Common analysis

This part of the country guidance includes the common analysis. The contents of this part include:

• 1. Recent developments in Syria
• 2. Displacement and return movements
• 3. Actors of persecution or serious harm
  • Areas of control and influence
  • The Transitional Administration
  • Syrian National Army (SNA)
  • Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
  • Other non-State actors
• 4. Refugee status
  • General remarks
  • Profiles for which the Assad regime was considered the sole actor of persecution
    • Persons perceived to have opposed the Assad regime
      • (Former) Members of anti-Assad armed groups
      • Political activists, Assad-opposition party members, protesters, and civilians originating from areas associated with opposition by the Assad regime
    • Persons who evaded or deserted military service
      • Draft evaders
      • Military deserters and defectors
  • Profiles at risk of persecution from multiple actors (including previously the Assad regime)
    • Journalists, other media professionals and human rights activist
    • Doctors, other medical personnel and civil defence volunteers
    • Persons with perceived links to ISIL
    • Sunni Arabs
    • Kurds
    • Women and girls
    • Children
    • Persons with diverse SOGIESC (also referred to as LGBTIQ persons)
  • Profiles at risk of persecution from other actors than the Assad regime (for which the Assad regime was not considered an actor of persecution
    • (Former) members of Assad's armed forces and pro-Assad armed groups
    • Former Assad government officials, and civilians perceived to be supporting the Assad regime
    • Alawites
    • Members of and persons perceived to be collaborating with the SDF/YPG
    • Persons perceived to be opposing the SDF/YPG
    • Persons fearing forced or child recruitment by Kurdish forces
    • Christians
    • Druze
    • Yazidis
  • Palestinians
• 5. Subsidiary protection
  • Article 15(a) QD/QR: death penalty or execution
  • Article 15(b) QD/QR: torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
  • Article 15(c) QD/QR: indiscriminate violence in situations of armed conflict
• 6. Actors of protection
• 7. Internal protection alternative
• 8. Exclusion