The paper starts with geography of Syria and the way it has influenced ethnic and religous diversity of the population. Syria is a multicultural country, which can be seen in its abundance of ethnic and religious identities. The Alawis, Christians and the Kurds are portrayed as representatives of Syrian minorities. Bashar al-Assad is an Alawi who has inherited his presidency over Syria from his father. The political party in power, the Baath party, and its panarabic, secular and antiimperialistic agenda are put in contrast to the Salafist ideology of ISIL. This war is not led and will not be won by mere weapons, but also by information which are controlled by the media. The media and their reach are global, therefore the conflict can be considered a global one. In the Syrian civil war there are 3 main groups, the current government with Bashar-al Assad, liberal opposition with its military wing, the FSA, and Islamic groups amongst which ISIL takes the lead in strength and brutality. The self-proclaimed Caliphate bases its ideology on Salafi teachings and denies the right to lead a country to all non-sunnis. The second largest Islamic group is Al-Nusra Front. YPG is a military representative of the Kurds, who have shown themselves as fierce warriors in the struggle against ISIL. The strategic geographical position of Syria and its geopolitical significance are the reason why so many foreign countries are included in this war. Turkey, Iran, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the USA, Russia and the EU are each in its own way a part of this war and each of them has their own narrative about this conflict.