One of my best friends is Syrian. Lives here in China, made his masters in Germany, is an Atheist, loves weed and beer, nicest guy you can imagine. We both do stand up and I called him a sand nigger before. All good, but if you have an actual discussion with him about the situation in Syria (and he went back for a visit 2 years ago), you get to hear the truth. The world failed in helping the Syrian people during the initial revolution against Assad. Now the best possible outcome for the people is Assad to win, even if they hate him.
Russia backs Assad, Turkey kills the Kurds, Germany trains Kurdish fighters, Kurds fight IS, Saudi Arabia supports IS, the western world supports Saudi Arabia, but fights IS, Iran is fighting IS, America hates Iran, the Syrian rebels fight for democracy and are supported by the west, etc. Everything is fucked! A big ol' pile of fuckedupshit...