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Again. beyond that, when assad comes out and say americans are behind isis. day one, march, 2011, peaceful protesters kids on the streets, all al-qaida. this goes back to the beginning of the crisis. a sad assad's government and russia's government, enormous level of material manpower resources have gone into bombing non isis and rebel groups and civilians. the fight for the regime and russia had never been with isis. they woucould have a point. instead of bombing, the site of the syrian gas attack, they went and bomb homs or raqqa.

It was march 2011. and more than a dozen children have been arrested for drawing that graffiti. protesters demanded the release of the children and democratic reform. it quickly turned violent with protests spreading and syrian security forces opening fire on crowds. >> it's been bombed every day. a thousand people die. this is other land and we will not leave. >> reporter: protesters targeted the government of syrian president bashar al assad. >> translator: it's our enemies are working daily and scienti c scientifically to undermine syria. >> reporter: the regime's response was swift. brutal...

The pentagon investigating whether russia was involved in the chemical attack in syria that prompted president trump to launch an attack. tuesday's attack killed 86. president trump's decision to order a missile strike has put the crisis front and center on the world stage six years after the carnage began. here is randi kay with how we got here. >> reporter: they call it the cradle of the revolution. this is a small town about 50 miles from damascus. here is where graffiti containing anti-government slogans sparked the start of the syrian uprising. it was march 2011. more than a dozen childre...

Well, the breaking news tonight the pentagon investigating whether russia was involved in the chemical attack in syria. now, tuesday's poison gas attack killed at least 86 people, injured dozens more. president trump's decision just two days later to strike the syrian air base. here's randy cay with how we got here. >> they call it the cradle of the revolution. this is darra, syria, a small town from the city of damascus. here's where gruty sparked the start of the government up rising. it was march 2011 and more than a dozen children had been

>> reporter: they call it the cradle of the revolution. this is dara, syria, a small town about 50 miles from damascus. here's where graffiti of anti-government slogans sparked the start of the syrian uprising. it was march 2011. and more than a dozen children had been arrested for drawing that graffiti. protesters demanded the release of the children and democratic reforms. [ gunshots ] it quickly turned violent, with protests spreading and syrian security forces opening fire on crowds. [ gunfire ] >> translator: it is it bombs every day and a thousand people die, this is our land and we will...