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|conflict=Syrian Civil War
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|image= Syrian Civil War map.svg
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|caption='''Current military situation:''' <span style="background-color: #ebc0b5; color: DarkRed">''Red''</span>: [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syrian government]], <span style="background-color:#cae7c4; color: DarkGreen">''Green''</span>: [[Syrian opposition]], <span style ="background-color:#e2d974; color: SaddleBrown;">''Yellow''</span>: [[Rojava]] ([[Syrian Democratic Forces|SDF]]), <span style="background-color: #b4b2ae; color: Black;">''Grey''</span>: [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<!--do not shorten to Islamic State per naming conventions on group-->,<br /> <span style="background-color: #fff7fd; color: black; border:solid 1px DarkGray;">''White''</span>: [[Tahrir al-Sham]] <small>(formerly known as the [[al-Nusra Front]])</small><br /><small>For a more detailed map, see [[Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War]]. The map above was last updated on 30 June 2017.</small>
|caption='''Current military situation:''' <span style="background-color: #ebc0b5; color: DarkRed">''Red''</span>: [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syrian government]], <span style="background-color:#cae7c4; color: DarkGreen">''Green''</span>: [[Syrian opposition]], <span style ="background-color:#e2d974; color: SaddleBrown;">''Yellow''</span>: [[Rojava]] ([[Syrian Democratic Forces|SDF]]), <span style="background-color: #b4b2ae; color: Black;">''Grey''</span>: [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<!--do not shorten to Islamic State per naming conventions on group-->,<br /> <span style="background-color: #fff7fd; color: black; border:solid 1px DarkGray;">''White''</span>: [[Tahrir al-Sham]] <small>(formerly known as the [[al-Nusra Front]])</small><br /><small>For a more detailed map, see [[Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War]]. The map above was last updated on August 2017.</small>
|partof=the [[Arab Spring]], the [[Arab Winter]], the spillover of the [[Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)|Iraqi Civil War]] and [[Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict]]
|partof=the [[Arab Spring]], the [[Arab Winter]], the spillover of the [[Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)|Iraqi Civil War]] and [[Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict]]
|date={{Start date|df=yes|2011|03|15}} – present<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=15|year1=2011}})
|date={{Start date|df=yes|2011|03|15}} – present<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=15|year1=2011}})

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Syrian Civil War
Part of the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, the spillover of the Iraqi Civil War and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Current military situation: Red: Syrian government, Green: Syrian opposition, Yellow: Rojava (SDF), Grey: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,
White: Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as the al-Nusra Front)
For a more detailed map, see Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War. The map above was last updated on August 2017.
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present
(13 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries)
Status Ongoing
Territorial
changes		 As of July 2017, the government held 38.39% of Syria (70.8% of the population); the SDF held 22.51% of Syria (14.3% of the population); ISIL held 22.4% of Syria (5.7% of the population); rebel groups (including HTS) held 16.57% of Syria (9.2% of the population)[18][19][20]
Main belligerents
Syrian opposition

 Turkey[b] (from 2016)

Support:

Ahrar al-Sham[e]

Jaysh al-Islam

Support:

File:Flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.svg Tahrir al-Sham[d][e]

Turkistan Islamic Party

Support:
Rojava (SDF)
(from 2012)
Support:

CJTF–OIR
(from 2014)
United States[c]
 France[15]
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
 Jordan
 Germany
 Norway[16]

Former
participants:
Commanders and leaders
KIA:

Turkey Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[32]
(Operations chief commander)

KIA:
KIA:
KIA:
KIA:
United StatesUnited States Army Stephen J. Townsend[56]
(Commander of CJTF-OIR)
Strength

Syrian Armed Forces: 180,000[57]
General Security Directorate: 8,000[58]
National Defense Force: 80,000[59]
Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000[60]
Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000
Russia: 4,000 troops[61] and 1,000 contractors[62]
Iran: 3,000–5,000[60][63]

Other allied groups: 15,500+

FSA: 40,000–50,000[64] (2013)
Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000[65] (2014)
Other groups: 12,500[66] (2015)

Ahrar al-Sham: 18,000–20,000+[67][68] (March 2017)

Tahrir al-Sham: 31,000[69]

Allied groups: 8,500+		 15,000–20,000 (U.S. claim, late 2016)[70]

SDF: 50,000+[71][72]

  • YPG and YPJ: 57,000–60,000[73][74]
    (most, not all, part of the SDF)
  • Syriac Military Council: 2,000
  • Army of Revolutionaries: 3,000
Casualties and losses

Syrian Government:
61,808–96,808 soldiers killed[75][76]
46,447–60,447 militiamen killed[75][76]
4,700 soldiers and militiamen and 2,000 supporters captured[75]
Hezbollah:
1,480–1,700 killed[75][77]
Russia Russia:
34 soldiers[78] and 43 contractors killed[79]

Other non-Syrian fighters:
7,039 killed[75] (1,260 Iranian-led)[80]

115,307–151,307 fighters killed[f][75][76]
979 protesters killed[81]

Turkey Turkey:
71 soldiers killed (2016–17 ground incursion)[82]		 11,522+ killed (per SOHR)[83]
20,711+ killed (per YPG and SAA)[84][85]

Rojava:
3,834 killed[86][87][88]

CJTF–OIR:
5 killed[89][90][91][92]

96,073[75]–103,648[93] (3,284 foreign; mostly Palestinian) civilian deaths documented by opposition
88 other foreign soldiers killed
(Lebanon 48, Iraq 16, Turkey 17, Jordan 7)

Total killed:
331,765–475,000 (July 2017 SOHR estimate)[75]
470,000 (February 2016 SCPR estimate)[94]

Over 7,600,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)

Over 5,116,097 refugees (July 2017 registered by UNHCR)[95]

a The Free Syrian Army acted as a centralized organization from 2011 until early 2013. Since then, the use of the Free Syrian Army name by armed groups has been arbitrary.
b Turkey has provided arms support to the Syrian opposition since 2011. From August 2016 to March 2017, Turkey fought alongside a rebel contingent in Aleppo governorate against the SDF and ISIL but not against the Syrian government.
c From Sep. to Nov. 2016, the U.S. fought alongside a rebel contingent in Aleppo governorate solely against ISIL, but not against the Syrian government or the SDF.[96][97] In 2017, the U.S. intentionally attacked the Syrian government six times. The U.S. also accidentally hit a Syrian base in Deir ez-Zor in September 2016, killing over 100 SAA soldiers. The Syrian government maintains that this was an intentional attack.[98]
d HTS's predecessor, the Al-Nusra Front, and ISIL's predecessor, Islamic State of Iraq, were allied al-Qaeda branches until April 2013 when a merger of the two groups was proposed by ISI as the ISIL. The Al-Nusra Front rejected this proposal and al-Qaeda cut all affiliation with ISIL in February 2014.
e Ahrar al-Sham and Tahrir al-Sham's predecessor, the Al-Nusra Front, were allied under the Army of Conquest from March 2015 to January 2017.

f Number includes Kurdish and ISIL fighters, whose deaths are also listed in their separate columns.[99][75]

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