The Previous History How did we get to the Civil War? Syria history, like every country history, is extremely long and complex. Through this short video you can get a first idea of what happened before the present Civil War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElRoN-uNli4

The Original Protests As part of the Arab Spring, protests in Syria started at the beginning of 2011. They wanted changes in the policies of the President Bashar Al-Assad. But it turned out more serious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIjpp1u99ZE

Establishment of the Free Syrian Army After the protests and the repression by the government, some former army members decided to establish the Free Syrian Army, announcing it through this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujl1WKNl9Y8

And the translation Yes, maybe you don't understand arabic, but we wanted to show you the original video. Here you can read the translation http://www.aawsat.net/2011/08/article55245595

The Homs Massacre At the beginning of 2012, the army advanced on Homs, considered as the capitol city of rebels. A big massacre occured there, here you can see a report of the facts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70MVhasnjxQ

The UN fails In 2012, Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, was sent to Syria to try to achieve a peace agreement, but he couldn't do it and quitted. Here you can see his last speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAbpcA1Vj4o

Al-Assad's speech In January 2013, president Al-Assad gave a speech saying he was opened to a political solution, but without proposing his resignation. Watch here the full speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGeGHVAjG5c

Chemical Weapons attack On August 21st, a chemical weapons attack was released near Damasco. Around 1400 people were killed. Here you can watch the confirmation of this attack by Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary-General http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoyEmIArWhE

Obama decides to attack After the chemical weapons attack, the president of the US, Barack Obama, decided that Syrian Government was responsible for the attack, and that a military action against it was necessary. Here there's an extract of his speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJJ2uqFI0LM

But Russia didn't agree Vladimir Putin, President of Russia and Syria's ally, confronted Obama's decision to strike Syria. In this speech you can see why he disagreed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUyPpT0_8Gg