I guess the Iranians and Syrians are natural allies of sorts with assad keeping many of the Sunnis out of higher positions I guess he’s sorta shia of sorts. I know the Syrians 87% muslim and 75% of those are sunni. But Iran who has a shia majority is trying to repopulate many Syrian cities by letting many shia go into the areas where many have left. I think Russia is trying to take advantage of all that to their benefit is so many ways.
Well there's a recipe for disaster. Not only are the shiites and sunis going to rumble...the Iranians are Persian, not Arabs.
Maybe we need to get an army of missionaries in there to teach them "Thou shalt not kill" and "Love thy neighbor as thyself".
(if they can understand old-English)
I heard that a lot of the most radical jihadis are converting to the real religion of peace.
It is a matter of convenience and self-preservation. Assad is secular.