http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19331551

"Syria: The Story of the Conflict"

This timeline of the atrocities in Syria helps one to understand how conflicts in the Islamic world are most often about imbalances of power. The events portrayed in the videos--such as children wrapped in sheets, gunned down for no reason--on the timeline are so shocking that it is hard to fathom their reality. It is another instance of the greed of the rich using force to undermine an almost powerless populous and seems not to be in line with the original teachings of Islam that preached kindness to orphans and simple living. Yet, the conflict is also directly related to the schism in Islam between the Sunni and the Shia.
Such a conflict within a country feels like looking back in time and further perpetuates the Western perception that Islamic countries are backwards comparatively.