This 4-year-old report shows how badly Syria spiraled out of control

The Syrian civil war is an unstoppable cataclysm that's killed nearly a quarter-million people and displaced around ten million more. It's destroyed Syria's existence as a single national entity. It's deepened Iran's strategic takeover of the northern Levant and created the safe haven in the country's desert east that led to ISIS's rise. At various points the violence has spilled into Israel ...