small minority responsible for a lot of destruction. consider the group that calls itself victory front. they're jihadists with links kw in iraq and since last year they claimed responsibility for more than 600 attacks in syria then you have groups including the islam brigade which is in damascus and there are also two main rebel alliances in syria, the syrian liberation front or slf, a coalition of 20 islamist groups and they have a strong presence in areas of syria including the north, south ands with, the other main alliance is the syrian islamic front which is composed of groups that have pushed for religious state in syria so now let's take a look at the big picture. this map from the nonprofit institute for the study of war show the regions in yellow, in green, the area rebels hold while extremists control everything in dark green.