Five years of Syria’s civil war

4.7 million 6.5m others displaced within Syria

Turkey 2.62m

Lebanon 1.07m

Jordan 0.64m

Iraq 0.25m

North Africa 0.15m

POPULATION

Down by 21% since 2010. Life expectancy down from 75.9 years in 2010 to 55.4 in 2015

ECONOMY 

GDP down by estimated $163bn. More than 85% of Syrianslive below poverty line

UNEMPLOYMENT 

Surged from 14.9% in 2011 to 52.9% by end of 2015

EDUCATION

Over 45% of school-age children are no longer attending school

AID FUNDING

Only 57% of funds provided in 2015 to meet total humanitarian aid requirements for Syria – down from 71% in 2013

Aleppo

Idlib

Latakia

Russian airbase

Hama

Tartus

Homs

LEBANON

Damascus

Dera’a

ISRAEL

Golan Heights

JORDAN

TURKEY

Kobane

Raqqa IS HQ

SYRIA

Palmyra

100km 60 miles

SAUDI ARABIA

Qamishli

Al Hasakah

Deir al-Zawr

Syrian army and allies

So-called Islamic State (IS) / Daesh

Opposition forces

Kurdish-led alliance

IRAQ

CONFIRMED DEATHS

2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Mar 2011 Uprising begins

Aug 2011 Regime assault on Hama leaves  hundreds of people dead

Jul 2012: Opposition Free Syrian Army blows up three security chiefs in
Damascus and seizes Aleppo

Mar 2013 IS seizes Raqqa

Aug 2013: Hundreds of civilians killed in regime chemical attack on Damascus

May 2014 Rebels withdraw from Homs

Sep 2014: U.S.-led coalition begins airstrikes against IS

Jan 2015 Kurds push IS out of Kobane

May 2015 IS fighters overrun Palmyra

Sep 2015: Russia begins airstrikes insupport of regime, reversing opposition advances

150,463 Total deaths to Jan 31, 2016

92,407 Civilians, including over 15,000 children and almost 10,000 women

37,614 Non-civilians, including opposition fighters and anti-regime
foreign fighters

20,442  Regime forces

Sources: UNHCR, Syrian Centre for Policy Research, UNOCHA, New York Times, Violation Documentation Centre