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SYRIAN CIVIL WAR : 2011 - ??
7 years long bloody conflict
Civil war / War on terror / Proxy war / Sectarian Strife / West Asian Political fight
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Retaking of Aleppo by Regime
2016 December - Government troops, backed by Russian air power and Iranian-sponsored militias, recapture Aleppo, the country's largest city, depriving the rebels of their last major urban stronghold.
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September 2016
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Astana Peace Talks
A new round of talks between the Syrian government and some groups of Syrian rebels concluded on 24 January, 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan
Russia, Iran and Turkey supported and brokered a ceasefire agreement
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Missile strikes by USA • Chemical attack by Assad forces in Khan Shaykhun,Idlib - 4
April 2017• Killing 85 people (20 children)• Tomahawk missiles launched from US ships on Syrian
Airbase
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• 2017 May - US decides to arm the YPG Kurdish Popular Protection Units. These fight alongside the main opposition Syrian Democratic Forces, which captures the important Tabqa dam from Islamic State.
• 2017 June - US shoots down Syrian fighter jet near Raqqa after it allegedly dropped bombs near US-backed rebel Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Defeat of ISIS in Raqqa and Mosul• 2017 JULY – Mosul retaken from ISIS by Iraqi army with help
of Peshmerga
• 2017 October - The Islamic State group is driven from Raqqa, its de-facto capital in Syria by SDF – US backed .
• 2017 November - Syrian army (Assad) takes full control of Deir al-Zour from Islamic State. Syrian and Iraqi forces put IS under pressure in the dwindling areas still under its control.
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TURKEY’S TROOPS IN SYRIA
• Kurdish forces have strengthened at the expense of IS/ISIS• Operation Olive Branch - The offensive is against the Kurdish
People's Protection Units (YPG) and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) surrounding the Syrian city of Afrin.
• Turkey also claims it is fighting ISIL,though the group does not exist in Afrin District
• Rojava - Democratic Federation of Northern Syria
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Sochi talks, January 2018On January 2018 Russia convened the Syrian National Dialogue
Congress in Sochi, Russia, in which 1,500 delegates participated
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Bombing of Ghouta by Assad
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• Humanitarian crisis • Continuous bombing• No relief convoys getting through• Chemical attacks ? Chlorine gas?
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September 2016
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February 2018
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Total killed:4,81,612 ~0.5 million (December 2017)
Over 76,00,000 internally displaced (July 2015 UNHCR estimate)
Over 51,16,097 refugees (July 2017 registered by UNHCR)
NOTE – Population of Syria in 2011 was 21-23 million (~2.1 crore)
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