Syrian Civil War Part of the Arab Spring , the Arab Winter , the spillover of the Iraqi Civil War and Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Current military situation: Red Syrian government , Green Syrian opposition , Yellow Rojava (SDF ), Grey Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ,White Tahrir al-Sham (formerly known as the al-Nusra Front ) For a more detailed map, see Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War . The map above was last updated on 13 May 2017. Date 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15 ) – present Location Status
Ongoing Territorial
As of May 2017: the government held 22.03% of Syria (70.6% of the population); ISIL-held territory constituted 32.38% of Syria (5.9% of the population); 22.43% controlled by the SDF (14.2% of the population); 23.16% held by rebel groups (including the al-Nusra front; 9.3% of the population)[13]
Main belligerents
Commanders and leaders
Stephen J. Townsend [41] (Commander of CJTF-OIR) Strength
Syrian Armed Forces : 180,000[42] General Security Directorate : 8,000[43] [44]
Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000[45] [46] [47] [45] [48]
FSA: 40,000–50,000[49] [50]
Other groups: 12,500[51]
15,000–20,000 (U.S. claim, late 2016) [52]
SDF: 50,000+[53] [54]
YPG and YPJ: 57,000–60,000[55] [56] most, not all, part of the SDF )
Syriac Military Council: 2,000
Army of Revolutionaries: 3,000 Casualties and losses
Syrian Government: [57] [58] [57] [58] [57]
110,811–146,811 fighters killed[d] [57] [58] [64]
Turkey: (2016–17 ground incursion ) [65]
11,522+ killed (per SOHR) [66] (per YPG and SAA) [67] [68]
Rojava: [69] [70]
CJTF–OIR :[71] [72] [73]
96,073 [57] –103,648 [74]
Total killed: 321,358–451,358 (March 2017 SOHR estimate)[57]
Over 7,600,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
Over 4,800,000 refugees (August 2016 estimate NRC Handelsblad [75]
a Aleppo governorate against the SDF and ISIL but not against the Syrian government.
b From September to November 2016, the United States fought alongside a rebel contingent in
Aleppo governorate solely against ISIL, but not against the Syrian government or the SDF.
[76] [77] In April 2017, the United States
attacked the Syrian government in response to the
Khan Shaykhun chemical attack .
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