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Facts

Date February 2011 - present
Location Syria
Participants Free Syrian Army • Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
Context Arab Spring

Did You Know?

  • When the Syrian Civil War began, the four main warring factions were ISIS, Kurdish forces, the Assad government, and other opposition groups.
  • Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their homes, often only to be displaced a second or third time.

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