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Syrian Civil War
Part of the Arab Spring, the Arab Winter, and the spillover of the Iraqi conflict
Syrian Civil War map.svg
Military situation in April 2019:
     Syrian Arab Republic      Syrian opposition & Turkish occupation      Rojava      Tahrir al-Sham      ISIL
(Full list of combatants, Detailed map, Live interactive map)
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present (13 years, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries)
StatusOngoing
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%[25]
Main belligerents
InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah
 Iran
 Russia (2015–present)
Support:

 Turkey (2016–present)

Support:

Flag of the Syrian Salvation Government.svg Salvation Government (Tahrir al-Sham)

Support:
Support:
Flag of Rojava.svg Rojava (SDF) (2012–present)
Support:
CJTF–OIR
(2014–present)
Commanders and leaders
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Units involved
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Strength

Syrian Armed Forces: 180,000[67]
General Security Directorate: 8,000[68]
National Defense Force: 80,000[69]
Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000 Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000[70]
Liwa Al-Quds: 4,000–8,000
Russia: 4,000 troops[71] & 1,000 contractors[72]
Iran: 3,000–5,000[70][73]

Other allied groups: 20,000+

Free Syrian Army: 20,000–32,000[74](2013)
Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000[75][76](2014)
Other groups: 12,500[77](2015)
Turkish Armed Forces: 4,000–8,000[78][79]

Ahrar al-Sham: 18,000–20,000+[80][81](March 2017)

Tahrir al-Sham: 31,000[82]		15,000–20,000 (per U.S., late 2016)[83]

SDF: 60,000–75,000 (2017 est.)[84]

  • YPG & YPJ: 20,000–30,000 (2017 est.)[85]
  • Syriac Military Council (MFS): 1,000 (2017 est.)[86]
  • Al-Sanadid Forces: 2,000–4,000 (2017 est.)[86]
  • SDF Military Councils: 10,000+[87][88][89]
Casualties and losses

Syrian Arab Republic:
65,187–100,187 soldiers killed[90][91]
50,484–64,484 militiamen killed[90][91]
4,700 soldiers/militiamen & 2,000 supporters captured[90]
InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah:
1,677–2,000 killed[90][92]
Russia Russia:
116 soldiers[93] & 186–280 PMCs killed[94]

Other non-Syrian fighters:
8,109 killed[90](2,300–3,500+ IRGC-led)[95][96]

Syrian opposition 132,824–173,824 killed[90][91]

Turkey Turkey:
182 killed (2016–19 incursions)[97][98][99]		28,532+ killed (per SOHR)[100]
20,711+ killed (per YPG & SAA)[101][102]

Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg SDF:
11,600–12,586+ killed[103][104]

Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg CJTF–OIR:
11 killed[105]

112,623[90]–117,377[106] civilian deaths documented by opposition
100 other foreign soldiers killed (Lebanon 60, Turkey 17 (pre-'16), Iraq 16, Jordan 7)

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