Syrian civil war

Syrian Civil War
Part of the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, and the spillover of the Iraqi conflict
Date 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present (13 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days) Location Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries) Status Ongoing Territorial changes As of 31 March 2020: the Syrian Armed Forces held 63.57% of Syrian territories; SDF 25.57%; rebel groups (incl. HTS) & Turkey 9.72%; ISIL 1.14%[24]
Actors
Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Armed Forces National Defence Forces Pro-government armed groups Hezbollah  Iran  Russia (2015–present) Support:  Iraq (2018–present)[1][2][g]  Belarus[3][4][5]	Interim Government (Syrian opposition) Free Syrian Army[a] National Front for Liberation Ahrar al-Sham[e] Southern Front (2014–2018)  Turkey[b] (2016–present) Syrian National Army Support: United States[c] (2011–17)[6]  Saudi Arabia (2012–2017)[7]  Qatar  United Kingdom[8]  France[9] Salvation Government (Tahrir al-Sham)[d][e] Al-Nusra Front (2012–2017) Guardians of Religion Organization Support: Al-Qaeda  Qatar (2012–2017)  Saudi Arabia (2012–2017)  Turkey (2012–2017)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[d] (2013–present) Support: Al-Qaeda (2013–2014)	Rojava (SDF) (2012–present) YPG/YPJ Other armed groups Support: United States (2014–present)[10][11]  Russia (2015–2018)  France (2016–present)[12][13] PKK PUK (2013–present)[14][15][16] KDP (2013–15) [14][17] CJTF–OIR (2014–present)  France[18]  Germany  Jordan  Netherlands  Norway[19]  UAE[20]  United Kingdom  United States [c]  Saudi Arabia[21]  Australia (2015–2017)[22]  Belgium (2014–2017)  Bahrain (2014–2016)  Denmark (2014–2016)  Morocco (2014–2016)  Qatar (2014–2016)  Canada (2014–2015)[23]
Commanders and leaders
Bashar al-Assad Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Issam Hallaq Suheil al-Hassan Ali Mamlouk Rafiq Shahadah Ali Khamenei Qasem Soleimani Vladimir Putin Killed in action: Issam Zahreddine (Major General of the Republican Guard) Assef Shawkat (Deputy Minister of Defense)[25] Dawoud Rajiha (Minister of Defense)[26] Rustum Ghazaleh (Head of Syrian National Intelligence)[27] Hilal al-Assad[28] Hossein Hamadani (IRGC Major General)[29] Hassan Shateri (Senior Comdr. of IRGC)[30] Mustafa Badreddine (Military Leader of Hezbollah)[31] Mohamad Issa (Hezbollah Chief of Operations in Syria)[32] Jihad Mughniyah (Hezbollah Head of Security)[33] Ali Reza Tavassoli (Leader of Liwa Fatemiyoun)[34] Lt. Gen Valery Asapov[35] Senior Lt Alexander Prokhorenko[36]	Bashar al-Zoubi Jamal Maarouf Zekai Aksakallı (2016–2017)[37] İsmail Metin Temel (2017–2018)[38] Killed in action: Abdul Qader Saleh (Founder of al-Tawhid Brigade)[39] Abu Yahia al-Hamawi Ahmed Issa al-Sheikh (Islamic Front leader, 2012–2015)[40] Killed in action: Hassan Aboud (Leader of Ahrar al-Sham)[41] Abu Khalid al-Suri (senior al-Qaeda Comdr., founding member of Ahrar al-Sham)[42] Zahran Alloush (Islamic Front Military Chief) [40][43] Abu Mohammad al-Julani[44] Abu Jaber Shaykh Abu Humam al-Shami[45] Killed in action: Abu Firas al-Suri (Spokesperson of al-Nusra Front)[46][47] Abu Hajer al-Homsi (al-Nusra Front military chief)[48] Muhsin al-Fadhli (Leader of Khorasan)[49]	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi[50] Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi Killed in action: Haji Bakr (Former Deputy leader of ISIL & Head of Military Council)[51] Abu Ayman al-Iraqi (Former Head of Military Council)[52] Abu Ali al-Anbari (Deputy, Syria)[53] Abu Omar al-Shishani (War Minister)[54] Abu Umar al-Tunisi (Senior Leader)[55] Abu Sayyaf (Oil Minister)[56] Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (Deputy Leader)[57] Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi (Head of Military Council)[58] Gulmurod Khalimov (Minister of War)[59] Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (Leader of the Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, 2016–17)[60] Muhammad al-Baridi (Founder of Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade)[61]	Riad Darar Amina Omar[62] (MSD Co-chairperson July 2018 – present) Salih Muhammad (PYD Co-President until 2017) Shahoz Hasan (PYD Co-President 2017–present) Asya Abdullah (PYD Co-President) Sipan Hemo (YPG Comdr.) Stephen J. Townsend[63] Killed in action: Abu Layla (Comdr. of Syrian Democratic Forces)[64] Adnan Abu Amjad (Comdr. of the Manbij Military Council)[65]
Units involved
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Strength
Syrian Armed Forces: 180,000[66] General Security Directorate: 8,000[67] National Defense Force: 80,000[68] Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000 Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000[69] Liwa Al-Quds: 4,000–8,000 Russia: 4,000 troops[70] & 1,000 contractors[71] Iran: 3,000–5,000[69][72] Other allied groups: 20,000+	Free Syrian Army: 20,000–32,000[73] (2013) Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000[74][75] (2014) Other groups: 12,500[76] (2015) Turkish Armed Forces: 4,000–8,000[77][78] Ahrar al-Sham: 18,000–20,000+[79][80] (March 2017) Tahrir al-Sham: 31,000[81]	15,000–20,000 (per U.S., late 2016)[82]	SDF: 60,000–75,000 (2017 est.)[83] YPG & YPJ: 20,000–30,000 (2017 est.)[84] Syriac Military Council (MFS): 1,000 (2017 est.)[85] Al-Sanadid Forces: 2,000–4,000 (2017 est.)[85] SDF Military Councils: 10,000+[86][87][88]
Casualties and losses
Syrian Arab Republic: 65,187–100,187 soldiers killed[89][90] 50,484–64,484 militiamen killed[89][90] 4,700 soldiers/militiamen & 2,000 supporters captured[89] Hezbollah: 1,677–2,000 killed[89][91] Russia: 116 soldiers[92] & 186–280 PMCs killed[93] Other non-Syrian fighters: 8,109 killed[89] (2,300–3,500+ IRGC-led)[94][95]	132,824–173,824 killed[f][89][90] Turkey: 182 killed (2016–19 incursions)[96][97][98]	28,532+ killed (per SOHR)[99] 20,711+ killed (per YPG & SAA)[100][101]	SDF: 11,600–12,586+ killed[102][103] CJTF–OIR: 11 killed[104]
112,623[89]–117,377[105] civilian deaths documented by opposition 100 other foreign soldiers killed ( 60, 17 (pre-'16), 16, 7) Total killed: 503,064-613,407 (per SOHR)[106] Estimated ≥7,600,000 internally displaced & ≥5,116,097 refugees (July 2015/2017)[107] a Since early 2013, the FSA has been decentralized with its name being arbitrarily used by various rebels. b Turkey provided arms support to rebels since 2011 & since Aug. 2016 fought alongside the TFSA in the Aleppo governorate vs. the SDF, ISIL & Syrian gov. c Sep.–Nov. 2016: U.S. fought with the TFSA in Aleppo governorate solely against ISIL.[108][109] In 2017–18, the U.S. purposely attacked the Syrian gov. 10 times, while in Sep. 2016 it accidentally hit a Syrian base, killing ≥100 SAA soldiers. Syria maintains this was intentional.[110] d Predecessors of HTS (al-Nusra Front) & ISIL (ISI) were allied al-Qaeda branches until April 2013. Al-Nusra Front rejected an ISI-proposed merger into ISIL & al-Qaeda cut all affiliation with ISIL in Feb. 2014. e Ahrir al-Sham's predecessor, Syrian Liberation Front, and Tahrir al-Sham's predecessor, al-Nusra Front, were allied under the Army of Conquest from March 2015 to January 2017. f Number includes Kurdish & ISIL fighters, whose deaths are also listed in their separate columns.[111][89] g Iraq's involvement in Syria is limited to airstrikes against ISIL & are coordinated with the Syrian gov.[1]

