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Peace is so elusive in the Middle East because of the many groups involved…

- - - - The people became fed up after not being able to protest about their failing economy because they had no freedoms and created the Syrian rebel groups called the Free Syrian Army in attempt to overthrow the government
        
        the government is in a war agaisnt its own people as well as Isis
        
        government controls the capital(Demascus), southern Syria, northwest Syria, and the Syrian-Lebanon boarder, the rest is controlled by rebel groups, including the Kurds, and the Islamic State
        
        the Islamist groups continue to strengthen as the rebel groups weaken due to fighting amugnst themselves.
    - - The people have a disconnect with their government causing a hatred that dates back many years and is deeper than how they are governed
    - - the rebel groups are fighting agaisnt the government and the islamic state
      - the syrian government is fighting against the rebel groups and the islamic state
      - the islamic state is at war with the rebel groups that the us supports, and russia who supports the syrian government
  - - - The government respond to the protests by killing and imprisoning protestors
        
        in response the people created the Free Syrian Army to overthrow the government and gain freedoms
- - - - because of this, both Iraqis and Kurds want it. As of October 2017, Iraq had control of the oil-rich city.
  - - - The Kurds are involved in the Syrian crisis because of the whereabouts of their homes. In 2013, the Islamic State launched repeated attacks on Kurdish land in northern Syria, causing Kurds to get drawn in to the intense fighting there. During a battle close to the Turkish border, Turkish forces refused help, although it would have been easy to let Turkish Kurds battling ISIS into the country . Kurds have been fighting alongside the U.S. under the flag of the Syrian Democratic Forces since. Although the U.S. is allied with Kurdistan on the battlefield, they do not support Kurdish pleas for independence. The U.S. installed a no-fly zone in the 1990's to protect Kurds in the area of Iraq where they are situated. Since the monumental referendum the Kurds have had, Iraq has halted all flights from international airports to the Kurdish region.