Syria is subdivided in a hierarchical manner into 14 Governorates (or G.) and 65 Districts. For each governorate, the first city in the table is the governorate capital (and capital city of its district at the same time). The following towns are the regional capitals (administrative centers) of the districts. The last item is the rural area outside the listed towns in each governorate. Each section details a brief summary of that city or town's history during the Syrian Civil War. The population figures are given according to the 2004 official census.
Aleppo Governorate:Aleppo .Afrin .Atarib .Ayn al-Arab (Kobanî) .Azaz .Al-Bab .Dayr Hafir .Jarabulus .Manbij .Al-Safira .Anadan .Aqiba .Darat Izza .Kafr Safra .Khan Tuman .Khanasir .Al-Muslimiyah .Sarrin .Tell Aran .Tell Rifaat .Tell Shughayb .Urum al-Kubrah .Urum al-Sughrah .Others .
Damascus & Rif Dimashq Governorates:Barzeh .Jobar .Kafr Sousa .Qaboun .Tadamon .Yarmouk camp .Other neighborhoods .Darayya .Douma .An-Nabk .Qatana .Qudsaya .Al-Qutayfah .Al-Tall .Yabrud .Al-Zabadani .Arbin .Assal al-Ward .Babbila .Beit Sahem .Beit Sawa . Deir Atiyah . Al-Hajar al-Aswad . Harasta . Jaramana . Kafr Batna . Muadamiyat al-Sham . Al-Sabinah . Sahnaya . Saidnaya . Saqba . Sayyidah Zaynab . Yalda . Zamalka . Others .
Daraa Governorate:Daraa . Izra . Al-Sanamayn . Adwan . Da'el . Jasim . Khabab . Muthabin . Nawa . Al-Shaykh Saad . Others .
Hama Governorate:Hama . Masyaf . Mahardah . Salamiyah . Al-Suqaylabiyah . Kafr Nabudah . Ma'an . Qastun . Tremseh . Others .
Al-Hasakah Governorate:Al-Hasakah . Al-Malikiyah . Qamishli . Qamishli border crossing . Ras al-Ayn . Al-Qahtaniya . Simalka border crossing . Others .