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Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War

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

Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Support:


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

Al-Qaeda

Claimed support

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Syrian opposition 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)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Ali al-Anbari  (Emir of Syria)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Ayman al-Iraqi 
(Head of military council)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Omar al-Shishani 
(ISIL field commander)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Haji Bakr 
(Senior ISIL commander)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Baraa al-Jazairi 
(Emir of Saraqeb)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Dajana 
(Emir of Deir ez-Zor)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Mohammad Al-Massri 
(Emir of Manbij)
Abu Haidara Al-Tounisi 
(eastern Qalamoun leader)
Strength

Syrian opposition 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
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 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)

Ongoing

Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Support:

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

Al-Qaeda

Claimed support

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant


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