A number of armed groups have involved themselves in the ongoing Syrian Civil War.
Syrian Arab Republic and allies |
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Syrian government forces
· Lionesses of Defense Armored Battalion · 100th Artillery Regiment · 101st Infantry “Security” Regiment · 102nd Infantry “Security” Regiment · 103rd Brigade (Commandos) · 104th Airborne Regiment · 105th Mechanized Brigade · 106th Mechanized Brigade · 124th Special Forces Brigade · 800th Regiment · 30th Division · Special Forces Command · 14th Special Forces Division · 15th Special Forces Division · 2nd Corps · 3rd Corps · 4th Corps · 5th Corps · Military Intelligence Directorate · Military Security Shield Forces · Air Force Intelligence Directorate Allied armed groups: · Syrian Social Nationalist Party · National Ideological Resistance · Hawks Regiment · Forces of Abu Ibrahim · Liwa al-Jabal · Sootoro · PFLP–GC · Liwa Assad Allah al-Ghalib fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham · Fulfilled Legion · Houthis (2013) · Jaysh al-Wafaa · Liwa Dhu al-Fiqar · Dareh al-Sahel · Dareh al-Areen · al-Hosn · Saraya al-Mukhtar · Dareh al-Watan · al-Berri clan · Tayy tribe militias · Al-Baggara tribe militias · al-Jihesh tribe militias · al-Shaitat tribe militias · Far right volunteers (2013) · Slavonic Corps (2013) · Basij · Army · 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade · 431st Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point Armament support: · Russia · Iran · Iraq · Egypt · Belarus · China
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Syrian opposition, al-Qaeda affiliates and allies |
Free Syrian Army affiliated rebel groups
· Levant Front (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) · Fastaqim Union (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) · Al-Majid Brigade · Northern Hawks Brigade · 1st Division of Aleppo[91] · Liberation Brigade faction[92] · New Syrian Army (2015-2016) · Ghosts of the Desert[93] · Revolutionary Commando Army · Central Division · Alotfecat Brigades · 93rd Regiment · Abna al-Sharqiya Union · Firqat al Amiyn al Uwlaa Halab · Martyr Badr Yasturun Brigade · Army of Conquerors in the Land of the Levant · Kurdish Revolutionary Battalion · Soldiers of al-Hasakah · Revolutionaries of Syrian Jazeera · Qadisiya Brigade · Brigade 93 · Al-Habib al-Mustafa Brigade · Antiquities Brigade · Secret Tasks Brigade · Deterring the Oppressors Brigades · Homs Liberation Movement · Southern Army · Southern Brigades · 1st Regiment Non-FSA-affiliated rebel groups · Sham Legion (Idlib branch) · Jaysh al-Islam (Southern Syria branch) · Sham Legion (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) · Jaysh al-Sunna (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) · Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union[126] · Authenticity and Development Front · Ahrar al-Sharqiya · Al-Safwa Islamic Battalions · Abina al-Sham
Allied armed groups: · Muslim Brotherhood of Syria[141] · Shields of the Revolution Council (until 2014) · Hamas (2012-13) · Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis (until 2015) · Free Iraqi Army (2012) · People’s Mujahedin of Iran(2013) Joint operations rooms: · Army of Conquest (until 21 January 2017) · Fatah Halab (until 21 January 2017) · Northern Homs Countryside Operations Room · North Hama Countryside Operations Room · Jaish al-Fustat · Damascus Operations Room Armament support: · Qatar · Turkey · France · Libya (until 2014) CJTF-OIR (against ISIL) · United States Special Operations Command Turkey (against ISIL and SDF) Al-Qaeda affiliates · Ajnad al-Kavkaz · Junud al-Makhdi · Malhama Tactical · Ansar al-Islam splinter faction · Karm al-Jabal Martyrs Battalion · Ghuraba al-Sham (2013) · Fatah al-Islam (2012) · Muhajirin wa-Ansar Alliance (until 2015) · Liwaa al-Umma (until 2015) · Junud al-Sham (until 2016) · Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan[185] (2013) Alleged support: · Qatar |
Syrian Democratic Council Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria and allies |
Syrian Democratic Forces
