We had this discusion before.
During the era of G. W. Bush, Syria was labeled as a rogue state or a terror state along with N. Korea. Also, the only Russian naval port in the entire Mediterranean happens to be in Syria. A while back, Russian Gazprom was starting to buy a whole bunch of state-owned oil and gas companies in the Eastern Europe with plan to establish a project called South Stream that provides Russian gas for European customers. That pipeline was supposed to go under the entire Black Sea region, through the Balkans and further towards Italy, Austria, France etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Stream
Meanwhile, a huge conglomerate of oil producers based in the Gulf and lead by the US made a plan to supply Europe with its own gas that would be transferred through Jordan, Syria, Mediterranean etc. A Soros-sponsored coup d'etat was staged in Ukraine that has cca 50% of Russian speaking citizens and which was historically a part of Russia, sanctions on Russia were imposed due to 'agression' on Ukraine which was never proven.
Ousting Assad is convenient for the US because: a) Russia will likely loose its port in the city of Tartus, b) Qatari pipeline will be ready for building.
A civil war in Yemen that escalated a year a go is a proxy war as well. This is why Al Jazeera is the only TV in the world that refers to these terrorists as rebels or even freedom fighters. But of course, every country in the region has its own agenda-Turkey, Iran, Israel etc. A sectarian war emerges, since Iran looks for its interest and shi'ias of Syria. Millions of refugees are being sent to Europe as a way of political pressure on the declining EU whereas carefully planned propaganda is used against Russian military intervention (if you have seen that boy in Aleppo, you know what I'm talking about).
Crisis in Ukraine and Syrian war are entwined.
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