Syrian army pushing back rebel forces
Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes are forcing rebels into retreat on several fronts, as talks to end the nearly five-year-old civil war hang in the balance
Syrian government forces overrun last major rebel-held town in
Jan 24, Rabiya:
coastal province of Latakia, paving way for advance up to Turkish border
Aleppo
TURKEY
Kobane
Al Bab
100km
60 miles
Idlib
Raqqa
Latakia
Hama
River
Euphrates
SYRIA
LEBANON
Homs
Damascus
IRAQ
Syrian
Jan 25, Sheikh Maskin:
ISRAEL
army captures town after weeks
of fierce fighting, cutting off rebels
from key supply lines
JORDAN
Deraa
APPROXIMATE AREAS OF CONTROL
(as of January 18)
Lighter colours indicate low level of control over countryside
Islamic State (IS) group / Daesh
Syrian government and allies
Rebel groups
Kurdish forces
Sources: Thomas van Linge, wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Syrian army pushing back rebel forces
Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes are forcing rebels into retreat on several fronts, as talks to end the nearly five-year-old civil war hang in the balance
Jan 24, Rabiya:
Syrian government forces overrun last major
rebel-held town in coastal province of Latakia, paving way for
advance up to Turkish border
Aleppo
TURKEY
100km
60 miles
Idlib
Latakia
Raqqa
Hama
River
Euphrates
SYRIA
LEBANON
Homs
Damascus
IRAQ
JORDAN
Deraa
Syrian army captures town after
Jan 25, Sheikh Maskin:
weeks of fierce fighting, cutting off rebels from key supply lines
APPROXIMATE AREAS OF CONTROL
(as of January 18)
Lighter colours indicate low level of control over countryside
Islamic State
(IS) group / Daesh
Syrian government
and allies
Rebel groups
Kurdish forces
Sources: Thomas van Linge, wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Syrian army pushing back rebel forces
Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes are forcing rebels into retreat on several fronts, as talks to end the nearly five-year-old civil war hang in the balance
Jan 24, Rabiya:
Syrian government
forces overrun last major rebel-held
town in Latakia province, paving way
for advance up to Turkish border
TURKEY
Aleppo
Raqqa
IRAQ
Hama
Homs
100km
60 miles
SYRIA
LEB.
Damascus
JORDAN
Syrian army
Jan 25, Sheikh Maskin:
captures town after weeks of fighting,
cutting off rebels from key supply lines
Approximate areas of control
(as of January 18)
Lighter colours indicate low level
of control over countryside
Syrian government and allies
Rebel groups
Islamic State (IS) group / Daesh
Kurdish forces
Sources:
Thomas van Linge,
wire agencies
© GRAPHIC NEWS
SYRIA
Army advances against rebels
January 26, 2016 - Syrian government troops backed by Russian airstrikes are forcing rebels into retreat on several fronts, as talks to end the nearly five-year-old civil war hang in the balance.