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!Syrian Civil War Infobox
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|conflict=Syrian Civil War
|image=[[File:Syrian Civil War map.svg|300px]]
|caption='''Current military situation:''' <span style= "background-color: #ebc0b5; color: DarkRed">''Red''</span>: [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syrian government]], <span style="background-color:#cae7c4; color: DarkGreen">''Green''</span>: [[Syrian opposition]], <span style ="background-color:#e2d974; color: SaddleBrown;">''Yellow''</span>: [[Rojava]] ([[Syrian Democratic Forces|SDF]]), <span style= "background-color: #b4b2ae; color: Black;">''Grey''</span>: [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<!--do not shorten to Islamic State per naming conventions on group-->,<br> <span style= "background-color: #fff7fd; color: black; border:solid 1px DarkGray;">''White''</span>: [[Tahrir al-Sham]] <small>(formerly known as the [[al-Nusra Front]])</small><br><small>For a more detailed map, see [[Cities and towns during the Syrian Civil War]]. The map above was last updated on 13 May 2017.</small>
|partof=the [[Arab Spring]], the [[Arab Winter]], the spillover of the [[Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)|Iraqi Civil War]] and [[Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict]]
|date={{Start date|df=yes|2011|03|15}} – present<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=03|day1=15|year1=2011}})
|place=[[Syria]] <small>(with [[Spillover of the Syrian Civil War|spillovers]] in neighboring countries)</small>
|status=[[List of ongoing armed conflicts|Ongoing]]
|territory=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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://syriancivilwarmap.com/war-statistics/|title=War Statistics / Syrian War Statistics|accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref>
|combatants_header=[[List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War|Main belligerents]]
|combatant1=<div style=vertical-align: sup;>{{nowrap|{{flagdeco|Syria|size=23px}} '''[[Syrian government]]'''}} 
*[[Syrian Armed Forces]]
*[[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]]
*[[Ba'ath Brigades]]
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*[[al-Abbas Brigade]]
*[[Arab Nationalist Guard]]
*[[Jaysh al-Muwahhideen|Army of Monotheists]]
*[[Liwa Fatemiyoun|Fatemiyoun Brigade]]
*[[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command|PFLP-GC]] 
*[[Sootoro]]
*[[Syrian Social Nationalist Party|SSNP]]
*[[Syrian Resistance]]
*{{flag|Iran|size=23px}} <small>(from 2013)</small><br>
*{{flagicon image|InfoboxHez.PNG|size=23px}} [[Hezbollah]] <small>(from 2013)</small><br>
*{{flag|Russia|size=23px}} <small>(from 2015)</small>
}}
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<!-- No agreement to add Egypt on talk page |2={{flag|Egypt|size=20px}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://assafir.com/Article/518343/|title=Egyptian military vanguards in Syria|work=[[As-Safir]]|date=24 November 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egypt-shifts-to-open-support-for-Assad-regime-in-Syrian-civil-war-473693|title=Egypt shifts to open support for Assad regime in Syrian civil war|work=[[Jerusalem Post]]|date=26 November 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/11/30/egypt-syria-intelligence-cooperating-to-extradite-captured-jihadists|title=Egypt, Syria intelligence 'cooperating to extradite captured jihadists'|work=Al Araby|date=30 November 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al-akhbar.com/node/269261|title=Military cooperation with Egypt: 200 experts and officers in Syria|work=[[Al Akhbar (Lebanon)|Al Akhbar]]|date=8 December 2016|accessdate=8 December 2016}}</ref><br><small>(denied by Egypt)</small><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2016/11/26/601255/|title=Egypt denies sending military troops to Syria after Al-Sisi explicitly supports Al-Assad|work=DEBKAfile|date=26 November 2016|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref> !-->
|3={{flag|China|size=20px}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160819134922/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/chinese-admiral-visits-syria-show-support-41476745|first=Christopher|last=Bodeen|title=Chinese Admiral Visits Syria in Show of Support|work=[[Associated Press]]|date=8 August 2016|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref>}}
|combatant2=<div style=vertical-align: sup;>{{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg|size=23px}} '''[[Syrian opposition]]}}
*[[Free Syrian Army]]
**[[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]] <small>(from 2014)</small>
*[[Jaysh al-Islam]]
{{nowrap|{{flag|Turkey|size=23px}}{{Ref label|turkey|a}} <small>(from 2016)</small>}}<br>

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|1={{flag|Saudi Arabia|size=20px}}
|2={{flag|Qatar|size=20px}} <!-- DO NOT ADD TURKEY TWICE. SEE THE NOTE "turkey|a" ATTACHED TO ENTRY!-->
|3={{flag|France|size=20px}}
