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Today – March 15th 2018 – the Syrian civil war will enter its eighth year.
More than 465,000 Syrians have been killed in the fighting, over a million injured, and over 12 million – half the country’s pre-war population – have been displaced from their homes.
In a brand new series by KJ Vids we will have an analytical look at the Syrian Uprisings from start to date.
Watch this space.
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