Assad is a mass murderer and a totalitarian dictator allied with such well known democrats as Iran and Hezbollah. He father slaughtered 25,000 people in Hama in the 1980s to keep the Assad family regime in power. Assad has broken all the records. The only saving grace is most of the Syrian opposition is just as bad. There are no good guys in the Syrian civil war.
The bad is that assad protected Christians to a certain extent, at least better than anywhere else in the mohammaden world.
now they are on their own and in deep trouble. Martyrs dying daily.
At least Assad protects the Christians somewhat. The Sunnis just want to behead them: men, women and children.