|4={{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg|size=20px}} [[United States]]{{Ref label|america|b}}<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels|url=http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-11/world/41972742_1_lethal-aid-syrian-rebels-chemical-weapons|newspaper=Washington Post|date=11 September 2013}}</ref>}}
|5={{flag|Libya|size=20px}} <small>(2011–13)</small><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8917265/Libyas-new-rulers-offer-weapons-to-Syrian-rebels.html|title=Libya’s new rulers offer weapons to Syrian rebels|publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|author=Ruth Sherlock|date=November 25, 2011|accessdate=April 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/world/africa/in-a-turnabout-syria-rebels-get-libyan-weapons.html|title=In Turnabout, Syria Rebels Get Libyan Weapons|author1=C. J. Chivers|author2=Eric Schmitt|author3=Mark Mazzetti|date=June 21, 2013|accessdate=April 8, 2017|publisher=''The New York Times''}}</ref>
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|combatant4 =<div style=vertical-align: sup;>'''{{flag|Rojava|size=23px}}''' ({{small|[[Syrian Democratic Forces|SDF]]}})<br>({{small|from 2012}})
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*[[People's Protection Units|YPG]]
*[[Women's Protection Units|YPJ]]
*[[Army of Revolutionaries|JaT]]
*[[Syriac Military Council|MFS]]
*[[International Freedom Battalion|IFB]]<br>
}}
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|1={{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg|size=20px}} [[United States]] <small>(from 2014)</small>}}
|2={{flag|Russia|size=20px}} <small>(from 2015)</small>
|3={{nowrap|{{flag|France|size=20px}} <small>(from 2016)</small><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/french-special-forces-assisting-kurdish-led-sdf-war-isis-north-syria/|title=French special forces assisting Kurdish-led SDF in war on ISIS north Syria|date=June 10, 2016|accessdate=March 7, 2017|publisher=ARA News|author1=Hozan Mamo|author2=Ahmed Shiwesh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-backed-sdf-fighters-encircle-isis-stronghold-manbij-near-raqqa-syria/|title=U.S.-backed fighters poised to cut key ISIS supply line|date=June 9, 2016|accessdate=March 7, 2017|publisher=CBS News}}</ref>}}
|4={{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).svg|size=20px}} [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]]
|5={{flag|Iraqi Kurdistan|size=20px}}
*[[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan|PUK]] <small>(from 2013)</small><ref name="irish13nov">{{cite news|quote=Muslim said the PYD had received aid, money and weapons from the Iraq-based Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan...|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/13/us-syria-kurds-idUSBRE9AC14C20131113?irpc=932|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114002747/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/13/us-syria-kurds-idUSBRE9AC14C20131113?irpc=932|archivedate=2013-11-14|title=Syrian Kurdish leader claims military gains against Islamists|last=Irish|first=John|date=13 November 2013|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=A Dangerous Rivalry for the Kurds|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/opinion/a-dangerous-rivalry-for-the-kurds.html?_r=1|date=December 16, 2014|accessdate=April 12, 2017|quote= Once again, the P.U.K. saw a chance to seize the initiative, by suggesting that it, rather than the Kurdistan regional government or the K.D.P., was providing weapons and supplies to the Syrian Kurdish fighters, who belong to a party that has historically been at odds with the K.D.P.|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|author=Ranj Alaaldin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sofrep.com/77726/kurdistans-counter-terrorist-group-assault-taqba-dam-syria/|title=Did Kurdistan’s Counter-Terrorist Group assault the Tabqa Dam in Syria? |date=March 23, 2017|accessdate=March 29, 2017|author=Jack Murphy|publisher=SOFREP}}</ref>
*[[KDP]] <small>(2013–15)</small><ref name="irish13nov"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://aranews.net/2014/10/first-unit-peshmerga-enters-kobane/|title=First unit of Peshmerga enters Kobane|publisher=ARA News|date=October 30, 2014|accessdate=March 29, 2017}}</ref>}}
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{{flagicon image|Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg|border=no|size=25px}} '''[[Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve|CJTF–OIR]]'''<br><small>(from 2014)</small><br>
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{{flagicon image|Flag of the United States (Pantone).svg|size=23px}} [[United States]]{{Ref label|america|b}}<br>{{flag|France|size=23px}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/28/world/europe/france-says-it-has-struck-at-isis-in-syria.html|title=France Says Its Airstrikes Hit an ISIS Camp in Syria|date=28 September 2015|work=The New York Times}}</ref><br>{{nowrap|{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}}}<br>{{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br>
