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ELI5: Syria, is there a good guy/bad guy or are they all bad?

Like most conflicts in the middle east, it seems impossible to identify who the bad guy is.
Assad definitely seems like a evil dictator who should be shot at first oppourtunity, but is the opposition any better? 

All I gather is that it's sunni vs shia muslims. Which is hilarious by itself. Two people who basically agree on the idea that there is a God, yet they fail to see eye to eye and have to kill eachother.

What is the point of a western intervention? I agree from a moral POV that *if* there was a good side, then we would be morally obligated to help said side. However in the Syrian conflict both use inhumane means. Both are killing civillians etc. so wtf!?
gpt
The "good guy/bad guy" interpretation will probably vary based on your beliefs, but many people have sided with the rebels,against Assad , because of his authoritarian government.

The Western governments are also in support of the rebels as the Assad government was aligned with Russia and Iran. The West hopes to win influence with the new government and destroy an ally of its enemies.