· People’s Protection Units (YPG) · Anti Terror Units (YAT) · Al-Baggara tribe militias · Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) · Shammer tribe militias · Manbij Turkmen Brigade · Euphrates Brigades · Jund al-Haramayn Brigade · Dam Martyrs Brigade · Euphrates Martyrs Battalion · Al-Qousi Brigade · Martyr Kaseem al-Areef Battalion · Division 30 remnants · Martyr Jiyan Ahras Battalion (Shabha Women Protection Front) · Tel Rifaat Rebel Battalion · Special Forces Brigade · 1st Homs Commandos Brigade · 99th Infantry Brigade · Quwat al-Ashair (Tribal Forces) · Northern Democratic Brigade · Katibat Harayir Raqqa · Raqqa Martyrs Brigade · Liwa Owais al-Qorani remnants · Liwa Suqur ar-Raqqa · Shoheda Hamam Turkman Brigade · Free Officers Union · Shahba Brigade · Liberation Brigade faction · Ahrar al-Tabqa Brigade · Umanaa al-Raqqa Brigade · Harun al-Rashid Brigade · Tall Abyad Revolutionaries · Manbij Revolutionary Brigades · Euphrates Liberation Brigade · Manbij Hawks Brigade · Euphrates Jarabulus Brigades · Free Jarabulus Brigades · Jarabulus Hawks Brigades · Al-Bab Military Council Female Battalion[216] · Al-Bab Revolutionary Front · Qebasîn Martyrs Brigade · Al-Bab Countryside Martyrs Battalion · Free Arima Battalion · Martyr Silo al-Rai Brigade · Kieba Martyrs Brigade · Brigade Groups of al-Jazeera · al-Shaitat tribe militias · Syriac Military Council (MFS) · Bethnahrin Women Protection Forces · Liwa Siqur el-Badiye · Harabiyya tribe militias · Zubayd tribe militias Police forces · Asayish · SWAT Units (HAT) · Sutoro Civilian defence units · Self-Defense Forces (HXP) · Special Forces · Civilian Defense Force (HPC) Allied armed groups: · International Freedom Battalion · MLKP · Revolutionary Communard Party · MLSPB-DC · Proleteryanın Devrimci Kurtuluş Örgütü · PML (RC) · TKEP/L · RUIS · Antifascist Internationalist Tabur · TKP-Kıvılcım · Yekîtî Party · Euphrates Knights Brigade · Peshmerga (2014) Military councils: Armament support: · Kurdistan Democratic Party (2012–14) · Patriotic Union of Kurdistan · France · Syria CJTF-OIR (against ISIL) · France · Belgium · Germany · Jordan Former:[show] Russia |
Notes
- The United States alleges thatBelarus has provided or attempted to provide direct military support to the Syrian government. Belarus denies this.[285]There are also unconfirmed rumours that Algeria is providing military support to Syria.[286]
- There is regular conflict between various rebel groups suchPeople’s Protection Units coordinating with some Free Syrian Army groups and fighting against another.[287] In the Rebel–ISIS conflict, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has been fighting the Free Syrian Army, al-Nusra Front and associated groups. Jund al-Aqsa has declared its neutrality in this particular conflict, spuring accusations of pro-ISIS ideology.[183]
- Jund al-Aqsa was allied withal-Nusra Front and other rebels as part of the Army of Conquest, which the group left in October 2015 and subsequently was accused of being allied with ISIL, taking part in ISIL-led offensives such as the 2016 Khanasir offensive. However, Jund al-Aqsa again worked the Army of Conquest and other rebels during the 2016 Southern Aleppo campaign. Eventually most of Jund al-Aqsa joined al-Nusra.
- Members of theKurdistan Democratic Party of Syria[288] as well as the Kurdish Freedom Party have on occasion clashed with the People’s Protection Units, the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party.[289]
- TheKurdish National Council has joined the Syrian National Coalition—though without officially committing any military forces to the opposition—while simultaneously retaining its membership in the Kurdish Supreme Committee, alongside the PYD.[290]
- Egyptchanged its position on this conflict from support for the opposition to neutrality after the 2013 Egyptian coup.[291]
- Canadawithdrew jet fighters from the US-led coalition against ISIL on 15 February 2016.[292]
- TheSyriac Military Council, Sutoro & Sootoro all represent the Assyrian people of Syria.
- Turkeyis part of the CJTF–OIR against ISIL, but does not support the SDF and is in a border conflict with it.[293][294]
- People’s Mujahedin of Iranis allegedly fighting against Syrian government.[295][296]
- TheSyrian National Resistance is allied to both the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, though are more closely aligned to the government.