{{flag|Jordan|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Germany|size=22px}}
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|1={{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/government-position-fighter-jets-1.3338186|title=Justin Trudeau to pull fighter jets, keep other military planes in ISIS fight|work=CBC News |last=Barton|first=Rosemary|date=26 November 2015|accessdate=12 September 2016}}</ref>
|2={{flag|Bahrain|size=22px}}
|3={{flag|Denmark|size=22px}}
|4={{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
|5={{nowrap|{{flag|Saudi Arabia|size=22px}}}}
|6={{flag|UAE|size=22px}}
|7={{flag|Qatar|size=22px}}
|8={{flag|Morocco|size=22px}}
}}}}

|commander1={{Plainlist| 
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Bashar al-Assad]]{{-}}<small>([[President of Syria]])</small>
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*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Fahd Jassem al-Freij]]{{-}}<small>([[Ministry of Defense (Syria)|Minister of Defense]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Ali Abdullah Ayyoub]]{{-}}<small>(Chief of Staff of the [[Syrian Army|Army]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Issam Hallaq]]{{-}}<small>(Chief of Staff of the [[Syrian Arab Air Force|Air Force]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Issam Zahreddine]]{{-}}<small>(Major General of the [[Republican Guard (Syria)|Republican Guard]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Ali Mamlouk]]{{-}}<small>(Director of the [[National Security Bureau of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region|National Security Bureau]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Rafiq Shahadah]]{{-}}<small>(Head of the [[Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria)|Military Intelligence Directorate]])</small>
}}
*[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] [[Hassan Nasrallah]]{{-}}<small>(Secretary General of [[Hezbollah]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Iran}} [[Ali Khamenei]]{{-}}<small>([[Supreme Leader of Iran]])</small>
*{{flagdeco|Russia}} [[Vladimir Putin]]{{-}}<small>([[President of Russia]])</small>
{{Collapsible list
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|title='''KIA:'''
|1={{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Assef Shawkat]]{{KIA}}<br><small>(Deputy Minister of Defense)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Leading Syrian regime figures killed in Damascus bomb attack|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/18/syrian-regime-figures-bomb-attack|website=The Guardian|date=July 2012}}</ref>
|2={{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Dawoud Rajiha]]{{KIA}} <small>(Minister of Defense)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9408303/Syria-defence-minister-killed-in-Damascus-bomb.html|title=Syria defence minister killed in Damascus bomb|date=18 July 2012|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=18 July 2012}}</ref>
|6={{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Rustum Ghazaleh]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/world/middleeast/syria-remains-silent-on-intelligence-officials-death.html?_r=0&referrer=|work=The New York Times|title= Syria Remains Silent on Intelligence Official’s Death|date=24 April 2015}}</ref><br/><small>(Head of Syrian National Intelligence)</small>
|7={{flagdeco|Syria}} [[Hilal al-Assad]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Assad cousin killed in Syria's Latakia|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/03/assad-cousin-killed-syria-latakia-201432320159865701.html|accessdate=24 April 2014|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=8 October 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Head of [[National Defence Forces (Syria)|National Defence Forces]])</small>
|15={{flagdeco|Iran}} [[Hossein Hamadani]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian commander Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani killed by Isis while advising Syrian regime|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iranian-commander-brigadier-general-hossein-hamedani-killed-by-isis-while-advising-syrian-regime-a6687276.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=The Independent|date=8 October 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>([[IRGC]] Major General)</small>
|16={{flagdeco|Iran}} [[Hassan Shateri]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Iranian General Is Killed in Syria|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324162304578302530164834200|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=13 February 2013}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Senior Commander of [[IRGC]])</small>
