As Syria's war completes eight years, we look at the highpoints of the conflict
A Syrian soldier, who has defected to join the Free Syrian Army, holds up his rifle and waves a Syrian independence flag in Saqba, in Damascus suburbs, Syria on January 27, 2012.
Some six million people have fled Syria, and refugees are reluctant to return, fearing violence, conscription or prison. According to the Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Turkey alone hosts 3.6 million refugees.The civil war displaced 6.6 million civilians in the country.At least 13,983 dead due to regime torture
Accordingly, Ankara has always opposed the formation of a terror corridor in northern Syria, which would divide and destabilise the country.
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