If you have time to read the PSYOP chapter on the Special Forces manual, it's worth it. It's striking how many components of UW strategy are part of the current geopolitical conflicts, especially in the middle east.

The White Helmets template is starting to appear in other countries around the globe as well. Which is quite worrisome.

I totally agree with you on the use of the term 'civil war'. There may have been internal political strife due to food shortages in 2010-2011 but it's been completely hijacked by external powers to wage a proxy war and eliminate another secular government in the middle east (Iraq/Libya) and gain control of the countries natural resources.