|20=[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] [[Samir Kuntar]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Commander of Hezbollah Freed by Israel Is Killed in Syria|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/world/middleeast/samir-kuntar-hezbollah-syria-israel.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|publisher=BBC|date=20 December 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Senior Commander of [[Hezbollah]])</small>
|21=[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] [[Mustafa Badreddine]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36284621|accessdate=31 August 2016|publisher=BBC|date=14 May 2016}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Military Leader of [[Hezbollah]])</small>
|22=[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] [[Mohamad Issa]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Al-Nusra Front claims responsibility for Hezbollah fighters’ death|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20150119-hezbollah-fighters-killed-in-al-nusra-front-attack/|accessdate=31 August 2016|publisher=Middle East Monitor|date=19 January 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>([[Hezbollah]] Chief of Operations in Syria)</small>
|23=[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] [[Jihad Mughniyah]]{{KIA}}<ref name=ISRAELISTRIKE>{{cite news|title=Israeli strike on Syrian Golan Heights 'kills son of top military commander and five other fighters from Lebanese Shiite militant group'|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915635/Israel-kills-son-Hezbollahs-late-military-chief-Syria-Hezbollah-sources.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=Daily Mail|date=19 January 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>([[Hezbollah]] Head of Security)</small>
|29=[[Ali Reza Tavassoli]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Analysis: Shiite Afghan casualties of the war in Syria|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/03/analysis-shiite-afghan-casualties-of-the-war-in-syria.php|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=Long War Journal|date=12 March 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Leader of [[Liwa Fatemiyoun]])</small>
}}}}
|commander2={{Plainlist|
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg}} [[Bashar al-Zoubi]]{{-}}<small>(Commander of the [[Southern Front (Syrian rebel group)|Southern Front]])</small>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Front (Syria) (Black).svg}} Ahmed Issa al-Sheikh<ref name=BBC22Nov>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25053525|title=Leading Syrian rebel groups form new Islamic Front|publisher=BBC|date=22 November 2013|accessdate=22 January 2014}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Leader of the [[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]])</small>
*{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]{{-}}<small>([[President of Turkey]])</small><br>{{flagicon|Turkey}} Lt. Gen. [[Zekai Aksakallı]]<ref name=specforc>[http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-special-forces-from-stopping-a-coup-to-the-frontline-of-the-isil-fight.aspx?pageID=238&nID=103178&NewsCatID=352 Turkish Special Forces: From stopping a coup to the frontline of the ISIL fight] [[Hürriyet Daily News]], 24 August 2016.</ref><br>({{small|Operations chief commander}})
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|title='''KIA:'''
|1={{flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic Front (Syria) (Black).svg}} [[Zahran Alloush]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/12/russian-raids-kill-prominent-syrian-rebel-commander-151225142422180.html|title=Russian raids kill prominent Syrian rebel commander|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref><br><small>([[Islamic Front (Syria)|Islamic Front]] Military Chief)</small><ref name=BBC22Nov/>
|2={{flagicon image|Flag of Syria 2011, observed.svg}} [[Abdul Qader Saleh]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-commander-idUSBRE9AH03H20131118|title=Top Syrian rebel commander dies from wounds|agency=Reuters}}</ref><br><small>(Founder of [[Al-Tawhid Brigade]])</small>
|3={{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Yarmouk_Martyrs_Brigade.svg}} [[Muhammad al-Baridi]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/death-of-isil-commander-in-southern-syria-a-blow-to-the-groupl|title=Death of ‘ISIL commander’ in southern Syria a blow to the group|work=The National}}</ref><br><small>(Founder of [[Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade]])</small>}}}}
|commander3={{Plainlist|
*{{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]{{WIA}}{{-}}<small>(Caliph of [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIL]])</small><ref>{{cite news|work=The Guardian|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/01/isis-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-incapacitated-suspected-spinal-injuries-iraq|title=
