| ACLED |
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the European Union |
| COI |
Country of origin information |
| DAANES |
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, formerly known as AANES |
| EUAA |
European Union Agency for Asylum |
| GoS |
Government of Syria under the Assad regime |
| HTS |
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham |
| IDP |
Internally displaced person |
| IED |
Improvised explosive device |
| IPA |
Internal Protection Alternative |
| ISIL |
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State, or Daesh |
| PKK |
Kurdistan Worker's Party (Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) |
| QD (Qualification Directive) |
Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted |
| QR (Qualification Regulation) |
Regulation (EU) 2024/1347 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted, amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC and repealing Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council |
| RPG |
Rocket-propelled grenades |
| SAF |
Syrian Arab Forces under the Assad regime |
| SDF |
Syrian Democratic Forces |
| Sharia |
The religious law of Islam, Islamic canonical law |
| SNA |
Syrian National Army |
| SOHR |
Syrian Observatory of Human Rights |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNRWA |
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
| YPG |
Kurdish People's Protection Units |
| YPJ |
Kurdish Women's Protection Units |
