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''Sunni [[Mujahideen#Syria|Mujahideen]]:''
*[[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]]<ref name="CAP">{{cite web | url=http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2013/05/14/63221/the-structure-and-organization-of-the-syrian-opposition/ | title=The Structure and Organization of the Syrian Opposition | publisher=Center for American Progress | date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Syrian Islamic Liberation Front]]<ref name="CAP">{{cite web | url=http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/report/2013/05/14/63221/the-structure-and-organization-of-the-syrian-opposition/ | title=The Structure and Organization of the Syrian Opposition | publisher=Center for American Progress | date=14 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade]]
*[[Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade]]

Revision as of 14:26, 22 September 2013

Syrian civil war
Part of the Arab Spring

For a war map of the current situation, see here.
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15)ongoing
(13 years, 3 months and 3 days)
Location
Syria, with minor spillovers in neighboring countries
Status Conflict ongoing
Belligerents

Syria Syrian government,
its allies and Shia militias

 Iran[1]

Foreign militants:

Rebels

Democratic Union Party (PYD)

(For more on Kurdish involvement, see here)
Commanders and leaders

Syria Bashar al-Assad
Syria Maher al-Assad (WIA)
Syria Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Syria Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Syria Issam Hallaq
Syria Ghassan Ismail
Syria Mohammad al-Shaar (WIA)
Syria Wael Nader Al-Halqi
Syria Abu Ajeeb
Syria Abu Hajar
Syria Muhammad Nasif
Syria Mihrac Ural
File:Leb.tif Hassan Nasrallah

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi

Syria Salim Idris
Syria Mustafa al-Sheikh
Syria Riad al-Asaad (WIA)[13]


Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh
Ziad Haj Obaid[14] Hassan Aboud[15]
Abu Musab[16]

Abu Mohammad al-Golani (WIA)[17]
Salih Muslim Muhammad
Strength

Syria Syrian Armed Forces: 178,000 (by Aug 2013)[18]
Syria General Security Directorate: 8,000[18]
Syria Shabiha militiamen: 10,000 fighters[19]
Syria National Defense Force: 80,000 soldiers[20]
Syria al-Abbas brigade: 10,000 fighters[21]
Syria Jaysh al-Sha'bi: 50,000 fighters[22]
File:Leb.tif Hezbollah: 1,500[23]–5,000[24] fighters

 Iran: 150 military advisers, [25] unknown number of Quds forces[26]

Syria Free Syrian Army: 50,000[4] - 80,000[27] Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade: 10,000 - 15,000[4]
Syrian Islamic Liberation Front: 37,000[4] (by May 2013)
Syrian Islamic Front: 13,000[4] (by May 2013)

Al-Nusra Front: 6,000[4] (by June 2013)
15,000 fighters[28]
Casualties and losses

Syrian government 15,000[29]–27,654[30] soldiers and policemen killed
17,824 militiamen killed[30]
1,000 government officials killed (government claim)[31]
3,500 soldiers captured[32]

Hezbollah
171[30]–201[33] killed

Iranian IRGC
13 killed[34][35][36][37]

21,850[30]–45,650[38] fighters killed* 979 protesters killed(opposition claim)[39]

9,000[32]–41,508[40] opposition fighters and supporters captured
161+ fighters killed[41][42]
100,000 killed overall (June 2013 UN estimate)[43]

83,263[40][44]–110,371[30] killed overall (September 2013 opposition estimate)**
642–1,548 foreign civilians killed


Iraq 14 Iraqi soldiers killed[45][46]
Lebanon 5 Lebanese soldiers killed[47][48]
Turkey 3 Turkish servicemen killed[49][50]
Jordan 1 Jordanian soldier killed[51]


2.5–3 million internally displaced[52][53]
2,000,938 refugees (September 2013 UNHCR figure)[54]

130,000 missing or detained[55]


*Number possibly higher due to the opposition counting rebels that were not defectors as civilians.[56]
**Number includes foreign fighters from both sides, as well as foreign civilians

