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Syrian civil war
Part of the Arab Spring

Bombed-out vehicles after street fighting in Aleppo, October 2012
For a war map of the current situation, see here.
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – ongoing
(13 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Mainly Syria, with minor spillovers in neighboring countries
Result Ongoing
Belligerents

Syria Syrian government

 Iran[1][2]

Foreign militants:

(For other forms of foreign support, see here)

Syria Syrian National Coalition[7]

 Turkey[8][9]
(border clashes and incidents)

 Jordan[10][11][12]
(border clashes and incidents)


(For other forms of foreign support, see here)

Mujahideen[13]

Kurdish Democratic Union Party

(For more on Kurdish involvement, see here)

 Israel[16][17][18][19]
(border clashes and incidents)
Commanders and leaders

Syria Bashar al-Assad
Syria Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Syria Wael Nader al-Halqi
Syria Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Syria Dawoud Rajiha †
Syria Assef Shawkat †

Syria Maher al-Assad (WIA)

Syria Moaz al-Khatib
Syria Ghassan Hitto
Syria George Sabra
Syria Salim Idris
Syria Abdulbaset Sieda
Syria Burhan Ghalioun
Syria Riad al-Asaad
(WIA)[20]
Syria Mustafa al-Sheikh

Abu Mohammad al-Golani

Salih Muslim Muhammad
Strength

Syria Syrian Armed Forces: 200,000 (by Nov 2011),[21]
120,000 (by Jan 2013)[22]
110,000 (by Mar 2013)[23]

Syria General Security Directorate: 8,000
Syria Shabiha militiamen: 10,000 fighters
Syria 50 000 new localized recruits trained by Iran, Hezbollah, Syria[24]
Iran 15,000 soldiers[25][26]
Hezbollah: 1,500[27]–5,000[28] fighters
Iraqi Shi'ite militias:

500 fighters[6]

40,000 (by May 2012)[29]
70,000–100,000 (by Sep 2012)[30]
Specifics:

  • Syria 30,000 defectors
(by Jul 2012)[31]
4,000–10,000 YPG fighters[34][35]
Casualties and losses

Syrian government 14,752 soldiers and policemen killed[36]

1,000 government officials killed[37]

1,030+ government forces captured[38][39][40][41]
Iran and Hezbollah
590 killed[42][43][44][45][46]

PFLP–GC
14+ killed[47][48]

13,792 fighters killed*[36][49] 979–2,689 protesters killed[50][51]

36,262 protesters and fighters captured[52]

59,897[36]–61,192[52][53] Syrians killed overall (opposition estimates)** 70,000 Syrians killed overall (February 2013 UN estimate)[54]
534 foreign civilians killed (see here)

Iraq 14 Iraqi soldiers killed[55][56]
Turkey 2 Turkish F4 Phantom pilots killed
Lebanon 2 Lebanese soldiers killed[57]
Jordan 1 Jordanian soldier killed[11]

1.2 million internally displaced[58]
1 million refugees (March 2013 UN estimate)[59]

130,000 missing or detained[60]
  • Number possibly higher due to the opposition counting rebels that were not defectors as civilians.[61]
    **Numbers do not include foreign combatants from both sides or Shabiha militiamen who have been killed.[62]

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