BEIRUT — For Syrians marking seven years of war, their country has never looked as helpless or fragmented. Three days later, security forces opened fire on a protest in Daraa, killing four people and drawing first blood. Around 5 million Syrians have fled the country, with most of them struggling to get by in neighbouring countries as donor fatigue worsens by the year. Thousands more fled the Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria, after Turkish forces tightened their siege around the town. Syrians say their own country has become an afterthought.

Source: National Post March 15, 2018 16:15 UTC