Syrian Civil War

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armed conflict civil war multi-sided conflict

The Syrian Civil War is a protracted, multi-sided conflict that began in 2011 as an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s government and escalated into a devastating war involving regional and global powers, causing massive civilian casualties and displacement.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Syrian civil war	11
Ghouta chemical attack	1
Syrian Civil War interventions	1
Syrian uprising (2011)	1
Syrian uprising of 2011	1

Statements (101)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ multi-sided conflict ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
hasCause	Arab Spring ⓘ surface form: Arab Spring protests authoritarian governance in Syria ⓘ political repression ⓘ socioeconomic grievances ⓘ
hasCeasefireAttempt	2016 nationwide ceasefire ⓘ 2018 Idlib demilitarized zone agreement ⓘ
hasDimension	counterterrorism operations ⓘ ethnic tensions ⓘ humanitarian crisis ⓘ international intervention ⓘ proxy war ⓘ regional power rivalry ⓘ sectarian tensions ⓘ
hasForeignInvolvement	France ⓘ Hezbollah ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Russia ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasGovernmentAlly	Hezbollah ⓘ Iran ⓘ Russia ⓘ
hasHumanitarianImpact	civilian casualties ⓘ destruction of infrastructure ⓘ food insecurity ⓘ mass displacement ⓘ medical shortages ⓘ refugee crisis ⓘ sieges of urban areas ⓘ use of chemical weapons ⓘ
hasKeyEvent	Astana peace talks ⓘ Battle of Aleppo ⓘ Battle of Kobani ⓘ Battle of Raqqa ⓘ Geneva peace talks on Syria ⓘ Syrian Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ghouta chemical attack Idlib offensive ⓘ Russian military intervention in Syria ⓘ Siege of Homs ⓘ U.S.-led coalition intervention against ISIL ⓘ fall of Eastern Ghouta ⓘ
hasLeaderOnSide	Bashar al-Assad ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent	Free Syrian Army ⓘ Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ Syrian government ⓘ Syrian opposition ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage	Al Jazeera Media Network ⓘ surface form: Al Jazeera BBC News Channel ⓘ surface form: BBC News CNN ⓘ RT ⓘ Syrian state media ⓘ
hasOppositionFigure	Abdulbaset Sieda ⓘ Ahmad Jarba ⓘ Anas al-Abdah ⓘ Moaz al-Khatib ⓘ Riad Seif ⓘ
hasOppositionSupporter	France ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasOrganizationInvolved	Amnesty International ⓘ Arab League ⓘ Human Rights Watch ⓘ International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ NATO ⓘ Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ⓘ surface form: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons UNHCR ⓘ United Nations ⓘ World Food Programme ⓘ
hasPeaceProcess	Astana peace talks ⓘ Geneva peace talks on Syria ⓘ
hasRefugeeDestination	European Union ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Turkey ⓘ
hasTerroristDesignation	Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ surface form: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Jabhat al-Nusra ⓘ
locatedIn	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Middle East ⓘ
startDate	2011-03-15 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurds → associatedConflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Women of the Arab Spring → associatedWithEvent → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian uprising (2011)

High Mobility Artillery Rocket System → combatUse → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Bashar al-Assad → conflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Mi-24 → conflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Mil Mi-24

Turkish Air Force → conflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian Civil War interventions

Palmyrene region → conflictHistory → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Mi-8 → conflictInvolvement → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-25 → conflictParticipatedIn → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Leopard 2 main battle tank → conflictParticipation → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Leopard 2

Su-22 → conflictParticipation → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

SCALP EG → conflictUsedIn → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-24 → conflicts → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Citadel of Damascus → damagedDuring → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Krak des Chevaliers → damagedDuring → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → emergedFrom → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Homs → experiencedEvent → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Syria → hasCivilWar → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Islamic world → hasConflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Syrian Civil War → hasKeyEvent → Syrian Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ghouta chemical attack

Deir ez-Zor → historicalEvent → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Tunisian Revolution → influenced → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian uprising of 2011

Arab Spring → ledTo → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Iraq War → relatedTo → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Kurdish–Turkish conflict → relatedTo → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

United Nations missions in the Middle East → relatedTo → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Arab Winter → relatedToEvent → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Syrian civil war

Aleppo → sufferedEvent → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

Scud missiles → usedInConflict → Syrian Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Scud missile