References

  1. ^ Saeed Kamali Dehghan (28 May 2012). "Syrian army being aided by Iranian forces". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "Hezbollah Commits to an All-Out Fight to Save Assad". The New York Times. May 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Syria rebels clash with army, Palestinian fighters". Agence France-Presse. 31 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "The Structure and Organization of the Syrian Opposition". Center for American Progress. 14 May 2013. Cite error: The named reference "CAP" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ Spencer, Richard (16 August 2012). "British convert to Islam vows to fight to the death on Syrian rebel front line". Telegraph.
  6. ^ "The Free Syrian Army" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War.
  7. ^ "New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war". Reuters. 12 July 2013.
  8. ^ "assads no enemey of al-qaeda". NOW Lebanon. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ^ El Deeb, Sarah (20 June 2013). "Rivalries complicate arms pipeline to Syria rebels". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  10. ^ Risen, James, Mazzetti, Mark & Schmidt, Michael S. (5 December 2012). "U.S. approved arms for Libya rebels fell into Jihadis' hands". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Fars News Agency, 8 September 2013, Ex-Deputy PM: Turkey Supplying Heavy Weaponries to al-Nusra Terrorists in Syria
  12. ^ Vatan, 8 September 2013, 'Türkiye El Nusra’ya ağır silahlar gönderdi'
  13. ^ "U.N. withdraws staffers as violence rages in Syria". Edition.cnn.com. 25 May 2013.
  14. ^ O'Bagy, Elizabeth (2013-03-24). "The Free Syrian Army" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  15. ^ "Competition among Islamists". The Economist. 19 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Kurds capture jihadist commander in north Syria: NGO". Fox News. 20 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Al-Nusra leader injured by regime bombardment". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  18. ^ a b Syria's diminished security forces
  19. ^ Regime-backed militia does Syria's 'dirty work,' analysts say
  20. ^ "Hezbollah-trained squad to lead battle for Aleppo". The Australian. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  21. ^ Syrian war widens Sunni-Shia schism as foreign jihadis join fight for shrines retrieved 5 June 2013
  22. ^ Borger, Julian (14 March 2013). "Iran and Hezbollah 'have built 50,000-strong force to help Syrian regime'". The Guardian.
  23. ^ "Assad backed by 1,500 fighters from Hezbollah, says defector". The Times. 6 October 2012.
  24. ^ Ben, Ilan. (8 January 2013) According to Al-Watan, members of the Shiite Lebanese militia have already killed 300 Syrian rebels. The Times of Israel.
  25. ^ "Assad might yet win in Syria thanks to Iran's Revolutionary Guards". 2013-05-30.
  26. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24103801
  27. ^ Lund, Aron (17 June 2013). "Freedom fighters? Cannibals? The truth about Syria's rebels". The Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  28. ^ "Salih Muslim: We have 15 thousand fighters from the People's protection units". The DailyStar. Retrieved 23 june 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  29. ^ Syria attacked by al-Qaeda: Assad
  30. ^ a b c d e "NGO puts Syria toll above 110,000". AFP. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  31. ^ "David Cameron Offers 'Safe Passage' For Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, But Not To Britain (PICTURES)". Huffington Post. 6 November 2012.
  32. ^ a b The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
  33. ^ Hezbollah Operatives Killed in Syria (Updated to the end of July 2013) *
  34. ^ "Iran: Senior IRGC Commander killed while travelling from Damascus to Beirut". Ncr-iran.org. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  35. ^ "Iran: Funeral for IRGC officer killed in Syria". Ncr-iran.org. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  36. ^ "Iran: IRGC member killed in Syria buried in Tehran". Ncr-iran.org. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  37. ^ "Iran: Three IRGC members killed in Syria fighting for Assad regime". Ncr-iran.org. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  38. ^ With SOHR already stating that the number of government and rebel fatalities is evenly divided[1] and the pro-government fatalities to be an estimated 45,649,[2] a higher figure of rebels killed can be estimated to be 45,650 as well. This would be in line with SOHR's upper estimate of 120,000 unverified dead,[3] with the number of combatant dead being double the documented number.[4]
  39. ^ "Syria: Opposition, almost 11,500 civilians killed". Ansamed.ansa.it. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  40. ^ a b "Statistics for the number of martyrs". Violations Documenting Center. 31 August 2013.
  41. ^ Wrase, Michael (4 April 2013). "Die arabische Revolution hat den Kurden Freiheit gebracht" (in German). Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  42. ^ see 2013 Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict
  43. ^ "More than 2,000 killed in Syria since Ramadan began". Timesofoman.com. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  44. ^ "Other statistics". Violations Documenting Center. 31 August 2013.
  45. ^ "Iraqi Soldier Killed by Fire from Syria". Naharnet.com. 3 March 2013.
  46. ^ Zeina Karam (17 September 2012). "Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels". Washington Examiner. Associated Press.
  47. ^ "Arsal ambush kills two Lebanese soldiers hunting wanted fugitive". Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  48. ^ Violence in Lebanese Border Towns Adds to Fears of Syrian Encroachment
  49. ^ "Assad regrets downing of Turkish jet, says won't allow open combat with Ankara". English.alarabiya.net. 2012-07-03.
  50. ^ "Turkish police killed in clashes on Syrian border". Worldbulletin.net. 2013-05-02.
  51. ^ "Syria's civil war spills violence across borders into Jordan, Lebanon". Associated Press. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  52. ^ "Syria: A full-scale displacement and humanitarian crisis with no solutions in sight".
  53. ^ "Dispatch: Syria's Internally Displaced Depend on Handouts".
  54. ^ "Syria Regional Refugee Response". UNHCR. 18 August 2013.
  55. ^ "Syria's Meltdown Requires a U.S.-Led Response". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 22 March 2013.
  56. ^ "NGO: More than 13,000 killed in Syria since March 2011". Agence France-Presse. 27 May 2012.