Anyone Find It Odd...

How the Assad family has routinely committed war crimes, massacred citizens, used chemical weapons on opposition, murdered leaders in an occupied country (Lebanon) -- and nary a peep from the progressive Left, the DSA, the WGA, or a single campus organization about it. I wonder why? It's in the exact same neighborhood. Perpetrated by a minority (Alawite) against Arab and Muslims civilians. Look up the Hama massacre for historical context. For other context - look up what happened in the Syrian Civil War and during the Lebanon protests in the mid 00s. 

I really, really wonder what it could be? It's a gigantic mystery wrapped in a riddle...