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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Syrian civil war
|image= [[File:Bombed out vehicles Aleppo.jpg|300px]]
|caption=Bombed-out vehicles after street fighting in [[Aleppo]], October 2012<br />
<small>For a war map of the current situation, see [[Syrian civil war#Rebel offensives (November 2012–present)|here]].</small>
|partof=the [[Arab Spring]]
|date= {{Start date|df=yes|2011|03|15}} – ''ongoing''<br />({{Age in months, weeks and days|year1=2011|month1=03|day1=15}})
|place=Mainly [[Syria]], with minor spillovers in neighboring countries
|result= Ongoing
|combatant1=
{{flagicon|Syria}} '''[[Syrian government]]'''
*[[Syrian Armed Forces]]
*[[Jaysh al-Sha'bi]]
*[[Shabiha]]
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{{flag|Iran}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Saeed Kamali Dehghan |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/syria-army-iran-forces |title=Syrian army being aided by Iranian forces
|work=The Guardian |date=28 May 2012|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/28/iranian-general-admits-fighting-every-aspect-war-in-defending-syria-assad/|publisher=Fox News|first=Lisa|last=Daftari|title=Iranian general admits 'fighting every aspect of a war' in defending Syria's Assad|date=28 August 2012|accessdate=6 September 2012}}</ref><br/>
*[[Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution|Revolutionary Guards]]
*[[Basij]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Battle for Aleppo Intensifies, as World Leaders Pledge New Support for Rebels|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/world/middleeast/syria.html|accessdate=8 October 2012|work=The New York Times|date=28 September 2012}}</ref>

''Foreign militants:''
*[[Hezbollah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/07/29/irans-hizbullah-sends-more-troops-to-help-assad-storm-aleppo-fight-sunnis/ |title=Iran's Hizbullah sends more troops to help Assad storm Aleppo, fight Sunnis|work=World News Tribune|date=29 July 2012|accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref>
*[[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command|PFLP–GC]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Syria rebels clash with army, Palestinian fighters|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-10/31/content_15858497.htm|accessdate=28 January 2013|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=31 October 2012}}</ref>
*[[Iraqi insurgency#Shia Islamist|Iraqi Shia militias]]<ref name=militants/>

<small>(For other forms of foreign support, see [[Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war|here]])</small>
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|combatant2=
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} '''[[National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces|Syrian National Coalition]]'''<ref name="usatoday1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/11/11/syrian-opposition-deal/1697693/ |title=Syrian opposition groups reach unity deal |work=USA Today |date=11 November 2012 |accessdate=14 November 2012}}</ref><br />
*[[Free Syrian Army]]
{{flag|Turkey}}<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/20/us-syria-crisis-turkey-idUSBRE89J06U20121020</ref><ref>http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/world/europe/turkey-syria-tension</ref><br/>(<small>border clashes and incidents</small>)<br>

{{flag|Jordan}}<ref>http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=289961</ref><ref name="Jordan soldier killed"/><ref>http://www.timesofisrael.com/syrian-and-jordanian-armies-reportedly-clash-on-border/</ref><br/>
(<small>border clashes and incidents</small>)


<small>(For other forms of foreign support, see [[Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war|here]])</small>
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} '''[[Mujahideen]]'''<ref name=meetislamists/>
*[[Al-Nusra Front to Protect the Levant|al-Nusra Front]]
*[[Syrian Islamic Front]]
*[[Ghuraba al-Sham]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/61821}}</ref>
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Rojava.svg}} '''[[Democratic Union Party (Syria)|Kurdish Democratic Union Party]]'''
*[[Popular Protection Units]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4979.html |title=Kurds Give Ultimatum to Syrian Security Forces |publisher=Rudaw|date=21 July 2012 |accessdate=18 August 2012}}</ref>

(<small>For more on Kurdish involvement, see [[Syrian Kurdistan conflict (2012–present)|here]]</small>)
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{{flag|Israel}}<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/31/world/la-fg-israel-syria-airstrike-20130201|title=With airstrike, Israel steps into Syria conflict|agency=|date=30 January 2013|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=NBCNews>{{cite news|url=http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/11/15086947-israel-drawn-into-syria-conflict-fires-missile-across-border?lite|title=Israel drawn into Syria conflict, fires missile across border|agency=Reuters|date=11 November 2012|publisher=NBC News|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref><ref name=WSJ>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323701904578273861863731082.html|title=Israeli Jets Blast Arms Shipment Inside Syria|author=Fassihi|author2=Barnes|author3=Dagher|date=30 January 2013|publisher=Wall Street Journal|quote=A strike draws Israel further into Syria's conflict—a civil war that has already deepened the region's divides as its powers have taken sides with arms and funding.|accessdate=4 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel fires into Syria after Golan attack on troops|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/03/24/uk-syria-israel-idUKBRE92N06220130324|date=24 March 2013 |agency=Reuters}}</ref><br />(<small>border clashes and incidents</small>)<br>
 	
