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Read your talk page, there are no sources confirming the continuing existence of those two militias while we got multiple sources from late 2012/early 2013 confirming the start of a merger of ALL government militias into the NDF
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Free Syrian Army: 40,000–50,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Patrick|title=West suspends aid for Islamist rebels in Syria, underlining their disillusionment with those forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/west-suspends-aid-for-islamist-rebels-in-syria-underlining-their-disillusionment-with-those-forces-opposed-to-president-bashar-alassad-8998891.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=11 December 2013}}</ref>
Free Syrian Army: 40,000–50,000<ref>{{cite news|last=Cockburn|first=Patrick|title=West suspends aid for Islamist rebels in Syria, underlining their disillusionment with those forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/west-suspends-aid-for-islamist-rebels-in-syria-underlining-their-disillusionment-with-those-forces-opposed-to-president-bashar-alassad-8998891.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=11 December 2013}}</ref>


Islamic Front: 40,000–50,000<ref name=Reuters9Jan>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/09/us-syria-crisis-rebels-factbox-idUSBREA080SW20140109 |title=Factbox: Syria's rebel groups |publisher=Reuters |date=9 January 2014|accessdate=9 January 2014}}</ref>
Islamic Front: 45,000–60,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/rebels-consolidating-strength-in-syria-the-islamic-front |title=Rebels Consolidating Strength in Syria: The Islamic Front - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |publisher=Washingtoninstitute.org |date=2013-12-03 |accessdate=2014-01-03}}</ref>


Asala wa al-Tanmiya Front: 13,000<ref name="guide">{{cite news|title=Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24403003|publisher=BBC|date=13 December 2013}}</ref>
Asala wa al-Tanmiya Front: 13,000<ref name="guide">{{cite news|title=Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24403003|publisher=BBC|date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

Revision as of 19:21, 11 January 2014

Syrian Civil War
Part of the Arab Spring

For a war map of the current situation, see here.
Date15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) – present
(14 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
Syria (with minor spillovers in neighboring countries)
Status Ongoing
Belligerents

Syrian government:

 Iran[1][2]

Allied armed groups::

Armament Support:
(For other forms of foreign support, see here)

Syrian opposition

Armament Support:

(For other forms of foreign support, see here)

 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria[19][20]

(Note: ISIL is at war with the Syrian opposition and the DBK)[21][22][23]

Kurdish Supreme Committee (DBK)

(For more on Kurdish involvement, see here)
Commanders and leaders

Bashar al-Assad
(Commander in Chief) Maher al-Assad (WIA)
Fahd Jassem al-Freij
Dawoud Rajiha †
Assef Shawkat †
Ali Abdullah Ayyoub
Issam Hallaq
Ghassan Ismail
Mohammad al-Shaar (WIA)
Qasem Soleimani
File:Leb.tif Hassan Nasrallah

Ahmed Jibril

Free Syrian Army
Salim Idris
Mustafa al-Sheikh
Riad al-Asaad (WIA)[24]

Islamic Front
Ahmed Eissa al-Sheikh[25]
Zahran Alloush[25]
Hassan Aboud[25]
Abdul Qader Saleh †[26]

Other groups
Abu Mohammad al-Golani (WIA)[27]
Ziad Haj Obaid[28]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi[29]		 Salih Muslim Muhammad
Strength

Syrian Armed Forces: 178,000 (by Aug 2013)[30][31]

General Security Directorate: 8,000[30]

National Defense Force: 60,000[32]

al-Abbas brigade: 10,000[33]

Hezbollah: 5,000[34]-15,000[35]

Iran: 150[36]–1,500[37]

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq: 1,000[38]

PFLP–GC: 500-1,000[39]

Free Syrian Army: 40,000–50,000[40]

Islamic Front: 45,000–60,000[41]

Asala wa al-Tanmiya Front: 13,000[42]

Army of Mujahedeen: 5,000[43]-12,000[44]

Al-Nusra Front: 7,000-8,000[43]

Ahfad al-Rasul Brigade: 7,000–9,000[42]

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: 6,000-7,000[43]		 Popular Protection Units (YPG): 10,000[42]–35,000[45] fighters
Casualties and losses

Syrian government 30,000[46]–32,013[47] soldiers and policemen killed
19,729 militiamen killed[47]
1,000 government officials killed[48]
6,000 soldiers and militiamen captured[47]
Hezbollah
262 killed[47]

