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Syria was part of the "Arab Spring" that included many Arab countries in 2011
but that eventually died.
At some point Obama was going to intervene, setting ‘a red line” but never did.
I think that one of the problems was that a there were several groups of protesters and we were not interested in helping ISIS or a group like the Muslim Brotherhood that won in Egypt and eventually were thrown by the current strong man Sisi.
An interesting Fronline story
The President Blinked”: Why Obama Changed Course on the “Red Line” in Syria
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-president-blinked-why-obama-changed-course-on-the-red-line-in-syria/
I don’t know if we have any plans now. Certainly not with the future occupant of the White House