I followed this conflict closely, i remember before russian intervention, assad was defeated, the capital was almost in hands of rebels. No one supported the rebels at tht time, maybe saudi. Then russia intervened and assad took back each city. Encircling it and using barrel bombs from helicopter. The only reason civilians were saved because there was one province where they could go. I am amazed how a person like u can ignore the mass killing of assad and before him his father. A shia dictator imposed on sunni civilians doesnt care abt their lives. If it wasnt for idlib, hundreds of thousands more would die. The protests turned ugly because asaad used force, something the Egyptian army avoided and acted smart.
But again, arguing with delusional commies is a waste of time, every commie country failed, yet delusional commies keep singing the same old songs.
If you followed it at the time,you'd have known two things:
1.The SAA was pressed and fighting on all sides,but the capital was not on the verge of collapse. Aleppo was,yes,but not Damascus.
2.There was no point in the war where "noone supported the rebels". The rebels were supported by Saudi Arabia,Qatar and Turkey from the beginning.
You are amazed by Jamahir's support for Assad,however I am not amazed by your hate for Assad. Because I know you are one of those who believe the traditional islamist(not islamic,islamist) Sunni narration of "evil Assad,good freedom fighters". It's the standard narration in Turkey and Gulf monarchies. While Syria was not the perfect democracy,far from it of course,it had been one of the safest and most beautiful countries in the Middle-East to visit. And what do I mean beautiful? I mean,people lived peacefully,there was a lot of culture,museums,entertainment,tolerance for other religions and a good life. Basically in Syria you could do ANYTHING except challenge the government. That was the rule. You can have fun,you do and say whatever you like BUT...don't challenge the authority of the Assad family and don't be a traitor.
Syria was one of the LEAST sectarian countries,even with the Alawis in power. Yes. The only one you CANNOT accuse of being sectarian is the government during the war. The government had and has a lot of support from patriotic Sunnis. Not just Alawis,Christians and Druze.
The protests turned ugly not only because the government,yes,used force to supress them initially,but because there was also firing against the government forces,ambushes of military and police and apparently from the early stages of this uprising,there were armed gangs and groups among the protesters. It was a repeat of the early '80s Muslim Brotherhood attacks.
However,soon Saudi Arabia,Qatar,Turkey and some NATO countries rushed to support these armed groups and rebel soldiers who defected from the army. Turkey played a major role there by transporting volunteers from Libya,providing weapons,money and safe haven to these rebels.
Now,since you said you "followed" the war closely,you should have known all that. Apparently you only stuck on the typical Western media narration of "Assad gasses his own people". It's not late to check it out and change your mind. Not completely,but even just a bit. To say "hey,what's going on here,some things don't add up".