Review of Ignacio ÁLVAREZ-OSSORIO (2022): Siria la década negra (2011- 2021), Los libros de la Catarata, Madrid.

Abstract

Siria la década negra (2011-2021) is a detailed and profound analysis to one of the most horrible wars of the 21st century. Through out the book, Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio explains the multiple facets of the syrian revolution that soon developed into a civil war. What started as a peaceful manifestation against the dictatorship of Bashar al Asad got "kidnapped" by regional and international actors who found in the territory an opprtunity to fulfill their interests. As a result, the old regime is still going strong and the humanitarian situation of the syrians is at its worst.