Rebels seek to break Aleppo siege

Intense fighting is raging around the Syrian city of Aleppo, where a rebel offensive is trying to break a government siege of rebel-held areas

TURKEY

Aleppo

SYRIA

Damascus

LEB.

JORDAN

IRAQ

200km 120 miles

Government control

Rebel control

“Humanitarian” corridors set up by Russia and Syria for civilians and
rebels wanting to surrender

Military bases

Kurdish control

Jul 27-28: Syrian forces complete encirclement of eastern Aleppo

Ramouseh district: Heaviest fighting

2km 1.25 miles

Eastern Aleppo: Around 300,000 people under siege in rebel-held areas

Castello road

ALEPPO

Citadel

International Airport

Rebels trying to reconnect eastern Aleppo with insurgent-controlled territory to west of city. Syrian troops, backed by Russian warplanes, putting up fierce defence

Sources: Stratfor, wire agencies