Will the war in Syria ever end?

[Mr Khan]

:D said:

melbye said:
Until ideologies(i.e religion) takes a backseat to common decency it isn't going to be peace in the middle east.

This rebellion wasn't caused by religion, it was caused by civilians demanding democratic reforms.

It partly has to do with religion, namely in that Assad's Baath party is dominated by the Alawite Muslim branch, a minority in Syria but with political control under Assad. Similar to how the minority-Sunnis ran Iraq under Hussein's Baath party.

Relating to the OP, there's nothing saying a civil war has to go quickly. Lebanon's took 10 years to resolve, and the Sudan went on longer than that.

Syria, however, is too entangled in regional politics for this to go on too much longer without somebody sticking their nose in (Turkey, Israel, NATO)