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Syrian civil war
Part of the Arab Spring
For a war map of the current situation, see here.
Date 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – ongoing (13 years, 9 months and 2 weeks) Location Syria, with minor spillovers in neighboring countries Status Conflict ongoing
Belligerents
Syrian government and its Shia militia allies Syrian Armed Forces Shabiha National Defense Force Jaysh al-Sha'bi Al-Abbas brigade  Iran Revolutionary Guards Foreign militants: Hezbollah PFLP–GC Others	Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army Supported by:  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Turkey (For other forms of foreign support, see here) Sunni jihadists Syrian Islamic Liberation Front Syrian Islamic Front Al-Nusra Front Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Others Supported by:  Saudi Arabia  Qatar	Democratic Union Party (PYD) Popular Protection Units (YPG) Others (For more on Kurdish involvement, see here)
Commanders and leaders
Bashar al-Assad Mihrac Ural Maher al-Assad (WIA) Fahd Jassem al-Freij Ali Abdullah Ayyoub Issam Hallaq Ghassan Ismail Mohammad al-Shaar (WIA) Wael Nader Al-Halqi Abu Ajeeb Abu Hajar Muhammad Nasif File:Leb.tif Hassan Nasrallah Abdul-Malik al-Houthi	Salim Idris Mustafa al-Sheikh Riad al-Asaad (WIA) Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh Hassan Aboud Abu Musab Abu Mohammad al-Golani (WIA)	Salih Muslim Muhammad
Strength
Syrian Armed Forces: 178,000 (inc navy and air force) (by Aug 2013) General Security Directorate: 8,000 Shabiha militiamen: 10,000 fighters National Defense Force: 80,000 soldiers al-Abbas brigade: 10,000 fighters Jaysh al-Sha'bi: 50,000 fighters File:Leb.tif Hezbollah: 1,500–5,000 fighters  Iran: 150 military advisers, unknown number of Quds forces	Free Syrian Army: 50,000 - 80,000 Syrian Islamic Liberation Front: 37,000 (by May 2013) Syrian Islamic Front: 13,000 (by May 2013) Al-Nusra Front: 6,000 (by June 2013)	15,000 fighters
Casualties and losses
Syrian government 15,000–27,654 soldiers and policemen killed 17,824 militiamen killed 1,000 government officials killed 3,500 soldiers captured Hezbollah 171–201 killed Iranian IRGC 13 killed	21,850–45,650 fighters killed* 979 protesters killed 9,000–41,508 opposition fighters and supporters captured	161+ fighters killed
100,000 killed overall (June 2013 UN estimate) 83,263–110,371 killed overall (September 2013 opposition estimate)** 642–1,548 foreign civilians killed 14 Iraqi soldiers killed 5 Lebanese soldiers killed 3 Turkish servicemen killed 1 Jordanian soldier killed 2.5–3 million internally displaced 2,000,938 refugees (September 2013 UNHCR figure) 130,000 missing or detained *Number possibly higher due to the opposition counting rebels that were not defectors as civilians. **Number includes foreign fighters from both sides, as well as foreign civilians

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