Ultra-Tifosi
Gesperrt
[h=3]Syrian government and allies[/h]
[h=3]Syrian National Coalition, al-Qaeda Network and allies[/h]
[h=3]Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant[/h]
[h=3]Kurdish Supreme Committee and allies[/h]
| Name | Leader | Involved since | Strength | Description | Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian Armed Forces | Bashar al-Assad | March 2011 | Approximately 178,000[SUP][97][/SUP] | Government's primary military force. | Ba'athism Secularism |
| National Defense Force | Bashar al-Assad | 2013[SUP][98][/SUP] | 60,000[SUP][99][/SUP] | Government counter-insurgency force. | Secularism |
| Syrian Resistance | Mihraç Ural | 2011 | 2,000 | Pro-government Marxist militia. | Socialism Marxism-Leninism |
| Ba'ath Brigades | Bashar al-Assad | 2012 | 7,000[SUP][100][/SUP] | Pro-government counter-insurgency militia. | Ba'athism Secularism |
| Lebanese Militias: | |||||
| Hezbollah | Hassan Nasrallah | 2012[SUP][98][/SUP] | 2,000[SUP][101][/SUP] | Militant group based in Lebanon, designated by the US as a terrorist group. | Ideology of Hezbollah |
| Shia Militias: | |||||
| Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas | Abu Ajeeb | 2012 | 10,000[SUP][1][/SUP] | Shia Syrian militant group formed due to desecration of shrines, heritage sites and place of worship by the rebels. It is Active around Damascus. | Shia Islamism |
| Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq | Akram al-Kaabi | 2012 | An offshot of Iraqi Shia insurgent group. It is active around Aleppo. | Shia Islamism | |
| Kata'ib Hezbollah | 2012 | An Iraqi Shia militia | Shia Islamism | ||
| Badr Organization | 2012 | An Iraqi Shia militia | Shia Islamism | ||
| Pan-Arab Militias: | |||||
| Arab Nationalist Guard | 2013 | 1,000+[SUP][102][/SUP] | Pan-Arabic group from various Arab Countries. | Secularism Pan-arabism |
| Name | Leader | Involved since | Strength | Description | Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islamic Front | Amad Essa Al-Sheikh[SUP][103][/SUP] | November 2013[SUP][103][/SUP] | 45,000[SUP][104][/SUP] | Merger of major rebel groups.[SUP][103][/SUP] | Sunni Islamism[SUP][105][/SUP] Salafism[SUP][106][/SUP] |
| Free Syrian Army | Abdul-Ilah al-Bashir | July 2011 | 40,000[SUP][107][/SUP] | Main opposition group. Initially an umbrella term for defected Syrian soldiers, later became more organized. | Diverse, Mostly Islamism |
| Al-Nusra Front | Abu Mohammad al-Golani[SUP][108][/SUP] | January 2012 | 7,000[SUP][109][/SUP]–15,000[SUP][110][/SUP] | Designated by the US as a terrorist group. Pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. | Sunni Islamism Salafist jihadism Islamic fundamentalism |
| Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union | Muhammad Abu al-Fatih | December 2013 | 15,000[SUP][111][/SUP] | Merger of Damascus area rebel groups[SUP][111][/SUP] | Islamism |
| Authenticity and Development Front | Khalid al-Hammad | November 2012 | 13,000[SUP][112][/SUP] | Islamism | |
| Army of Mujahedeen | January 2014[SUP][113][/SUP] | ≈5,000[SUP][114][/SUP] | Coalition of Aleppo area Islamist rebels formed to fight ISIL. | Islamism[SUP][115][/SUP] | |
| Supporters of the Religion Front[SUP][46][/SUP] | 25 July 2014[SUP][46][/SUP] | Alliance of independent jihadist groups[SUP][46][/SUP][SUP][116][/SUP] | |||
| Jaysh al-Sham | 18 February 2014[SUP][117][/SUP] | Merger of Idlib area rebel groups | Islamism | ||
| Suqour al-Ezz | Saqr al-Jihad[SUP][57][/SUP] | February 2013[SUP][118][/SUP] | |||
| Sham Legion | Mondher Saras[SUP][65][/SUP] | 10 March 2014[SUP][65][/SUP] | Alliance of 19 different groups[SUP][119][/SUP] | Islamic democracy[SUP][65][/SUP] | |
| Jund al-Aqsa |
| Name | Leader | Involved since | Strength | Description | Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | April 2013 | 80,000 (up to 50,000 in Syria and 30,000 in Iraq)[SUP][120][/SUP] [1] | Formerly Al-Qaeda's branch in Iraq, it has declared itself a Caliphate and is now in conflict with most other rebel groups, the Assad government and Kurdish militias. Designated or called a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the US and other states. | Sunni Islamism Salafist Jihadism Caliphate |
| Name | Leader | Involved since | Strength | Description | Ideology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Protection Units (YPG) / Women's Protection Units (YPJ) | Sipan Hemo | 2012 | 15,000[SUP][121][/SUP]–40,000[SUP][122][/SUP] | YPG and YPJ are the armed forces of the People’s Council of West Kurdistan (MGRK), which is dominated by the Democratic Union Party (PYD). While the PYD wants it to be the armed forces of all Kurdish Supreme Committee, the Kurdish National Council (ENKS) member parties prefer their own parties' militias. | Democratic socialism Kurdish autonomy[SUP][123][/SUP] |
| Jabhat al-Akrad | Hajji Ahmed Kurdi | 2012 | 7,000[SUP][124][/SUP] | Ex-Free Syrian Army brigade, close to YPG | Pro-Kurdish rights Anti-Assad government |
| Kurdish National Council (KNC) | Feysel Yusuf | 2012 | 1,500[SUP][86][/SUP] Note: Figure claimed by the leader of one minor party within the bloc, but no known participation in any conflict. | Opposition alliance of smaller Kurdish parties within the Supreme Committee Note: Largely dominated by the KDP-S, which also formed a separate caucus called the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union. Most members are politically tied to either the KDP or the PUK in Iraqi Kurdistan. | Kurdish nationalism Kurdish autonomy Liberal democracy |
