Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian civil war

Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
	Part of the Syrian civil war
Date	2 January 2014 – present; (10 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Syria
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Free Syrian Army; Support: United States; (2014–2017); Turkey; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; (2014–2017); France; (2014–2018); Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement; (2014–2018) Syrian Liberation Front (2018–present) Ahrar al-Sham; Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement; Ahrar ash-Sham; (2014–); Islamic Front (Syria); Jaysh al-Islam (eastern Ghouta); Jabhat Ahl al-Sham (until 2017); Support: Turkey;	Tahrir al-Sham (2017–present) Al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Front; (2012–2017); Jund al-Aqsa; (2014–2017); Guardians of Religion Organization (since 2018); al-Rahman Legion (2016–2018, eastern Ghouta only); Support: Qatar (occasionally); Saudi Arabia (occasionally); Islamic State
Strength
Free Syrian Army 40,000–50,000; Army of Mujahedeen 5,000–12,000; Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union 15,000; Jaysh al-Islam 15,000 (in eastern Ghouta, 2017) Islamic Front 40,000–50,000 (2013-4)	Al-Nusra Front 20,000; al-Rahman Legion 8,000 (eastern Ghouta, 2017) Jund al-Aqsa 1,000
Casualties and losses
	605 civilians killed; 76 unidentified killed; an additional 1,200 combatants and 150 civilians estimated killed; Total: 5,641–6,991 killed; (up until 28 June 2014)

The inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War has continued throughout the Syrian Civil War as factions of the Syrian opposition and Free Syrian Army have fought each other, with shifting alliances among various Islamist factions such as Jabhat al Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam and the Islamic Front.

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