing but ruin and misery.” Until now didn't change much.
There is no military solution. So how can we give Syrians their life back?
