Syria Control Map Sept. 11 - Institute for the Study of War · 2015. 6. 4. · Homs Tartous Hama...
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Homs Tartous Hama Latakia Idlib Aleppo Ayn al-Arab ar-Raqqa Deir ez-Zour Hasakah Mahardeh Jussiyeh Tal Kalakh Dabussiya Kasab Bab al-Hawa Bab al-Salama Azaz Jarablus Tal Abyad Ras al-Ayn Qamishli Ain-Diwar Yarubiya Abu Kamal al-Tanf Manbij al-Bab Maskana Kuweiris Airbase ash-Shadadi al-Mayadin Morek Khan Sheikhoun Ma’arat al-Nu’man Jisr ash-Shughour Yabrud Saraqib Ariha Darkush Salqin Markadeh Harem by ISW Syria Team Control of Terrain in Syria: October 30, 2014 On August 28, JN and rebel forces seized control of the Golan Heights border crossing with Israel in Quneitra province. The seizure of the crossing was a significant rebel gain contributing to an ongoing successful campaign against regime forces in Quneitra. In early September, regime forces reversed rebel gains in northwest Hama, re-securing control of Merhada and effectively neutralizing a rebel offensive against critical regime supply lines in the area. On October 23, regime forces seized the town of Morek, strategically located on the M5 highway north of Hama. Together these two advances are a critical victory for the regime, allowing it to secure its critical supply routes from the coast. In response, JN and rebel forces launched an attack on the regime-held city of Idlib on October 27, likely seeking to deter or postpone a follow- on regime offensive against Khan Shaykhoun north of Morek. The stretch of the M5 highway north of Morek is a critical rebel center of gravity, and is essential for the rebels’ continued ability to maintain the disruption of the regime’s preferred supply line to Aleppo. In addition, begi- nning on October 27, JN seized eight villages from the FSA-affiliated Syrian Revolutionaries Front (SRF) in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in sout- hern Idlib, allegedly to protect a local SRF affiliate that had defected to Harakat Ahrar al-Sham. JN also forced the SRF to abandon its positions within Ma’arat al-Nu’man, taking a more overt role within the city. This represents a further territorial consolidation by JN in Idlib Province at the expense of moderate rebel forces and increases the strength of JN’s new center of gravity in northwestern Syria. Finally, on October 27 the FSA-affiliated Southern Front in Dera’a Province declared its intent to liberate the Nasib border crossing with Jordan from regime forces. If successful, the seizure of the Nasib crossing would finalize the rebel acquisition of all three of Syria’s southern border crossings Changes since last Control Map Damascus Syria Quneitra as-Suwayda Palmyra Nassib Deraa Jdaidet-Yabus Jizzah Jabal al-Zawiyah Key Regime Controlled Kurdish Controlled Contested ISIS Controlled Rebels Controlled Areas ISW is watching JN Controlled JN Stronghold
Transcript of Syria Control Map Sept. 11 - Institute for the Study of War · 2015. 6. 4. · Homs Tartous Hama...
Homs
Tartous
Hama
Latakia
IdlibAleppo
Ayn al-Arab
ar-Raqqa
Deir ez-Zour
Hasakah
Mahardeh
JussiyehTal KalakhDabussiya
Kasab
Bab al-Hawa
Bab al-Salama
Azaz
Jarablus
Tal Abyad
Ras al-AynQamishli
Ain-Diwar
Yarubiya
Abu Kamal
al-Tanf
Manbijal-Bab
Maskana
KuweirisAirbase ash-Shadadi
al-Mayadin
Morek
Khan Sheikhoun
Ma’arat al-Nu’man
Jisr ash-Shughour
Yabrud
SaraqibAriha
Darkush
Salqin
Markadeh
Harem
by ISW Syria Team
Control of Terrain in Syria: October 30, 2014
On August 28, JN and rebel forces seized control of the Golan Heights border crossing with Israel in Quneitra province. The seizure of the crossing was a signi�cant rebel gain contributing to an ongoing successful campaign against regime forces in Quneitra. In early September, regime forces reversed rebel gains in northwest Hama, re-securing control of Merhada and e�ectively neutralizing a rebel o�ensive against critical regime supply lines in the area. On October 23, regime forces seized the town of Morek, strategically located on the M5 highway north of Hama. Together these two advances are a critical victory for the regime, allowing it to secure its critical supply routes from the coast. In response, JN and rebel forces launched an attack on the regime-held city of Idlib on October 27, likely seeking to deter or postpone a follow-on regime o�ensive against Khan Shaykhoun north of Morek. The stretch of the M5 highway north of Morek is a critical rebel center of gravity, and is essential for the rebels’ continued ability to maintain the disruption of the regime’s preferred supply line to Aleppo. In addition, begi-nning on October 27, JN seized eight villages from the FSA-a�liated Syrian Revolutionaries Front (SRF) in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in sout-hern Idlib, allegedly to protect a local SRF a�liate that had defected to Harakat Ahrar al-Sham. JN also forced the SRF to abandon its positions within Ma’arat al-Nu’man, taking a more overt role within the city. This represents a further territorial consolidation by JN in Idlib Province at the expense of moderate rebel forces and increases the strength of JN’s new center of gravity in northwestern Syria. Finally, on October 27 the FSA-a�liated Southern Front in Dera’a Province declared its intent to liberate the Nasib border crossing with Jordan from regime forces. If successful, the seizure of the Nasib crossing would �nalize the rebel acquisition of all three of Syria’s southern border crossings
Changes since last Control Map
Damascus
S y r i a
Quneitra
as-Suwayda
Palmyra
NassibDeraa
Jdaidet-Yabus
Jizzah
Jabal al-Zawiyah
Key
Regime Controlled
Kurdish Controlled
Contested
ISIS Controlled
Rebels Controlled
Areas ISW is watching
JN Controlled
JN Stronghold