|commander1=
{{flagicon|Syria}} '''[[Bashar al-Assad]]'''<br />
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Fahd Jassem al-Freij]]<br/>
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Wael Nader al-Halqi]]<br />
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ali Abdullah Ayyoub]]<br />
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Dawoud Rajiha]]{{KIA}}<br />
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Assef Shawkat]]{{KIA}}<br />
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Maher al-Assad]]{{WIA}}

|commander2=
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} '''[[Moaz al-Khatib]]'''<br/>
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Ghassan Hitto]]<br/>
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[George Sabra]]<br />
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Salim Idris]]<br>
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Abdulbaset Sieda]]<br />
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Burhan Ghalioun]]<br />
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Riad al-Asaad]]<br /><small>([[Wounded in action|WIA]])</small><ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/25/world/meast/syria-civil-war/</ref><br>
{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} [[Mustafa al-Sheikh]]<br />
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{{flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front (Variant).svg}} '''[[Abu Mohammad al-Golani]]'''
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Rojava.svg}} '''[[Salih Muslim Muhammad]]'''

|strength1={{flagicon|Syria}} [[Syrian Armed Forces]]: 200,000 (by Nov 2011),<ref>[http://observers.france24.com/content/20111118-free-syrian-army-soldier-lack-weapons-homs-army-defectors-bashar-al-assad-syrian-national-council Free Syrian Army soldier: "We lack weapons”]. France 24.com (18 November 2011).</ref><br/> 
120,000 (by Jan 2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/nowsyrialatestnews/syrias_alawite_area_assads_last_resort_analysts_say|title=Syria's Alawite area Assad's last resort, analysts say|agency=AFP|date=5 January 2013|publisher=NOW Lebanon|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref><br/>
110,000 (by Mar 2013)<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/17/us-syria-crisis-uprising-idUSBRE92G06420130317 | title=From teenage graffiti to a country in ruins: Syria's two years of rebellion | work=Reuters | date=17 March 2013}}</ref>

{{flagicon|Syria}} [[General Security Directorate (Syria)|General Security Directorate]]: 8,000<br/>
{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Shabiha]] militiamen: 10,000 fighters<br/>
{{flagicon|Syria}} 50 000 new localized recruits trained by Iran, Hezbollah, Syria<ref>{{cite news|last=Borger|first=Julian|title=Iran and Hezbollah 'have built 50,000-strong force to help Syrian regime'|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/14/iran-hezbollah-force-syrian-regime|newspaper=The Guardian|date=14 March 2013}}</ref><br/>
{{flagicon|Iran}} 15,000 soldiers<small><ref>{{cite news | url=http://rt.com/news/syria-iran-cooperation-protests-969/ | title=15,000 elite Iranian special-ops 'head' to Syria | date=10 February 2012 | work=Russia Today | accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/syria-army-iran-forces | title=Syrian army being aided by Iranian forces | date=28 May 2012 |work=The Guardian | accessdate=10 October 2012}}</ref></small><br/>
''[[Hezbollah]]'':
1,500<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/middleeast/article3560184.ece | title=Assad backed by 1,500 fighters from Hezbollah, says defector | date=6 October 2012 | work=The Times | accessdate=7 October 2012}}</ref>–5,000<ref>Ben, Ilan. (8 January 2013) [http://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-sent-5000-fighters-to-help-assad-daily-reports/#comments According to Al-Watan, members of the Shiite Lebanese militia have already killed 300 Syrian rebels]. ''The Times of Israel''.</ref> fighters<br/>
''[[Iraqi insurgency#Shia Islamist|Iraqi Shi'ite militias]]'':
500 fighters<ref name=militants>{{cite news|author=Suadad al-Salhy |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/16/us-syria-crisis-iraq-militias-idUSBRE89F0PX20121016 |title=Iraqi Shi'ite militants fight for Syria's Assad |agency=Reuters|date=16 October 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref><br/>

