Glossary and abbreviations

Term Definition

DAANES

GSS

HTS

IDP

ISIL

MoD

MoI

SAA

SDF

SNA

YPG

Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

General Security Service

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham

Internally Displaced Person

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State (IS), or Daesh

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Interior

Syrian Arab Army

Syrian Democratic Forces

Syrian National Army

Kurdish People’s Protection Units