Isis leader incapacitated with suspected spinal injuries after air strike|date=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=United States Department of State|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2013/08/213032.htm|title=U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Iraq and Pledges to Help Combat al Qaeda|date=10 August 2013}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Gulmurod Khalimov]]{{-}}<small>(Minister of War)</small> <ref>{{cite news|work=Yahoo News|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/isis-us-trained-tajik-special-150308829.html|title=Isis: US-trained Tajik special forces chief Gulmurod Khalimov becomes Isis war minister|date=6 September 2016}}</ref>
*{{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi]]{{-}}<small>(Deputy Leader)</small>
*{{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Muhammad al-Shimali]]{{-}}<small>(Senior Leader)</small>
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|title='''KIA:'''
|1={{Flagdeco|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} [[Haji Bakr]]{{KIA}} <br><small>(Former Deputy leader of ISIL and Head of Military Council)</small><ref>{{cite web
|title=ISIS confirms death of senior leader in Syria| url =http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/02/isis_confirms_death.php| website = Long War Journal| date=February 2014| accessdate=16 September 2016}}</ref>
|2={{Flagdeco|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} [[Abu Ayman al-Iraqi]]{{KIA}} <small>(Former Head of Military Council)</small><ref name="who is next">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/if-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-killed-who-caliph-islamic-state-group-1721638|title=If ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Is Killed, Who Is Caliph Of The Islamic State Group?|author=Alessandria Masi|date=11 November 2014|work=International Business Times|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref>
|3={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Ali al-Anbari]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=A Top ISIS Leader Is Killed in an Airstrike, the Pentagon Says|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/26/world/middleeast/abd-al-rahman-mustafa-al-qaduli-isis-reported-killed-in-syria.html|accessdate=26 March 2016|work=The New York Times|date=25 March 2016}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Deputy, Syria)</small>
|4={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Omar al-Shishani]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/14/politics/u-s-confirms-death-of-isis-operative-omar-al-shishani/index.html|publisher=CNN|title= U.S. confirms death of ISIS operative Omar al-Shishani|date=14 March 2016 |accessdate=14 March 2016}}</ref><br/><small>(War Minister)</small>
|5={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Umar al-Tunisi]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. drone strike kills a senior Islamic State militant in Syria". |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/drone-kills-top-islamic-state-militant-in-syria-a-day-after-brother-was-slain/2015/07/02/7e3a0598-20fc-11e5-bf41-c23f5d3face1_story.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=3 July 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Senior Leader)</small>
|6={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Sayyaf (ISIL)|Abu Sayyaf]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. names ISIS commander killed in raid|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/us/isis-abu-sayyaf-name/|accessdate=31 August 2016|publisher=CNN|date=19 May 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Oil Minister)</small>
|7={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Muslim al-Turkmani]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S.: ISIS No.2 killed in U.S. drone strike in Iraq|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/21/middleeast/isis-no2-believed-killed/index.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|publisher=CNN|date=22 August 2015}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Deputy Leader)</small>
|8={{flagdeco|ISIL}} [[Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi]]{{KIA}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Inside the leadership of Islamic State: how the new 'caliphate' is run|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/10956280/Inside-the-leadership-of-Islamic-State-how-the-new-caliphate-is-run.html|accessdate=31 August 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 July 2014}}</ref>{{-}}<small>(Head of Military Council)</small>}}}}
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*{{flagicon|Rojava}} [[Riad Darar]] <small>(Co-chairperson of the [[Syrian Democratic Council|MSD]])</small>
*{{flagicon|Rojava}} [[Îlham Ehmed]] <small>(Co-chairperson of the [[Syrian Democratic Council|MSD]])</small>
*{{flagicon|Rojava}} [[Salih Muslim Muhammad|Salih Muhammad]]{{-}}<small>(Co-President of the [[Democratic Union Party (Syria)|PYD]])</small>
*{{flagicon|Rojava}} [[Asya Abdullah]]{{-}}<small>(Co-President of the [[Democratic Union Party (Syria)|PYD]])</small>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg|border=no}} {{flagicon image|People's Protection Units Flag.svg|border=no}} Sipan Hemo{{-}}<small>(Commander of the [[People's Protection Units|YPG]])</small>}}
