Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War

Part of the Syrian Civil War

Date

2 January 2014 – ongoing
(3 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)

Location

Syria

Status

Ongoing

ISIL captures Raqqa province by January 2014, 95–98% of Deir ez-Zor province by July 2014, 20 towns in Aleppo province, half of Hasakah province, and some areas in Homs, Hama and Damascus provinces
ISIL withdraws from Idlib and Latakia

Belligerents

Free Syrian Army
Support:

Ahrar ash-Sham
Jaysh al-Islam
Jabhat Ahl al-Sham (until 2017)
Support:

Al-Qaeda

Al-Nusra Front (2012–17)
Jund al-Aqsa (2014–17)
Nour al-Din al-Zenki (2011–17)

Claimed support

Turkey(until October 2016)
Qatar
Saudi Arabia

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade (2012–16)
Jaysh al-Jihad (2015–16)

Commanders and leaders

Albay Ahmed Berri
(FSA Chief of Staff)

Zahran Alloush †
(Islamic Front Military leader)
Ahmed Abu Issa (former)
(Islamic Front leader)

Abu Khaled al-Suri †
(Ahrar ash-Sham senior leader)

Abu Mohammad al-Julani
(al-Nusra Front leader)
Sami al-Oraydi
(Deputy of the al-Nusra Front)
Abu Humam al-Shami †
(al-Nusra Military Chief)

Abu Maria Al-Qahtani
(al-Nusra Emir of the Eastern area)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Abu Ali al-Anbari † (Emir of Syria)

Abu Ayman al-Iraqi †
(Head of military council)

Abu Omar al-Shishani †
(ISIL field commander)

Haji Bakr †
(Senior ISIL commander)

Abu Baraa al-Jazairi †
(Emir of Saraqeb)

Abu Dajana †
(Emir of Deir ez-Zor)

Abu Mohammad Al-Massri †
(Emir of Manbij)
Abu Haidara Al-Tounisi †
(eastern Qalamoun leader)

Strength

Free Syrian Army 40,000–50,000 Army of Mujahedeen 5,000–12,000

Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union 15,000

Islamic Front 40,000–70,000

Al-Nusra Front 20,000

Jund al-Aqsa 1,000

ISIL 31,000–100,000

Casualties and losses

2,764+ killed

2,196+ killed

605 civilians killed
76 unidentified killed
an additional 1,200 combatants and 150 civilians estimated killed
Total: 5,641–6,991 killed
(up until 28 June 2014)