A dirty war no doubt - but also a war that would never have gone on this long or started in the first place if not for the meddling of western powers every step of the way. How many innocent people have died because our political masters had fuelled this war in order to achieve their alterior motives or plans for the region.
Just one example:
It's quite amazing how we can turn a blind eye to satellite imagery that show convoys of trucks tens of kilometers long carrying oil to turkey our NATO partner in which the proceeds were used to fund Islamic state.
Just blame Assad... sure gotta blame some one cause our side is always the good side.....