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{{Flagicon|United States}}{{flagicon|United States Army}} [[Stephen J. Townsend]]<ref>[https://www.army.mil/article/173729/new_operation_inherent_resolve_commander_continues_fight_against_isil] accessdate=2016-12-29</ref><br/><small>(Commander of CJTF-OIR)</small>
|strength1=[[Syrian Armed Forces]]: 180,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=Syria|title= Syria military strength| publisher=Global Fire Power|date= 17 October 2015}}</ref><br>
[[General Security Directorate (Syria)|General Security Directorate]]: 8,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Aug-28/228953-syrias-diminished-security-forces.ashx|title=Syria's diminished security forces|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=28 August 2013|accessdate=14 May 2014}}</ref><br>
National Defense Force: 80,000<ref>[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Analysis/2014/Jun-16/260266-isis-iraq-offensive-could-trigger-hezbollah-to-fill-gap-left-in-syria.ashx ISIS’ Iraq offensive could trigger Hezbollah to fill gap left in Syria] ''[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|The Daily Star]]'', 16 June 2014</ref><br>
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Hezbollah: 6,000–8,000<ref name="legion"/><br>
Ba'ath Brigades: 7,000<br>Russia: 4,000 troops<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-syria-force-has-reportedly-grown-to-4000-people-2015-11 |title=Russia's Syria force has reportedly grown to 4,000 people|authors=Jonathan Landay, Phil Stewart, Mark Hosenball|agency=Business Insider|date=4 November 2015|accessdate=4 November 2015}}</ref> and 1,000 contractors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/up-to-nine-russian-contractors-die-in-syria-experts-say-1450467757|title=Up to Nine Russian Contractors Die in Syria, Experts Say|author=Thomas Grove|date=18 December 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref><br>
Iran: 3,000–5,000<ref name="legion">{{cite web|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-foreign-legion-leads-battle-in-syrias-north-1455672481|title=Iran ‘Foreign Legion’ Leads Battle in Syria’s North|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-civil-war-state-of-the-art-technology-gives-president-assad-s-army-the-edge-a6898741.html|title=State-of-the-art technology is giving Assad’s army the edge in Syria|date=26 February 2016|publisher=}}</ref><br>
Other allied groups: 15,500+
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|strength2=FSA: 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><br>
Islamic Front: 40,000–70,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/04/islamic_front_isis_syria|title=Front to Back|work=Foreign Policy}}</ref><br>
Other groups: 12,500<ref name="Guardian70K">[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/30/70000-syrian-fighters-david-cameron-islamic-state-airstrikes Who are these 70,000 Syrian fighters David Cameron is relying on?]. Retrieved 18 February 2016.</ref>

|strength3=15,000–20,000 {{nowrap|<small>(U.S. claim, late 2016)</small>}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/11/isis-ranks-dwindle-to-15000-amid-retreat-on-all-fronts-claims-pentagon |title=Isis ranks dwindle to 15,000 amid 'retreat on all fronts', claims Pentagon |work=The Guardian |date=11 August 2016 |accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>
|strength4=SDF: 50,000+<ref name="only ISIS is a target">[http://aranews.net/2017/01/us-assistant-secretary-of-defense-tells-turkey-only-isis-a-target-not-kurds/ US Assistant Secretary of Defense tells Turkey only ISIS is a target, not Kurds]</ref><ref name="take Raqqa">[http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/middleeast/syria-race-for-raqqa-isis/ ISIS' enemies line up to take Raqqa, but when -- and how?]</ref>
*YPG and YPJ: 57,000–60,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/op-ed_will-the-islamic-state-last-through-2015_368806.html|title=Will the Islamic State last through 2015?|work=Today's Zaman|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Kurdish-Women-Turning-Kobani-into-a-Living-Hell-for-Islamic-State-20141014-0072.html|title=Kurdish Women Turning Kobani into a Living 'Hell' for Islamic State}}</ref><br> ({{small|most, not all, part of the SDF}})
*Syriac Military Council: 2,000<br>
*Army of Revolutionaries: 3,000
|casualties1={{flagdeco|Syria|size=23px}} '''Syrian Government:'''<br>
60,901–95,901 soldiers killed<ref name=SOHR>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=62760|title=About 465 thousand persons were killed in 6 years of the Syrian revolution and more than 14 million were wounded and displaced|last=|first=|date=13 March 2017|website=|publisher=}}</ref><ref name=SOHR1>{{Cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=8103|title=Tantalizing promises of Bashar al- Assad kill more than 11000 fighters of his forces during 5 months.|last=|first=|date=17 December 2014|website=|publisher=SOHR|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref><br>