|strength2=40,000 (by May 2012)<ref>{{Cite document |separator= . |last= Holliday |first= Joseph |month= June |year= 2012 |title= Syria's Maturing Insurgency |url= http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Syrias_MaturingInsurgency_21June2012.pdf |series= Middle East Security Report 5 |publisher= Institute for the Study of War|accessdate=9 July 2012}}</ref><br/>
70,000–100,000 (by Sep 2012)<ref name="Rebel groups">{{cite news|last=Yezdani|first=İpek|title=Syrian rebels: Too fragmented, unruly|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-rebels-too-fragmented-unruly.aspx?pageID=238&nID=29158&NewsCatID=352|accessdate=21 September 2012|work=Hürriyet Daily News|date=1 September 2012}}</ref><br/>
''Specifics:''
*{{flagicon|Syria|1932}} 30,000 defectors
:(by Jul 2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157550 |title=Syria Army Lost 6% of Armored Force – Report |publisher=Arutz Sheva|date=7 May 2012 |accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Al-Nusra Front (Variant).svg}} 6,000–10,000 [[Al-Nusra Front]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Al-Qaeda affiliate playing larger role in Syria rebellion |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/al-qaeda-affiliate-playing-larger-role-in-syria-rebellion/2012/11/30/203d06f4-3b2e-11e2-9258-ac7c78d5c680_blog.html |last=Ignatius |first=David|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 November 2012 |accessdate=1 December 2012}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} 1,500–3,000 foreign [[Mujahideen]]<ref name=jihadists>{{cite news |title=Jihadists answer the call in Syria |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2012/12/03/syria-jihadists/1742759/ |work=USA Today|date=4 December 2012 |accessdate=4 December 2012}}</ref>
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{{flagicon image|Flag of Rojava.svg}} 4,000–10,000 [[Popular Protection Units|YPG]] fighters<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ikjnews.com/?p=4438 |title=Syrian Kurds Trade Armed Opposition for Autonomy |publisher=IKJ News|date=5 July 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The restive Kurds and Syria’s future|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2013/Feb-19/207000-the-restive-kurds-and-syrias-future.ashx|publisher=The DailyStar|accessdate=19 February 2013}}</ref><br/>

|casualties1='''Syrian government'''
14,752 soldiers and policemen killed<ref name=SOHR/>

1,000 government officials killed<ref name="safepassage">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/06/syria-cameron-safe-passage-assad_n_2081341.html |title=David Cameron Offers 'Safe Passage' For Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, But Not To Britain (PICTURES) |work=Huffington Post|date=6 November 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref>

1,030+ government forces captured<small><ref>{{cite news|last=Barnard |first=Anne |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/world/middleeast/horrific-bombing-in-northern-syria-kills-dozens.html |title=Seized by Rebels, Town Is Crushed by Syrian Forces |location=Syria |work=The New York Times|date=18 October 2012 |accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/31/world/meast/syria-rebels-prison/index.html |title=Syrian rebels hold pro-government prisoners in former school |publisher=CNN |date=31 July 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/syriaohr/posts/433383956730593 al-Raqqa province]. Facebook.com (4 January 2013).</ref><ref>[http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/syrian-rebels-film-interview-with-captured-government-officials/?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld Syrian Rebels Interview Captured Government Officials]</ref></small><br>
'''Iran''' and '''Hezbollah'''<br/>590 killed<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael |last=Kelley |url=http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-08/news/31135034_1_syrian-syrian-president-syrian-soldiers |title=Iranian Fighters Are Killing Syrian Troops Who Refuse to Fire On Protesters |publisher=Business Insider|date=8 March 2012 |accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2011/12/09/over-120-hezbollah-basij-fighers-killed-in-syria-report/ |title=Over 120 Hezbollah, Basij fighers killed in Syria, report|publisher=Ya Libnan|date=9 December 2011 |accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20121007-syria-uprising-hezbollah-mysterious-martyrs-killed-line-jihadi-duty-iran-lebanon-fsa |title=Are Hezbollah's mysterious 'martyrs' dying in Syria? |publisher=France 24 |date=7 October 2012 |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref name=ohchr>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/SpecialSession/CISyria/PeriodicUpdateCISyria.pdf |title=Independent International Commission of Inquiry established pursuant to resolution A/HRC/S-17/1 and extended through resolution A/HRC/Res/19/22 |format=PDF |accessdate=8 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Astatih |first=Paula |url=http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=31423 |title=Syria: FSA kill 60 Hezbollah fighters, retake town |publisher=Asharq-e|date=15 February 2009 |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref>
'''PFLP–GC'''<br/>14+ killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-74539-Syrian-rebels-kill-10-pro-Assad-Palestinian-militiamen-- |title=Syrian rebels kill 10 pro-Assad militia |work=The News International |date=7 November 2012 |accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref><ref name="facebook.com">[http://www.facebook.com/syriaohr/posts/302819239826421 Final death toll for Sunday 25/11/12]. Facebook.com (26 November 2012).</ref>