Other non-Syrian Shiite fighters
286 killed[47]

29,083[47]–50,930[49] fighters killed* 979 protesters killed[50]

17,000[51]–47,138[52] opposition fighters and supporters captured		 419 fighters killed[53]
120,000 killed overall (September 2013 French estimate)[54]

95,152[52][55]–130,433[47] killed overall (documented by opposition December 2013)**
180,433 killed overall (December 2013 SOHR estimate)**[47]
763–1,809 foreign civilians killed

16 Iraqi soldiers killed[56][57][58][59]
5 Lebanese soldiers killed[60][61]
3 Turkish servicemen killed[62][63]
1 Jordanian soldier killed[64]

4.5 million (UN, Sep 2013) – 5.1 million (iDMC, Sep 2013) internally displaced[65][66][67]
3,000,000 refugees (by November 2013)[68]

130,000 missing or detained[69]

*Number possibly higher due to opposition forces covering up their losses for the sake of moral.[47]
**Number includes foreign fighters from both sides, as well as foreign civilians

References

  1. ^ Saeed Kamali Dehghan (28 May 2012). "Syrian army being aided by Iranian forces". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Daftari, Lisa (28 August 2012). "Iranian general admits 'fighting every aspect of a war' in defending Syria's Assad". Fox News.
  3. ^ Filkins, Dexter. "Qassem Suleimani, the Middle East's Most Powerful Operative". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  4. ^ "Hezbollah Commits to an All-Out Fight to Save Assad". The New York Times. May 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "Syria rebels clash with army, Palestinian fighters". Agence France-Presse. 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ Richard Galpin (10 January 2012). "Russian arms shipments bolster Syria's embattled Assad". BBC News. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Russian military presence in Syria poses challenge to US-led intervention". The Guardian, 23 December 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  8. ^ Ryall, Julian (6 June 2013). "Syria: North Korean military 'advising Assad regime'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ "North Korea violating sanctions, according to UN report". The Telegraph. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  10. ^ Six Islamist factions unite in largest Syria rebel merger
  11. ^ "The Free Syrian Army" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War.
  12. ^ Risen, James, Mazzetti, Mark & Schmidt, Michael S. (5 December 2012). "U.S. approved arms for Libya rebels fell into Jihadis' hands". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Roula Khalaf and Abigail Fielding-Smith (17 May 2013). "How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution". Financial Times. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  14. ^ El Deeb, Sarah (20 June 2013). "Rivalries complicate arms pipeline to Syria rebels". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  15. ^ Hassan (1 October 2013). "The Army of Islam Is Winning in Syria". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  16. ^ Fars News Agency, 8 September 2013, Ex-Deputy PM: Turkey Supplying Heavy Weaponries to al-Nusra Terrorists in Syria
  17. ^ Vatan, 8 September 2013, 'Türkiye El Nusra’ya ağır silahlar gönderdi'
  18. ^ "U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels". Washington Post. September 11, 2013.
  19. ^ "New front opens in Syria as rebels say al Qaeda attack means war". Reuters. 12 July 2013.
  20. ^ "Syrians launch new 'revolution' against Qaeda group". AFP. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  21. ^ "Syria opposition says it backs rebel fight against al-Qaeda". Al Arabiya News. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  22. ^ "Syrian rebels launch fierce offensive against al Qaeda fighters". Reuters. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  23. ^ "New Syria rebel alliance declares war on Al Qaida". AFP. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  24. ^ "U.N. withdraws staffers as violence rages in Syria". Edition.cnn.com. 25 May 2013.
  25. ^ a b c Leading Syrian rebel groups form new Islamic Front
  26. ^ Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds (Reuters), 18 November 2013
  27. ^ "Al-Nusra leader injured by regime bombardment". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-05-16.
  28. ^ O'Bagy, Elizabeth (2013-03-24). "The Free Syrian Army" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  29. ^ "U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Iraq and Pledges to Help Combat al Qaeda". United States Department of State. 10 August 2013.
  30. ^ a b Syria's diminished security forces
  31. ^ Adrien Oster (29 August 2013). "Syria's Army: What The West Will Face In Case Of Intervention". Huff Post.
  32. ^ Pro-regime militias may outlast Assad, threaten future state: report
  33. ^ Syrian war widens Sunni-Shia schism as foreign jihadis join fight for shrines retrieved 5 June 2013
