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Forces loyal to the Assad government have made major gains in and around rebel-held Idlib province, reestablishing government control along the entire Damascus-Aleppo highway for the first time in eight years.
In rebel-dominated Idlib province, Syrian army forces have pushed through the eastern side of Turkey and Russia’s mostly-defunct buffer zone, nearly reaching the rebel stronghold of Marat al-Numan.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – January 2020 (Subscription) Full Article »
Despite few major changes to the lines of control since 2018, the so-called “Islamic State” (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) has reportedly been growing in power again in northern Iraq.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: “Islamic State” Holdouts Still Present – January 2020 Full Article »
Turkey and its rebel allies have connected two pieces of territory they hold in the northeast, while the Syrian military has deployed in a narrow strip along most of the rest of the border, creating buffer between Turkey and Kurdish YPG fighters.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – November 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »
After the sudden US withdrawal and subsequent Turkish intervention against Kurdish YPG fighters, our map now shows which territory is controlled by Turkey-affiliated forces, plus which has come under joint SDF and Syrian government control.
For the first time, government forces have captured a major town on the rebel side of the of would-be buffer zone set up last year by Turkey and Russia.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – September 2019 Full Article »
The Assad government is working at chipping away land from the rebel stronghold of Idlib province, making modest progress around the town of Khan Shaykhun.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – August 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »
The past month and a half have seen continued fighting and many small changes to territorial control around the edges of the rebel-held area in Syria’s northwest, while the so-called “Islamic State” remains active in the central desert.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – July 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »
The Assad government has begun a new push against the rebel enclave in Idlib – in defiance of buffer zone arrangements – while the so-called “Islamic State” has reportedly captured a new town in the central desert.
Even as Syria’s civil war gradually winds down, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces has driven the so-called “Islamic State” out of the last town the group governed in Syria.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline: IS Loses Last Town – March 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »