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Eastern Syria and Iraq

Southern Syria and Jordan

Northern Syria and Turkey

Western Syria and Lebanon

Con�icts Without Borders refers to a con�ict in one country that draws in other governments and non-state actors, exacerbates stresses and con�ict in the neighboring countries, and generates displacement across borders.

Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative

Four Theaters of Humanitarian Operation

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GOLAN HEIGHTS*(Israeli-occupied)

GazaStrip

1949 Armistice Line

*Israeli-occupied with current status subject to Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement; permanent status to be determined through further negotiations.

The status of the Gaza Strip is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations.

1994

Treat

y Lin

e

I R A Q

I R A NS Y R I A

J O R D A N

ISRAEL

K U W A I T

LEBANON

West Bank*

T U R K E Y

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Se

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EGYPT

S A U D I A R A B I A

Syria Region: Conflicts Without BordersFour Theaters

GOLAN HEIGHTS* (Israeli-occupied) Al Kut

I R A Q

I R A N

S Y R I A

S A U D IA R A B I A

T U R K E Y

J O R D A N

I S R A E L

K U W A I T

L E B A N O N

West Bank*

GazaStrip

1949 ArmisticeLine

1949 ArmisticeLine

1994

Tre a

ty Li

ne

T U R K E Y

BaghdadDamascus

Tyre

Homs

Dahuk

ErbilMosul

Sidon

Idlib

Hamah

Dar'a

Tartus

Kirkuk

Aleppo

Tripoli

Latakia

Jerusalem

Al Mafraq

Gaziantep

Az Zarqa’

Ar Raqqah

Al Hasakah

Al QamishliRa’s al ‘Ayn

Dayr az Zawr

Tel Aviv-Yafo

As SulaymaniyahMa’arrat an Nu’man

Amman

Al Qusayr

Kuwait City

Reyhanlı

Ilam

Maàn

An Najaf

Karbala’Al Hillah

Al Basrah

Al Àmarah

As Samawah

An Nasiriyah

Ad Diwaniyah

Sakaka

Àràr

Beirut

Me

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S

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DeadSea

Tigris River

Buhayratar RazazzaBuhayrat

ar Razazza

Euphrates

Tigris

Euphrates


The status of the Gaza Strip is a final status issue to be resolved through negotiations.

’Ayn al ‘Arab(Kobane)

Areas of influence

ContestedModerate oppositionKurdish-controlledJabhat al-Nusra (JAN)

Asad regimeIraqi Security Forces (ISF)Islamic State of Iraqand the Levant (ISIL)

Displacement

Syrian IDP siteIraqi IDP site

Syrian refugee site

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Areas of influence are estimated geographic areas where a government or non-state armed group is dominant or control is contested and exclude areas of minimal population. These areas are changing and reflect the situation as of:• August 20, 2014 (Iraq) • September 5, 2014 (Syria)

International boundaryBorder crossing

Road


Regional Overview

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Unclassified

Syria Region: Conflicts Without Borders

Number of people in need*, by country of origin

Syria10,803,500 total people in need, including 6,455,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) (June 2014, UN OCHA)

3,216,949 Syrian refugees, including 163,275 Syrian refugees registered in Egypt and North Africa (September 2014, UNHCR)

440,000 Palestinians in need, in Syria (September 2014, UNRWA)

56,348 Palestinian refugees from Syria, in Lebanon and Jordan (September 2014, UNRWA)NOTE: UNHCR refugee figures combine those registered and those awaiting registration

Iraq1,725,432 Iraqi IDPs (September 2014, IOM)

103,000 Iraqi refugees in Turkey (September 2014, UNHCR)

*“People in need” is defined by the UN OCHA as host families, returnees, local communities in need, and IDPs

Ongoing, intense fighting betweenregime and opposition groups

2012-2014Regime airstrikes and aerialbombing of opposition areas

ISIL stronghold

August 2014ISIL gains drive thousands of Iraqirefugees into Al Hasakah

July-Sept 2014UN humanitarian aid deliveredthrough Bab al-Hawa crossing

July-Sept 2014UN cross-border aid deliveredthrough Bab al-Salam crossing

March 2014UN humanitarian aid deliveredthrough Al Qamishli crossing

Aug-Sept 2014Humanitarian airdrops forYezidi population; airstrikesagainst ISIL

Sept 19-Oct 8, 2014 ISIL offensive drives at least170,000 Syrians to Turkey

Halab

Al Hasakah

Homs

Ar Raqqah

Dayr az ZawrHamah

IdlibLatakia

Tartus

Buhayrat al Asad

Tigris

Euphrates

Idlib

Hamah

Tartus

Aleppo

Latakia

Reyhanlı

Gaziantep

Ar Raqqah

Al Hasakah

Al Qamishli

Ra's al 'Ayn

Adıyaman

Osmaniye

Kahramanmaras

’Ayn al ‘Arab(Kobane)

Ariha

MuhradahDayr az Zawr

Sinjar Mtn.

