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Syrian Civil War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date February 2011 - present
Location Syria
Participants Free Syrian Army • Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Context Arab Spring

Did You Know?

  • When the Syrian Civil War began, the four main warring factions were ISIS, Kurdish forces, the Assad government, and other opposition groups.
  • Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their homes, often only to be displaced a second or third time.

Photos and Videos

The Toppling of the Assad Regime
Five-year-old boy covered in dust and blood, sits alone on an orange ambulance seat after being injured in an air strike in Aleppo, Syria.
Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammad al-Golani, addresses a crowd inside the ornate Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, gesturing with his hands while speaking.
Syrian Civil War: Aleppo
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Timeline

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The Toppling of the Assad Regime
Syrian Civil War
February 2011 - present
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February 15, 2011 - present

Key People

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Vladimir Putin
president of Russia
Bashar al-Assad
Bashar al-Assad
president of Syria

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