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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 »
Federal-allied forces have chipped away a bit at Al Shabaab territory, while the government has seized two towns from ASWJ militia members. In the north, Al Shabaab claims its first capture of a village in breakaway Somaliland.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2019 (Subscription) 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.
The fight for Tripoli remains at a stalemate, with each of the country’s rival governments losing and the recapturing territory, while control has shifted again in the far southern town of Murzuq.
Libyan Civil War Map & Timeline – September 2019 (Subscription) Full Article »
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 »
Al Shabaab has seen both gains and losses, while Galmudug’s ASWJ militia has aligned itself with the federal government, and a renegade general is rebelling against the self-declared Republic of Somaliland. (Map now shows federal member state boundaries.)
Libya’s two rival government’s remain at direct war over Tripoli, with neither side gaining a clear upper hand, though the western administration has scored one major victory in a town to the south.
Libyan Civil War Map & Timeline – July 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 »