UN and US being drawn into decades-old Saudi-Iran religious struggle for control of Syria

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2. Disagreement on a number of issues.

The US considers the Arab League to have responsibility for this issue, and has not done anything to instigate war. It has taken steps in case there is a war.

There will be no war unless the UN passes a resolution as it did for Libya, where Russia and China abstained, because the Arab League wanted intervention.

Russia has said in the past few days that if intervention is spear-headed by the Arab League, there is nothing it can do to stop that.

The Arab League has tried to resolve the Syrian issue with monitors, and this may be extended for another month. There have been multiple calls for Assad to stop the killing and to negotiate. In fact, there is a proposal, which has been found unacceptable by the opposition because it leaves Assad with too much power.

This uprising is an extension of the Arab Spring and there are Shia Alawites who support it, one of whom is one of the Syria's most well known actresses.

It is easy to to cherry pick a couple articles while ignoring others that may say differently, to come to a desired conclusion about the Syrian conflict,