The conflict in Syria started during the Arab Spring. It was a wave of protest and revolution against totalitarian governments that started in Tunisia and quickly spread to other countries of the Arab League, a group of countries where Arabic is the primary language, including Syria. Most of these countries are non-democratic and ruled by a president that has complete control of the army and government. These presidents give very limited rights to the citizens and don't tolerate any form of protest, freely using violence. The citizens of these countries decided it was enough and wanted a true democratic government. It began with peaceful protests everywhere, but in some countries the protests became more violent when the rulers, not wanting to step down from their position, sent out the army to stop them.
The protests in Syria turned to violence after a group of teenager who made a graffiti against the government were mistreated and arrested. Thousands of people went out on the streets to protest and the government sent the army shooting against them. Over the following weeks, fighting between civilians and the army kept growing until a part of the army turned against the president and created the Free Syrian Army, a group defending the civilians.
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