Syrian Civil War Enters Its Fifth Year

Destroyed buildings in Homs. About half of Syria’s prewar population has fled, the United Nations says, and nearly four million people are refugees abroad. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Al Jazeera: Syria enters fifth year of conflict

Rights groups say the world has failed Syria as war leaves 220,000 people dead and half the country's people displaced.

Syria's conflict has entered its fifth year with the government emboldened by shifting international attention and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

More than 220,000 people have been killed and half of the country's population displaced, prompting rights groups to accuse the international community of failing Syria.

WNU Editor: The war continues .... Syrian military on offensive as conflict enters fifth year (Reuters). On a side note, satellite images now bear witness to the massive destruction that has occurred after four years of war .... Syria's suffering revealed in satellite images (BBC).

More News On The Syrian Civil War Entering Its Fifth Year

Syria's conflict enters fifth year amid growing humanitarian crisis -- Deutsche Welle
Syria faces new Islamist threat as civil war enters fifth year -- France 24
Syria enters fifth year of bloody civil conflict; total death toll more than 215,000 -- Straits Times/AFP
A Plea for Action: Gruesome Photos Smuggled From Syria on Display at U.N. -- Newsweek
14 Million Syrian Kids Are Suffering As War Enters 5th Year. Here's Who's Helping -- Huffington Post
Syria: 83% of Lights Extinguished After 4 Years of Crisis -- Human Rights Watch
Refugee Women and Children Suffer as Syrian Civil War Enters Fifth Year -- US News and World Report
Surviving in a torn country: A day in the life of four Syrians -- Al Arabiya
Syrian refugees: 'A whole generation is growing up displaced and uneducated' -- The Guardian
After four years of civil war in Syria, Assad's ouster is no longer the goal -- Haaretz
How Four Years of Civil War Has Destroyed Syria -- Robin Wright, Newsweek
No end in sight for Syria war as conflict enters fifth year -- Middle East Eye
Four Years of the Syria Crisis and a Tougher Year Ahead -- Caroline Gluck, Huffington Post
Searching for light in war-torn Syria -- Lyse Doucet, BBC
An Ever-Bleaker Syria, From All Vantage Points -- Ben Hubbard, NYT