[nabla9]

Outside forces have been messing with them, but the issues that created the civil war were not created by outside forces.

Assad's family and Alawite minority were ruling Syria and Sunni majority was oppressed. It was just question of time when something happens.

[acqq]

Without the weapons and the logistic support provided from the outside, it wouldn't even be a war at all.

It is a proxy war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proxy_wars

with at least 7 million refugees now.