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The Assad government has eliminated the last pocket of so-called “Islamic State” (IS) control in western Syria, while the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have driven the group out of a town in the east and away from the border with Iraq.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline: IS Loses Western Enclave – December 2018 Full Article »
In early 2014, the Taliban were near their lowest point of territorial control for many years before or after, only holding outright control of four whole districts and a handful of other scattered areas.
Afghanistan: Map of Taliban Control in April 2014 Full Article »
Over five months, both Somalia’s pro-federal coalition and rebel group Al Shabaab have made small territorial gains, while clashes have continued in the area disputed between Puntland and Somaliland.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – November 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »
A demilitarized buffer zone has gone into partial effect along front lines between government and rebel forces in Syrian’s northwest, while in the southeast the so-called “Islamic State” has managed to reverse some of its recent losses near the Iraqi border.
Syria has mostly seen a break in rebel vs. government fighting, even while the so-called “Islamic State” continues losing ground to both the Assad government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – October 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »
Pro-Assad forces have cleared both rebels and so-called “Islamic State” fighters from the borders of Jordan and the Golan Heights area, restoring full pro-government territorial control of Daraa, Quneitra, and Suwayda provinces.
Government forces have rapidly swept through rebel-held areas of Syria’s southwest – formerly known as De-escalation Zone 4 – reducing rebel control of Daraa province from nearly 50 percent down to zero.
Libya’s south has seen a major realignment of control as a powerful group of Toubou militias – now shown separately on the map – has switched its allegiance from the eastern-based national government to the western-based one.
As Kurdish and government forces nibble away at so-called “Islamic State” territory in the eastern desert, the group’s fighters have popped up in new areas of the country’s southwest.
Syrian Civil War Map & Timeline – June 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »
Recent changes to Al Shabaab territorial control have been clustered in areas such as Hiran and Lower Juba, while heavy fighting has broken out between Somaliland and Puntland, and the ASWJ militia has merged with the Galmudug state government.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – June 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »