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Syrian civil war
Part of the Arab Spring and Arab Winter, spillover of the Iraqi Civil War, War against the Islamic State, War on Terror, Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict, Iran–Israel and Iran–Saudi proxy wars
Military situation as of 14 December 2024: Syrian transitional government:   Tahrir al-Sham and allies   Arab defectors from the SDF Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria:   Syrian Democratic Forces and American occupation Syrian Interim Government:   Syrian National Army and Turkish occupation Others:   Southern Operations Room   Russian occupation   Syrian Free Army   Syrian Free Army and American occupation   Israeli occupation   Uncertain/mixed      Islamic State presence (full list of combatants, detailed map)
Date 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present (13 years, 9 months, 1 week and 6 days) Location Syria (with spillovers in neighboring countries) Status Ongoing Bashar al-Assad is overthrown Rebels capture most of Syria and establish a transitional government Israel invades the Golan Heights buffer zone and the neighboring Syrian towns The SNA launches an offensive on SDF forces in Northeastern Syria
Belligerents
See full list
Casualties and losses
Total deaths 580,000–617,910+ Civilian deaths 219,223–306,887+ Displaced people 6.7 million internally 6.6 million externally (refugees) (March 2021)

References

1. Formed in January 2017 as a merger between Jaysh al-Ahrar (a faction of Ahrar al-Sham), Ansar al-Din Front, Jaysh al-Sunna, Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (successor of Al-Nusra Front) and Liwa al-Haqq
2. The Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights is shown in light grey. The Golan Heights has been under de facto Israeli control since 1967. Israeli sovereignty was recognized by the United States in 2019, but is not recognized by the United Nations or any member states except the United States and Israel.
3. Attributed to multiple sources:
4. With Ba'athist regime prevailing, the hostilities were mostly put on hold between 6 March 2020 and 27 November 2024, when the Syrian opposition launched a campaign of quick successful military offensives in Northwestern Syria, toppling the Assad regime on 8 December. Further fate of the ongoing conflict remains uncertain.
5. 88% of whom were killed by government or Russian forces, according to the SOHR

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Usage

Bibliography

• Rashid, Bedir Mulla (2018) . Military and Security Structures of the Autonomous Administration in Syria. Translated by Obaida Hitto. Istanbul: Omran for Strategic Studies.

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