There is much evidence to suggest that Assad faced a popular uprising before the “terrorist proxy armies” invaded. In the early days it was all Syrian Sunni’s before the jiihadi arrived.

Its probably not about Daesh.

And the Syrian sunni are all powerless pawns in this game?

I guess its a lot more messy than that. And, undoubtly, an Afghan field commander would have far less compunction when it comes to bombing a neutral facility that may inadvertently be helping the enemy than a US battle manager would be. A very undesirable outcome isn’t it.

Thats what happens when you rely on the Afghans for target selection.