Syrian people's quest for freedom lost amid moral ambiguity

The West has been able to construct a form of wilful ignorance that has alleviated our collective guilt around the Syrian conflict, argues politics student Brian O'Flynn.

In recent years we have told ourselves that the Syrian war is too complex and multifaceted for side-taking. Terrorist groups are fighting on both sides we are told, atrocities committed by all - who is really in the right?

Assad’s regime has actively promoted and carefully nurtured this moral ambiguity since the beginning of the war.