Felkelők, terroristák és az állami erőszak a szíriai konfliktusban
Insurgence, Terrorism, and State Violence in the Syrian Conflict

Summary/Abstract: The prolonged Syrian civil war has reflected the long-standing heterogeneity of the Syrian society. This also applies to the various groups which have been conventionally defi ned as the ‘Syrian opposition’ although these movements substantially diff er from each other in many respects. After the internal tensions escalated into a full-scale civil war, the Assad regime started talking about military actions against terrorism, while the opposition groups and most foreign observers blamed ‘state terrorism’ for the widespread violence occurring in the country. Trying to find a working definition of ‘terrorist’ in a rapidly changing operative situation, the article analyses the actors of the Syrian conflict and argues that three main groups can be identified as responsible of violence: the Syrian state defi ned as the Assad regime and its military apparatus; opposition groups also performing armed resistance against the government; and finally those organizations, the al-Nusra Front and the Daesh, which have been recognized as terrorist groups by the international community.

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