Syria-Turkey border cleared of IS

Turkish-backed rebels have cleared Islamic State from a 90km corridor along Turkey’s Syrian border, reinforcing Ankara’s plan to drive out Sunni militants and stop the advance of Syrian Kurdish fighters

AREAS OF CONTROL (as of Sep 5, 2016)

Syrian regime and allies

So-called Islamic State (IS) militant group / Daesh

Kurdish YPG / SyrianDemocratic Forces (SDF)

Other rebel groups

Rebel fighters, mainly Syrian Arabs and Turkmen fighting under loose banner of Free Syrian Army, now in control of frontier, supported by Turkish tanks and warplanes

Afrin

Idlib

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Azaz

Al Bab

Manbij

Jarabulus

Kobane

SYRIA

Ain Issa

Raqqa Self-declared IS capital

Euphrates River

20km 12 miles

TURKEY

Tal Abyad

SYRIA

Detail map

Mediterranean Sea

JORDAN

TURKEY

LEBANON

Damascus

IRAQ

200km 120 miles

Source: Wire agencies