S Y R I A

T U R K E Y

I R A Q

Syrian refugees in Turkey

HalabIdlib

Dayr az ZawrAl HasakahAr Raqqah

Latakia 363,500

1,117,0002,575,000

711,000582,000

490,000

Syrians in need, by Syrian governorate

Total1,029,500

61% 21%

Registeredoutside ofcamps

Registeredin camps

Awaiting registration

16%

Source: UNHCR, as of 9/29/2014

ResidentsResidentsSyrian IDPsSyrian IDPs

Source: UN OCHA, as of 8/26/2014

Areas of influence

ContestedModerate oppositionKurdish-controlledJabhat al-Nusra (JAN)

Asad regimeIslamic State of Iraqand the Levant (ISIL)

Displacement

Violence


Syrian refugee site

International boundaryGovernorate boundary

Humanitarian hubBorder crossing

Aid dispersal

Road

Displaced Syrians in Turkey


Displaced Syrians, by provinceNorthern Syria and TurkeyNorthern Syria and Turkey


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Amman

Damascus

Dar`a

Irbid

Madaba

Jarash`Ajlun

As Salt

Al Karak

Az Zarqa'

Al Mafraq

As Suwayda'

Al Qunaytirah

Nablus

Ma‘an

Dar‘a

DamascusCountryside

As Suwayda’

Damascus

S Y R I A

J O R D A N

L E B A N O N

West Bank*

DeadSea

DeadSea

1994 Treaty Line

GOLANHEIGHTS

(Israeli-occupied)

1949 Armistice Line


AshShajarah

Jasim

Tasil

Syrian refugees in Jordan


DamascusCountryside

Dar'aAs Suwayda'

Al Qunaytirah

1,654,000

133,50087,000

517,000

Total619,163

84%

16%

Registeredoutside of camps

Registeredin camps

ResidentsSyrian IDPs



Intense fighting; remainsunder opposition influence

September 2014JAN holds and releasesUN peacekeepers

Continual fighting betweenregime and opposition groups

Least conflict-affected governorate;home of Druze population

Za'atari, largest Syrianrefugee camp

September 2014Dar’a-RamthaUN cross-border aid

Drought and refugeedemand depleting aquifer

Southern Syria and Jordan

Beirut

Tyre

Homs

Sidon

Idlib

Hamah

Tartus

Aleppo

Tripoli

Latakia

Ma'arrat an Nu'man

Aarsal

Al Qusayr

Beka

a Val

ley

QalamounMountains

Damascus

S Y R I A

T U R K E Y

LEBANON

Homs

Halab

Hamah

Idlib

DamascusCountryside

Tartus

Latakia

Damascus

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Syrian refugees in Lebanon


Total1,191,992

98%

Halab

DamascusCountryside

IdlibHoms

HamahTartus

Latakia

2,575,0001,654,000

1,117,000748,000

363,500

533,000472,500

ResidentsSyrian IDPs

2%Awaitingregistration Source: UNHCR, as of 9/26/2014


July-Sept 2014UN humanitarian aiddelivered throughBab al-Salam crossing

May 2014Regime gains control

August 2014Syrian opposition engagesLebanese army

2012-2014Regime airstrikes andaerial barrel bombingof opposition areas

Sectarian clashesrelated to Syria

2013Regime and Hizbollah engage opposition;regime regains control

Sectarian clashes related toSyria, Hizbollah stronghold

2013-2014Regime fights opposition

Predominately Alawitepopulation, IDPs movedinto less affected areas

August 2014Regime recaptures cityfrom opposition

June 2014Intense fighting over YarmoukPalestinian refugee camp

Western Syria and Lebanon

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Syria Region: Conflicts Without BordersWestern and Southern SyriaHUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT




Areas of influence

Contested

Moderate opposition

Kurdish-controlled

Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN)

Asad regimeIslamic State of Iraqand the Levant (ISIL)

Displacement

Refugee concentrationin LebanonViolence

Syrian refugee siteSyrian IDP site

International boundaryGovernorate boundary

Border crossingHumanitarian hubAid dispersal

Road

Ilam

Karbala'

Ba`qubah

Al Hillah

Ar RamadiFallujah

I R A QS Y R I A

I R A N

T U R K E Y

J O R D A N

Baghdad

Dahuk

ErbilMosul

Kirkuk

Ar Raqqah

Al Hasakah

Al Qamishli

Ra's al 'Ayn

Dayr az Zawr

As Sulaymaniyah

Tikrit

Amerli

Jarabulus

Silopi

Sanlıurfa

LakeTharthar

Tigris

Euphrates

Euphrates

Buhayratal Asad

LakeRazazza

MosulDam

FallujahDam

Al Hasakah

Homs

Ar Raqqah

Dayr az Zawr

Sinjar Mtn.

HadithaDam


AleppoDayr az Zawr

Al HasakahAr Raqqah

2,575,000

490,000582,000

711,000ResidentsSyrian IDPs

Total213,019

Syrian refugees in Iraq

42%57%Registered inside camps


Awaiting registration

1%



Areas of influence

ContestedKurdish-controlled

Asad regime

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

Iraqi Security Forces(ISF)

DisplacementSyrian refugee site

Violence


Internationalboundary

Governorateboundary

Dam

Road

Border crossing

June 2014ISIL gains control ofsecond largest city in Iraq

Aug-Sept 2014Humanitarian airdrops for Turkmenpopulation, airstrikes against ISIL

June-July 2014ISIL captures cityfrom Iraqi forces

June-Sept 2014Fighting between ISIL and IraqiKurdish Peshmerga forces

Jan-June 2014ISIL captures city from Iraqi forces

July 2014ISIL seizes al Omar oil field

Aug-Sept 2014Humanitarian airdrops forYezidi population, airstrikesagainst ISIL

Eastern Syria and Iraq

ISIL stronghold

March 2014UN humanitarian aid deliveredthrough Al Qamishli crossing

Syrian Kurdishheartland

Aug-Sept 2014Iraqi Yazidi refugees flee ISIL attacks


Al Kut


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