45,290–59,290 militiamen killed<ref name=SOHR /><ref name=SOHR1/><br>4,700 soldiers and militiamen and 2,000 supporters captured<ref name=SOHR /><br>
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[[File:InfoboxHez.PNG|23px|border]] '''Hezbollah:'''<br />1,421–1,700 killed<ref name=SOHR /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.773232|title=Israel's Army Chief: Hezbollah Struggling With 'Budgetary and Morale Crisis'|work=Haaretz|accessdate=22 February 2017}}</ref><br>
{{flagdeco|Iran|size=23px}} '''Iran:''' Over 1000 Iranian soldiers killed (November 2016)<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-iran-idUSKBN13H16J Death toll among Iran's forces in Syrian war passes 1,000] By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Reuters, Tue Nov 22, 2016,</ref><br>
{{flagicon|Russia}} '''Russia:'''<br>33–38 [[Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria|soldiers]]<ref>[http://www.rbc.ru/politics/03/05/2017/58457c589a79473fa152c4a2 Список погибших россиян с начала кампании ВКС в Сирии]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Media: Russian serviceman was killed during Russia's first day of operations in Syria last year|url=http://uawire.org/news/media-russian-serviceman-was-killed-during-russia-s-first-day-of-operations-in-syria-last-year#|accessdate=16 December 2016|date=16 December 2016}}<br>[http://112.international/russia/officer-of-russias-airborne-troops-killed-in-syria-12223.html Officer of Russia’s airborne troops killed in Syria]<br>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-casualtie-idUSKBN16T0S4 Russia underplayed losses in recapture of Syria's Palmyra]<br>{{cite news|title=Russian marine major killed in combat in Syria - agencies|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-casualtie-idUKKBN17M1Q3?il=0|accessdate=20 April 2017|date=20 April 2017}}</ref> and 28–34 [[Russian Armed Forces casualties in Syria|contractors]] killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/three-russians-killed-syria-pro-government-source-145159450.html|title=Three Russians killed in Syria: pro-government source|date=20 October 2015|work=Yahoo News|accessdate=21 October 2015}}<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/up-to-nine-russian-contractors-die-in-syria-experts-say-1450467757|title=Up to Nine Russian Contractors Die in Syria, Experts Say|author=Thomas Grove|date=18 December 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal}}<br>{{cite news|title=Fontanka Investigates Russian Mercenaries Dying For Putin In Syria And Ukraine|url=http://www.interpretermag.com/fontanka-investigates-russian-mercenaries-dying-for-putin-in-syria-and-ukraine/|accessdate=29 March 2016|date=29 March 2016}}<br>[http://uawire.org/news/media-reported-death-of-another-russian-soldier-in-syria Another Russian soldier reportedly killed in Syria]<br>[https://informnapalm.org/en/secret-losses-russian-gru-special-forces/ “Secret Losses” of Russian GRU Special Forces]<br>[http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-casualtie-idUSKBN16T0S4 Russia underplayed losses in recapture of Syria's Palmyra]<br>[http://freenews-en.tk/2017/03/22/it-became-known-about-the-death-of-nine-russians-in-syria/ It became known about the death of nine Russians in Syria]</ref><br>
'''Other non-Syrian fighters:'''<br />6,862 killed<ref name=SOHR />
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|casualties2= 110,811–146,811 fighters killed{{ref label|casualties2|d}}<ref name=SOHR /><ref name=SOHR1/><br>
979 protesters killed<ref name="almost11,500">{{cite web|url=http://ansamed.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/politics/2012/03/19/visualizza_new.html_134589467.html|title=Syria: Opposition, almost 11,500 civilians killed|publisher=Ansamed.ansa.it|date=19 March 2012|accessdate=27 August 2013}}</ref> 

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{{flagicon|Turkey}} '''Turkey:'''<br>71 soldiers killed <small>([[Turkish military intervention in Syria|2016–17 ground incursion]])</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dha.com.tr/firat-kalkani-harekatindan-aci-haber_1455682.html|title=Fırat Kalkanı Harekâtı'ndan acı haber|publisher=}}</ref>
