Glossary and abbreviations

Term Definition

DAANES

EO

ERW

GSS

HTS

ISC

IDF

IDP

IED

IRGC

ISIL

MoD

MoI

NGF

PKK

SDF

SMC

SNA

UAV

UNDOF

VBIED

UXO

YPG

YPJ

Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Explosive ordnance

Explosive remnants of war

General Security Service

Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham

Internal Security Command

Israeli Defense Forces

Internally displaced person

Improvised explosive devices

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp

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

National Guard Forces

Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Syrian Democratic Forces

Sweida Military Council

Syrian National Army

Unmanned aerial vehicles

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

Vehicle-borne improvised explosive device

Unexploded ordnance

Kurdish People’s Protection Units

Women’s Protection Units