Click here to access article by Tobias Nase from Global Independent Analytics.
Nase describes in detail what Syrian society was like before the "Empire of Chaos", as Brazilian journalist often refers to the US, engineered along with their pals in the Mid-East (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey) the Empire's latest project of destabilization of countries they don't like. Much like Libya, Syria was a stable non-sectarian country that enjoyed a moderately high standard of living.