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The '''[[Syria|Syrian War]]''' began in March 2011 with the simultaneous uprisings in many Mideast countries which Western media and the US State Department called the '[[Arab Spring]]'. However the belligerent forces by the second year were largely non-state combatants and veterans of the [[Operation Iraqi Freedom#Insurgency|Iraqi insurgency]] (mercenaries).<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/us-iraq-syria-idUSTRE81D0NX20120214 Iraqi fighters, arms trickle into Syria as violence grows,] By Khalid al-Taie, ''Reuthers'', Feb 14, 2012.</ref> Since the start of the war over 400,000 people have been killed per CNN in 2015.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/17/middleeast/syria-civil-war/</ref>

The '''[[Syria|Syrian War]]''' began in March 2011 with the simultaneous uprisings in many Mideast countries which Western media and the US State Department called the '[[Arab Spring]]'. However the belligerent forces by the second year were largely non-state combatants and veterans of the [[Operation Iraqi Freedom#Insurgency|Iraqi insurgency]] (mercenaries).<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/us-iraq-syria-idUSTRE81D0NX20120214 Iraqi fighters, arms trickle into Syria as violence grows,] By Khalid al-Taie, ''Reuthers'', Feb 14, 2012.</ref> Since the start of the war over 400,000 people have been killed per CNN in 2015.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/17/middleeast/syria-civil-war/</ref> 619,000 by 2024.

Under the Obama and Clinton Doctrines,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/DQN3CmX_wbo</ref> the [[Islamic State]] sought to rule a caliphate in Syria after the Assad regime was defeated.  Iran and Russia have made it clear that Assad is going nowhere. Huge stockpiles of chemical weapons and, like [[Libya]], elements of the [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist group pose regional threats in the post-Assad era.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/16/us-intelligence-officials-tie-al-qaeda-iraq-to-syrian-bombings/</ref> The [[Christians in Syria]] have also been slaughtered in the thousands after losing stability, for under the nature of dictatorship they lived at leased physically secured from sectarian violence. But never allowed to criticized the regime.<ref>[https://www.hudson.org/human-rights/bitter-split-among-syria-s-christians-over-loyalty-to-assad Bitter Split Among Syria's Christians Over Loyalty to Assad], The ''Hudson Institute,'' 18, 2018</ref> While all sides of the Syrian civil war claim to be the true protector of Syrian Christians, the religious minority feels increasingly unsafe.<ref>Ammar Hamou, Will Christou

Under the Obama and Clinton Doctrines,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/04/the-obama-doctrine/471525/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/DQN3CmX_wbo</ref> the [[Islamic State]] sought to rule a caliphate in Syria after the Assad regime was defeated.  Iran and Russia have made it clear that Assad is going nowhere. Huge stockpiles of chemical weapons and, like [[Libya]], elements of the [[Al Qaeda]] terrorist group pose regional threats in the post-Assad era.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/16/us-intelligence-officials-tie-al-qaeda-iraq-to-syrian-bombings/</ref> The [[Christians in Syria]] have also been slaughtered in the thousands after losing stability, for under the nature of dictatorship they lived at leased physically secured from sectarian violence. But never allowed to criticized the regime.<ref>[https://www.hudson.org/human-rights/bitter-split-among-syria-s-christians-over-loyalty-to-assad Bitter Split Among Syria's Christians Over Loyalty to Assad], The ''Hudson Institute,'' 18, 2018</ref> While all sides of the Syrian civil war claim to be the true protector of Syrian Christians, the religious minority feels increasingly unsafe.<ref>Ammar Hamou, Will Christou