Syria
alert status : Genocide Emergency
Genocide stage: 9- Extermination
Warring forces:
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the al-Assad regime and its allied militias
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the Free Syrian Army
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Jabhat al-Nusra
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Islamic state (Daesh/ ISIS)
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alawite loyalists
Current situation:
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fifth year of Syrian crisis
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ongoing hostilities
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unprecedented mass displacement of civilians throughout neighboring countries
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U.N. brokered Syria peace talks underway (Geneva)
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anti sunni rebels, christians, and shia groups amongst most affected by the warring forces