LONDON (AP) — What started as a distant civil war in Syria, with rebel factions challenging the authoritarian government of President Bashar Assad, has become Europe’s war, with no easy end in sight.Although Assad still clings to power, four-and-a-half years of conflict have turned Syria into a failed state, providing a haven for Islamic State militants who are a key cause for the exodus of migrants to Europe, and have used Syria as a base for plotting bloody assaults on Europe as well.The coordinated attacks in Paris brought suicide bombing to France for the first time and left 129 dead, …read more
Source: Business Insider
