Four years of Syria’s civil war -------------------------------------------------- TURKEY Kobane Aleppo Idlib Latakia Tartus Hama Homs Damascus Dera’a LEBANON ISRAEL JORDAN SYRIA IRAQ Deir az Zawr Raqqah Al Hasakah Opposition forces Islamic State (IS) Syrian army Kurdish 210,060 Total deaths to Feb 7, 2015 100km 60 miles -------------------------------------------------------- REFUGEES Turkey 1,698,472 Egypt 136,661 Iraq 244,731 Jordan 625,178 Lebanon 1,172,170 3.9 million 6.5 million others are displaced within Syria POPULATION Down by 15%. Life expectancy down by 20 years from 75.9 years in 2010 to 55.7 in 2014 ECONOMY GDP down by $120bn. Four out of every five Syrians live below national poverty line UNEMPLOYMENT Surge 14.9% in 2011 to 57.7% by end of 2014 EDUCATION Half of all children have not attended school for three years AID FUNDING Only 57% of funds needed to support civilians inside Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries provided in 2014 – down from 71% in 2013 -------------------------------------------------------- DEATHS (cumulative total) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 Mar 2011: Uprising begins Aug 2011: Government assault on city of Hama leaves hundreds dead Jul 2012: Rebel group Free Syrian Army blows up three security chiefs in Damascus and seizes Aleppo Aug 2013: Regime uses chemical weapons in Damascus suburbs, killing hundreds of civilians Sep 2014: Forces from U.S. and five Arab countries launch air strikes against IS militants in and around Aleppo and Raqqa May 2014: Rebel withdrawal from Homs end three years of resistance Jan 2015: Kurdish forces push IS out of Kobane after four months of fighting 109,087 Combatants, including 45,385 Syrian army soldiers 35,827 rebels and 24,989 foreign jihadist fighters 100,973 Civilians, including 10,664 children and 6,783 women over age 18 ------------------------------------------------------ Sources: Norwegian Refugee Council, Syrian Centre for Policy Research, UNHCR, OCHA, Institute for the Study of War words 294