It is affected by Imperialism as it's imperialist powers like the USA and UK that armed Saddam, Gaddafi and Assad. They then armed the terrorist groups to topple them when they defected to Russia. This caused the Syrian civil war and the conflicts in Libya and Iraq too.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.