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Syrian opposition–Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant conflict

Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
Part of the Syrian Civil War
Date All forms of inter-rebel conflict:
  • 26 July 2012 – present
    (4 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)

Main phase of rebel-ISIL conflict:

  • 2 January 2014 – ongoing
    (3 years, 1 month and 1 week)
Location Syria
Status

Ongoing

  • ISIL captures Ar-Raqqah 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 15,000

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: ~20.000 killed
(Februar 2017)

Main phase of rebel-ISIL conflict:

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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