The Syrian Maelstrom: How Repression, Drought & Climate Change Drove the Civil War

[KurtNYC]

1. I read all of that and seems like something is missing.

There is no discussion of the civil war and no information about what the opposition wants for Syria. If they succeed in ousting Assad, what then? Sharia law? a repressive government by the Muslim Brotherhood or similar entity?

Surveillance, control of the media, jailing journalists, and drought happen all over the world, including in the US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, and Kuwait, so how is a different government in Syria, one supported by those countries, going to address those issues?

Also, this piece lays out how much of the civil war came from outside of Syria:

several local and global powers (Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait, the U.S., and militant organizations like I.S.) maneuvered to increase the pressure on Al-Assad by providing money and arms as well as technical and logistical support to Syrian and non-Syrian armed factions, groups, organizations, and militias to upset the balance of power.

An easier explanation for recent events might be that Syria under Assad is aligned with Iran and Russia and the countries named in the excerpt (Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Kuwait,and the US) want a Syria that is aligned with them. There will be no end to surveillance, control of the media, jailing journalists, and drought when Assad is gone but there will be an end to Iran and Russia in Syria.