  34. ^ "Who Are the Foreign Fighters in Syria?". The Washington Institute. 5 December 2013.
  35. ^ Ari Rabinovitch (24 December 2013). "Israel tracks Syria's Western jihadis, worried about their return". Reuters.
  36. ^ "Assad might yet win in Syria thanks to Iran's Revolutionary Guards". 2013-05-30.
  37. ^ Who Are the Foreign Fighters in Syria?
  38. ^ "Prominent Shiite cleric backs fighting in Syria". Boston Herald. 15 December 2013.
  39. ^ Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command
  40. ^ Cockburn, Patrick (11 December 2013). "West suspends aid for Islamist rebels in Syria, underlining their disillusionment with those forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad". The Independent.
  41. ^ "Rebels Consolidating Strength in Syria: The Islamic Front - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy". Washingtoninstitute.org. 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
  42. ^ a b c "Syria crisis: Guide to armed and political opposition". BBC. 13 December 2013.
  43. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Reuters9Jan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  44. ^ "Al Qaida rebels leave mass grave behind as they desert base in Syria". McClatchy. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  45. ^ "Kurdish militia has 35,000 fighters: spokesman". The Daily Star. 27 December 2013.
  46. ^ Syria conflict pits Shia against Sunni as Hezbollah says this is 'war we must win'
  47. ^ a b c d e f g h i "More than 130 thousand have died since the start of the Syrian revolution in light of international silence". Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  48. ^ "David Cameron Offers 'Safe Passage' For Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, But Not To Britain (PICTURES)". Huffington Post. 6 November 2012.
  49. ^ With SOHR already stating that the number of government and rebel fatalities is evenly divided [1] and the pro-government fatalities to be an estimated 50,930,[2] a higher figure of rebels killed can be estimated to be 50,930 as well. This would be in line with SOHR's estimate that the number of combatant dead being double the documented number.[3]
  50. ^ "Syria: Opposition, almost 11,500 civilians killed". Ansamed.ansa.it. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
  51. ^ Approximately 126 thousand people killed in Syria
  52. ^ a b "Violations Documenting Center". Violations Documenting Center. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  53. ^ 25 killed (19 November 2013),[4] 15 killed (31 October),[5] 379 killed (2013),[6] total of 419 reported killed
  54. ^ France urges action on Syria, says 120,000 deadWed, 25th Sep 2013 07:21
  55. ^ "Violations Documenting Center - other statistics". Violations Documenting Center. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  56. ^ "Iraqi Soldier Killed by Fire from Syria". Naharnet.com. 3 March 2013.
  57. ^ Zeina Karam (17 September 2012). "Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels". Washington Examiner. Associated Press.
  58. ^ "Syria rebels fire on Iraq border posts, one killed". Channelnewsasia.com. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  59. ^ "Iraqi border guard killed in Syria violence spillover". Presstv.ir. 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
  60. ^ "Arsal ambush kills two Lebanese soldiers hunting wanted fugitive". Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  61. ^ Violence in Lebanese Border Towns Adds to Fears of Syrian Encroachment
  62. ^ "Assad regrets downing of Turkish jet, says won't allow open combat with Ankara". English.alarabiya.net. 2012-07-03.
  63. ^ "Turkish police killed in clashes on Syrian border". Worldbulletin.net. 2013-05-02.
  64. ^ "Syria's civil war spills violence across borders into Jordan, Lebanon". Associated Press. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  65. ^ "Syrian Refugees in Lebanon," The New York Times, September 5, 2013: UN says: 6.5 million displaced, of whom 2 million fled out of the country
  66. ^ "Syria: A full-scale displacement and humanitarian crisis with no solutions in sight"., iDMC, Sep 2013: 5.1 million internally displaced ("forced to flee their homes because their lives were at danger, but did not cross international borders")
  67. ^ "Dispatch: Syria's Internally Displaced Depend on Handouts"., UN, Feb 2013: 2.5 million internally displaced
  68. ^ Source AAP UPDATED 8:44 AM - 29 Nov 2013 (2013-11-29). "Syrian refugees top three million mark: UN | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2014-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  69. ^ "Syria's Meltdown Requires a U.S.-Led Response". Washington Institute for Near East Policy. 22 March 2013.
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