SYRIAN WAR

Started with protests in Daraa in 2011, the Syrian conflict rapidly turned into a war with a number of foreign powers supporting various militant groups (including al-Qaeda-linked) against the government of Bashar al-Assad. Since then, the country has been a point of instability in the Middle East. Russia began a military intervention in Syria in 2015 after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against militant groups.This allowed the Syrian government to survive and to regain initiative in a battle against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), ISIS and other militant groups.

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Military Situation In Syria On August 16, 2017 (Map Update)

This map provides a general look at the military situation in Syria on August 16, 2017.

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Wahid Algiers

7 years ago

AMN: “At approximately 9:00 A.M. (Damascus Time) this morning, the Syrian
Arab Army (SAA) kicked off their major assault to besiege the Islamic
State (ISIL) forces inside central Syria.
Led by their Tiger Forces, the Syrian Arab Army and their allies
stormed the mountains that are located just north of the strategic
Taybah area…..” Fine, if they could down ISIS in the next 36 hours the SAA will reach Soukhna by tomorrow night and then the pocket is closed.

northerntruthseeker .

Reply to Wahid Algiers

7 years ago

THIS is accurate and the whole plan… Link the northern forces with those operating from the south and close the massive pocket to the west… That will rip apart the entire USIS front and open the door for a push into Deir Ez-Zor..

Graeme Rymill

7 years ago

I can’t see any mountains north of Al-Taybah till you get to Al-Kawm. South of Al-Taybah on the road to Sukhnah is a massive mountain (Jabal ad Dahik?). It will be vital for these heights to be seized to seal the pocket.