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* [[Authenticity and Development Front|AD Front]]
* [[Authenticity and Development Front|AD Front]]
* [[Sham Legion]]
* [[Sham Legion]]
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Revision as of 18:27, 14 June 2015

Syrian Civil War
Part of the Arab Spring and Arab Winter
Spillover of the Iraqi insurgency

Current military situation: Red: government, Green: rebels, Yellow: Kurds (Rojava), Grey: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, White: al-Nusra Front
(for a more detailed map, see Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War).
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present
(13 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries)
Status Ongoing
Main belligerents

Allied militias

 Iran

Supported by:
 Russia[2][3]
 North Korea[4]
 Opposition
(SRCC)

Supported by:
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 Turkey[5][6]
 United States[7]
 France[8]
 Libya[Ω][9]

al-Nusra Front
Muhajirin wa-Ansar

Jabhat Ansar al-Din

Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Allied militias

See: Rojava conflict

CJTF–OIR

Commanders and leaders


Strength

Syrian Armed Forces: 178,000[30]

General Security Directorate: 8,000[32]

National Defense Force: 80,000[33]

Iran: 15,000[34]

Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000[35][36]

al-Abbas brigade: 10,000[37] (8,000 Iraqis)[38]

Hezbollah: 3,000–5,000[39]

Syrian Resistance: 2,000[40]

FSA: 40,000–50,000[41]

Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000[42]

Ajnad al-Sham Union: up to 15,000

AD Front: 13,000[43]

Army of Mujahedeen: 5,000[44]–12,000[45]

Sham Legion:2,000+[46]

al-Nusra Front: 13,000[47][48]

Muhajirin wa-Ansar: 7,000

Jabhat Ansar al-Din 1,500+		 31,500[49]–100,000[50]

People's Protection Units (YPG): 65,000[51]

Jabhat al-Akrad: 7,000[52]
Casualties and losses

Syrian Government: 49,106–84,106 soldiers killed[53][54]
32,533–46,533 militiamen killed[53][54]
1,000 government officials killed[55]
7,000 soldiers and militiamen and 2,000 supporters captured[53]
Hezbollah:
838 killed[53]

Other non-Syrian fighters:
2,844 killed[53]

72,363–113,363 fighters killed[‡]
979 protesters killed[56]

25,500 fighters and supporters captured or missing[53]		 7,377–9,078 killed (per SOHR; certain events January 2014–May 2015)[57]
4,800+ killed (per SAA; conflict with the Syrian gov. September–December 2014)[58]		 1,236–1,405 fighters killed[59]

69,494[53]–84,268[60] (2,996 foreign) civilian deaths documented by opposition
75 other foreign soldiers killed

Total killed:
230,620–320,620 (June 2015 SOHR estimate)[53]
220,000 (January 2015 UN estimate)[61]

130,000 captured or missing overall[62]

4.5 million (UN, Sep 2013) – 5.1 million (iDMC, Sep 2013) internally displaced[63][64][65]

Over 3,420,000 refugees (by February 2015)[66][67][68]

* Also aligned with Syrian opposition forces[69][70][71]

Ω Due to the ongoing Second Libyan Civil War, there are two governments in charge of the country. The Council of Deputies (Tobruk) is the government aiding the Syrian opposition.

‡ Number includes Kurdish and ISIL fighters, whose deaths are also listed in their separate columns[72][53][54]


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