Mr Khan on 15 February 2014
Assad never was western-backed, unlike Egypt which moved into "our" corner pretty much as soon as they patched things up with Israel. Syria never got to the table with Israel and remained more closely aligned with the East, which endures to this day.
A very interesting part of Syrian history is that they allied with the West, Egypt, and the Gulf Monarchies against Hussein in 1991.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