|casualties3= 11,522+ killed <small>(per SOHR)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/article-189504-IS-executes-over-3000-in-Syria-in-year-long-caliphate|title=IS executes over 3,000 in Syria in year-long ´caliphate´|date=28 June 2015|agency=Agence France-Presse}}<br>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=46233 9 weeks of the “truce and cease of fight operations” kills almost 5,600 people in most of the Syrian provinces]<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/05/29/46519|title=81 executions during the 23rd month "the Islamic State’s Caliphate" in Syria rise the number of executions carried out by the "Islamic State" to 4225|publisher=SOHR|accessdate=29 May 2016}}<br>[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/212933 Thousands flee ISIS offensive in northern Syria]<br>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=49446 The third US citizen fighter is killed in Manbij area and casualty number rises to about 1800 civilians and fighters]<br>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=50041|title=About 8500 persons including 3200 civilians killed by Russian warplanes in 11 months of bombing in Syria|work=SOHR|accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref><br>20,711+ killed <small>(per YPG and SAA)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diclehaber.com/en/news/content/view/437247?from=2102159856|title=YPG releases balance-sheet of 2014: Nearly 5,000 ISIS members killed|publisher=}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://syria360.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/balance-of-the-war-against-hostile-groups-in-rojava-northern-syria-year-2015/|title=Balance of the War Against Hostile Groups in Rojava, Northern Syria: Year 2015|publisher=}}<br>[https://www.ypgrojava.org/YPG-releases-the-2016-balance-sheet-of-war YPG releases the 2016 balance sheet of war]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20141225/1016239222.html|title=Syrian Army Kills Nearly 5,000 IS Militants in Three Months: Source|date=25 December 2014|publisher=sputniknews.com}}<br>{{cite web|url=http://sana.sy/en/?p=72949|title=The army takes full control of Palmyra city, hundreds of ISIS terrorists killed – Syrian Arab News Agency|publisher=}}</ref>
|casualties4= {{flagicon|Rojava}} '''Rojava:'''<br>3,613 killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/12/03/syrian-kurds-are-winning/|title=The Syrian Kurds Are Winning!|author=Jonathan Steele|work=The New York Review of Books|accessdate=12 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ypgrojava.org/YPG-releases-the-2016-balance-sheet-of-war YPG releases the 2016 balance sheet of war]</ref>
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{{flagicon image|Seal of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve.svg|border=no}} '''[[Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve|CJTF–OIR]]:'''<br>3 killed<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Marine-is-first-US-death-in-operations-against-Islamic-State/articleshow/44263023.cms|title=Marine is first US death in operations against Islamic State|work=The Times of India|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31129416|title=Jordan pilot murder: Islamic State deploys asymmetry of fear|date=4 February 2015|publisher=|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/world/middleeast/syria-warplanes-turkey.html|title=American Is Killed in First Casualty for U.S. Forces in Syria Combat|date=24 November 2016|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
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'''96,073'''<ref name=SOHR />'''–103,648'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vdc-sy.org/index.php/en/home|title=Violations Documenting Center|date=8 February 2017|accessdate=8 February 2017|publisher=Violations Documenting Center}}</ref> civilian deaths estimate 
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'''Total killed:'''<br>
'''321,358–451,358''' (March 2017 [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|SOHR]] estimate)<ref name=SOHR /><br>
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Over '''7,600,000''' [[Displaced person|internally displaced]] (July 2015 [[UNHCR]] estimate)
Over '''4,800,000''' [[Refugees of the Syrian Civil War|refugees]] (August 2016 estimate ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'')<ref>''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 15 August 2016.</ref>
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{{Note label|turkey|a}} Turkey has provided arms support to the Syrian opposition since 2011. From August 2016 to March 2017, Turkey fought alongside a rebel contingent in [[Aleppo governorate]] against the SDF and [[Islamic State of Iraq and Levant|ISIL]] but not against the Syrian government.<br>
{{Note label|america|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/09/16/u-s-special-operations-forces-begin-new-role-alongside-turkish-troops-in-syria/|work=The Washington Post|date=16 September 2016|accessdate=16 September 2016|title=U.S. Special Operations forces begin new role alongside Turkish troops in Syria|author=Thomas Gibbons-Neff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/us-halts-military-support-for-turkeys-fight-in-key-islamic-state-town|publisher=MilitaryTimes|title=U.S. halts military support for Turkey’s fight in key Islamic State town|author=Andrew Tilghman|date=November 16, 2016|accessdate=January 4, 2017}}</ref> In April 2017, the United States [[2017 Shayrat missile strike|attacked]] the Syrian government in response to the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]].<br>

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