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Twelve years on from Syria's failed revolution

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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera

It has been 12 years since peaceful protests began in Syria calling for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad. The uprising turned into a civil war and proxy war involving regional powers. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and millions remain displaced. But al-Assad remains in power.