Actually on that page there are few massacres before the current civil war. The biggest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Hama_massacre https://en.wikipedia.o

Actually on that page there are few massacres before the current civil war. The biggest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Hama_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Hama_massacre happened during a fight between government forces and islamists which had taken over a city and started an uprising, so I wouldn't really call them civilians; civilians with guns maybe. I don't know much about the history of Syria, just saying the link you posted doesn't really show the picture you want.