The Syrian civil war, also known as the Syrian Uprising (Arabic: الثورة السورية),^[112] or Syrian Crisis (Arabic: الأزمة السورية),^[113] is an ongoing armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic. The conflict started in 2011 after the Syrian government, led by Bashar al-Assad, violently stopped pro-democracy demonstrations in the city of Daraa, resulting in a deathly struggle between the Syrian regime and multiple opposition groups.^{[114][115][116]} Since then, it has developed to be one of the deadliest conflicts in the 21st century.^[117] More than 614,000 people have been killed, and more than 5 million have been displaced, forming the largest refugee crisis in the world.^[118]

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    Turkish soldier killed in northern Latakia after unknown group opens fire near border crossing
99. ↑ 8,000 killed in fighting (29 June 2014–28 June 2015),IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long 'caliphate 417 killed in Palmyra offensive (March 2016), https://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2016/03/28/syrian-forces-pursue-campaign-against-islamic-state-after-retaking-palmyra-n2139741 Archived 2018-08-07 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]} 47 killed in fighting with rebels (27–29 May 2016), Thousands flee ISIS offensive in northern Syria 1,026 killed in Manbij offensive,The third US citizen fighter is killed in Manbij area and casualty number rises to about 1800 civilians and fighters 283 killed in Palmyra offensive (2017), Palmyra city restore operation kills more than 400 persons in about 50 days, leaves gas and oilfields in the grip of the “Islamic State” organization 1,371 killed in Battle of Raqqa (2017),[1] 1,394 killed in Central Syria campaign (2017),[2][3][4][5][6][7] 538 executed (29 June 2014–23 September 2017),[8] 233 killed Southern Damascus offensive (April–May 2018),[9] 31 killed As-Suwayda offensive (June 2018) [10] قتال متواصل بعنف مع تنظيم “الدولة الإسلامية” على بعد نحو 50 كيلومتراً من منطقة تواجد التحالف الدولي في التنف [11] 310 killed 2018 Southern Syria offensive,[12] 63 killed 2018 As-Suwayda attacks [13] 428 killed As-Suwayda offensive (August–November 2018), [14] 9,158 killed in U.S. air-strikes (22 September 2014– March 2019),[15] 5,233 killed in Russian air-strikes (30 September 2015– March 2019),[16] total of 28,532 reported killed
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     Results of battles and resistance of YPG throughout 2018
     "On the eve of Nowruz festivals…Afrin witnesses arrests against its residents by the factions of "Olive Branch" on charge of celebrating and setting fire in the festival's anniversary".
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