a war torn syria with still no sign of an international peace conference any time soon russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned against further delay in letting the number of victims rise over two years of fighting have split the country raising concerns over the ability to pieces syria back together it is now divided into three distinct parts let's take a look at the general outline here now the syrian government is keeping its grip of a large area in the south of the country huge section of the population here belongs to present ourselves alawite muslim sect while the rebels most of them representing the sunni majority are in control of a large chunk of the northern provinces are stretching to the iraqi border now there are many al qaeda affiliated groups in the ranks of the opposition tucked in the eastern quantum here's the syrian kurdish minority enjoying a large degree of independence but then claims in other areas have become a target of heavy attacks from al qaeda...