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The past month has seen major advances by pro-Assad forces against rebels in the country’s northwest, even as the so-called “Islamic State” makes modest gains in the same area.
By our estimates, IS territory in Syria is now divided into seven separate pieces: four in the eastern desert near Iraq, where the campaign against the group is focused, and three scattered across the country’s west.
Early this month, the Syrian government – with support from Russia – completed its capture of Deir ez-Zor, the last major urban center controlled by IS anywhere in the world.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have completed their control of Raqqah, once capital city of the so-called “Islamic State”, and taken the country’s largest oil field, while government forces have captured the temporary IS headquarters of Mayadin.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline: SDF Captures Raqqah – October 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
The so-called “Islamic State” has nearly been confined to Syria’s far east, and no longer surrounds military forces who had held out for years in a government-controlled enclave of Deir ez-Zor city.
As the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces continue the battle for “Islamic State” capital Raqqah, IS has lost wide swaths of central and western Syria to government offensives.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – August 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
Kurdish-led force have fully surrounded Raqqah, while the Syrian government has gained ground against both rebels and IS to once again become the war’s largest player by territorial control.
The IS capital of Raqqah has been breached by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, while government-aligned soldiers continue to gain ground as well, reaching the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline: Kurds Enter “Islamic State” Capital – June 2017 Full Article »
As the so-called “Islamic States” continues to lose territory from multiple sides, rebel-government frontlines are hardening into designated “de-escalation zones” (now labeled on map).
The so-called “Islamic State” has continued to lose ground to the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the north and to rebel groups in the southern desert. Meanwhile, the Assad government has made some gains against the rebels.
Syria Control Map & Timeline – April 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »