Syrian Civil War | |||||||||||
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Part of the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, the spillover of the Iraqi Civil War, Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict[14][15][16] and Cold War II[17] | |||||||||||
Current military situation: Red: Syrian Government, Yellow: Federation of North Syria (SDF), Grey: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, White: Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, Green: Syrian Opposition (for a more detailed map, see Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War). Map above was last updated on 10 September 2016. | |||||||||||
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Main belligerents | |||||||||||
Opposition (SRCC)
Support: Allied groups |
(SDF)
Allied groups: Support: CJTF–OIR United Kingdom France[10] Canada[11] (2014–2016) Germany[12] Netherlands Belgium Turkey[13] Denmark Australia Saudi Arabia Jordan UAE Qatar | ||||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||||
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Sean MacFarland[54] (President of the United States) | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||||
Syrian Armed Forces: 178,000[55] General Security Directorate: 8,000[56] National Defense Force: 80,000[57] Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000[58] Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000 Other allied groups: 15,500+ |
FSA: 40,000–50,000[62] Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000[63] Fatah Halab:[a] ~25,000–32,000[64][65][66][67] Other groups: 12,500[68] Allied groups: 8,500+ | 31,500[71]–100,000[72] |
YPG and YPJ: 57,000-60,000[73][74] Syrian Arab Coalition: 4,000 (claimed) Syriac Military Council: 2,000 Army of Revolutionaries: 3,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||||
Syrian Government: 5,163 killed[75] ( 444)[81] |
104,390–130,390 fighters killed[d] (Ahrar al-Sham: 7,805 killed)[75][76][82] Turkey: 8 soldiers killed (2016 ground incursion into Syria)[84] |
ISIL: 11,522+ killed (per SOHR)[85] 16,089+ killed (per SAA and YPG)[86][87][88][89] |
CJTF–OIR: 2 killed[92][93] | ||||||||
86,692[75]–99,227[94] (3,160 foreign; mostly Palestinian) civilian deaths documented by opposition Total killed: Over 7,600,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate) Over 4,800,000 refugees (August 2016 estimate NRC Handelsblad)[96]; over 4,000,000 (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)[97][98][99]a Fatah Halab (English: Aleppo Conquest) also includes groups from the FSA. b Turkey is part of the CJTF–OIR against ISIL, but opposes Rojava and is in a border conflict with it. Turkey has also clashed with the Syrian government and Russia.[100][101] c The United States fights alongside the Opposition solely against ISIL, not against the Syrian government or Rojava. |
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