|casualties2= 13,792 fighters killed*<small><ref name=SOHR/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/69877-syrian-observatory-death-toll-more-than-50-000 |title=Syrian Observatory: Death Toll more than 50,000 |publisher=Naharnet |accessdate=27 January 2013}}</ref></small>
979–2,689 protesters killed<ref name="almost11,500"/><ref name="Undertorture"/><br/>
36,262 protesters and fighters captured<ref name="Violations Documenting Center"/>

|casualties3=59,897<ref name=SOHR/>–61,192<ref name="Violations Documenting Center">{{cite web|url=http://www.vdc-sy.org/index.php/en/home|title=Statistics for the number of martyrs|date=23 March 2013|accessdate=23 March 2013|publisher=Violations Documenting Center}}</ref><ref name="Violations Documenting Center1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vdc-sy.org/index.php/en/otherstatistics|title=Other statistics|date=23 March 2013|accessdate=23 March 2013|publisher=Violations Documenting Center}}</ref> Syrians killed overall (opposition estimates)**
70,000 Syrians killed overall (February 2013 [[United Nations|UN]] estimate)<ref name=UN70000Dead/><br/>
534 foreign civilians killed ([[Casualties of the Syrian civil war#Foreign civilians killed|see here]])<br/>
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{{flagicon|Iraq}} 14 Iraqi soldiers killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/74130-iraqi-soldier-killed-by-fire-from-syria |title=Iraqi Soldier Killed by Fire from Syria |publisher=Naharnet.com |date=2013-03-03 |accessdate=2013-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Zeina Karam|agency=Associated Press  |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/syrian-jets-bomb-northern-city-overrun-by-rebels/article/2523370 |title=Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels |work=Washington Examiner|date=2012-09-17 |accessdate=2013-03-08}}</ref><br>
{{flagicon|Turkey}} 2 Turkish [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F4 Phantom]] pilots [[June 2012 interception of Turkish aircraft|killed]]<br>
{{flagicon|Lebanon}} 2 Lebanese soldiers killed<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2013/Feb-02/204737-arsal-ambush-kills-two-lebanese-soldiers-hunting-w.ashx |title=Arsal ambush kills two Lebanese soldiers hunting wanted fugitive |work=[[The Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]]|date= |accessdate=2013-03-08}}</ref><br>
{{flagicon|Jordan}} 1 Jordanian soldier killed<ref name="Jordan soldier killed"/>
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1.2 million internally [[Displaced person|displaced]]<ref name=reuters335000/><br/> 
1 million [[Syrian refugees|refugees]] (March 2013 UN estimate)<ref name=AMillionFled>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21676542|title=Syria conflict: Refugees number a million, says UN|publisher=BBC|date=6 March 2013|accessdate=6 March 2013}}</ref><br/>
130,000 missing or detained<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/syrias-meltdown-requires-a-u.s.-led-response | title=Syria's Meltdown Requires a U.S.-Led Response | publisher=Washington Institute for Near East Policy | date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

|notes=*Number possibly higher due to the opposition counting rebels that were not defectors as civilians.<ref name=morethan13000>{{cite news |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/ngo-more-13000-killed-syria-march-2011 |title=NGO: More than 13,000 killed in Syria since March 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=27 May 2012 |accessdate=30 August 2012}}</ref><br/>**Numbers do not include foreign combatants from both sides or Shabiha militiamen who have been killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://jordantimes.com/more-than-45000-killed-in-syria-conflict----watchdog |title=More than 45,000 killed in Syria conflict –– watchdog |agency=Agence France-Presse |work=Jordan Times|accessdate=26 December 2012}}</ref>
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http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/syria/4977.html

http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4979.html

http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2012/7/syriakurd546.htm

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/kurdish-syria-cultural-armed-revolution

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaelweiss/100172668/syrian-kurds-united-against-assad-an-interview-with-an-insider/

http://www.kurdishglobe.net/display-article.html?id=7A94F9FF07600F97A51FCF66583BF65C

http://www.rudaw.net/english/science/columnists/5063.html


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<ref>http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20676</ref>