Term
Definition
ACLED
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
DAANES
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
ERW
Explosive remnants of war
GSS
General Security Services
HTS
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
IDP
Internally Displaced Person
ISIL
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State (IS), or Daesh
MoD
Ministry of Defence
MoI
Ministry of Interior
NDF
National Defence Forces
OHCHR
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
PKK
Kurdistan Worker's Party
SAA
Syrian Arab Army
SDF
Small Arms Survey
SJAC
Syria Justice and Accountability Centre
SNA
Syrian National Army
SNHR
Syrian Network for Human Rights
SOHR
Syrian Observatory of Human Rights
SSG
Syrian Salvation Government
STJ
Syrians for Truth & Justice
TWI
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
UCDP
Uppsala Conflict Data Program
UNOCHA
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UXO
Unexploded ordnance
YPG
Kurdish People's Protection Units