{
  "id": "ACM-SYR-CIV",
  "slug": "syria-civil-war",
  "title": "The Syria Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/syria-civil-war.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "High",
  "region": "Middle East",
  "type": "Multi-party / instability",
  "tracked_since": "2011",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Damascus",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 33.5138,
      "lon": 36.2765,
      "description": "Capital of Syria and seat of government since the Assad regime's collapse on December 8, 2024.",
      "control": "Syrian Transitional Government (HTS-led)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-syria",
      "as_of": "2026-08-04"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aleppo",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 36.2021,
      "lon": 37.1343,
      "description": "Syria's largest city by pre-war population and an industrial hub in the north; the first major city taken in the offensive that toppled the Assad government.",
      "control": "Syrian Transitional Government (HTS-led)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-syria",
      "as_of": "2026-08-04"
    },
    {
      "name": "Qamishli",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 37.0522,
      "lon": 41.2189,
      "description": "Largest city in Syria's Kurdish-majority northeast and former de facto capital of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.",
      "control": "Syrian government (administrative control transferred from the Syrian Democratic Forces under a US-mediated ceasefire reached January 30, 2026)",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-syria",
      "as_of": "2026-08-04"
    },
    {
      "name": "Al-Hasakah",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 36.5024,
      "lon": 40.7477,
      "description": "Provincial capital in Syria's northeast, near oil fields and a former US military presence supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces."
    },
    {
      "name": "Homs",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 34.7324,
      "lon": 36.7137,
      "description": "Central Syrian crossroads city linking Damascus, the coast, and the north; a key strategic corridor since the war's start in 2011."
    },
    {
      "name": "Idlib",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 35.9306,
      "lon": 36.6339,
      "description": "Northwestern city that served as the last major opposition-held stronghold and the launch point for the late-2024 offensive against the Assad government."
    },
    {
      "name": "Latakia",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 35.5317,
      "lon": 35.7915,
      "description": "Mediterranean port city and historic base of Assad-family and Alawite support; site of serious sectarian violence in the months after the government's fall."
    },
    {
      "name": "Quneitra / Golan buffer zone",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 33.1264,
      "lon": 35.8244,
      "description": "Area along the Syria-Israel frontier near the Golan Heights ceasefire line.",
      "control": "Israeli military, operating a de facto buffer zone established December 8, 2024",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-syria",
      "as_of": "2026-08-04"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tartus",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 34.889,
      "lon": 35.8866,
      "description": "Syria's second Mediterranean port and the site of Russia's only overseas naval facility, leased since the Soviet era."
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "change": "Damascus control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "change": "Aleppo control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "change": "Qamishli control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "change": "Quneitra / Golan buffer zone control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}