Intervention of external forces in the Syrian conflict: local support factor

The article is devoted to the problems of interference of external forces in the Syrian conflict and the development of the Syrian armed opposition with support from abroad. As well as the influence of external factors that have found fertile ground for the development of their own political and economic goals in Syria. As a result of the high degree of fragmentation of the Syrian society along ethno-confessional lines, two main streams were formed in Syrian society: government and anti-government.