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Who is fighting whom in Syria
The Syrian civil war, now in its fifth year, involves multiple countries with overlapping and at times conflicting agendas. Competing visions of how to manage the conflict, which has led to a major global refugee crisis as well as the rise of the Islamic State, dominated discussions at the United Nations General Assembly this week. But despite days of meetings and diplomatic maneuvering, the crisis has only intensified. Here is where some of the main foreign actors stand.
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I want to see some more detailed analysis of the actual rebel groups fighting in Syria. I've seen various reports indicating up to 100 distinct political and military groups opposing Assad. Do we really know so little about reality on the ground? It seems we abstract everything to "rebel groups", "moderate rebel groups" (who are they?), "ISIS", and the nation-state actors.
Who is who in the Syrian civil war.
http://www.clarionproject.org/sites/default/f...roject%20Syrian%20Civil%20War%20Factsheet.pdf
This link is a bit older, from 2013.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/07/20137188552345899.html
Awesome, thanks! I'll have to take the time later to go through this.