Russia-led raids target Syria’s northwest

Russia and Syria are stepping up air raids in northwestern Idlib province as President Bashar Assad’s forces look to regain momentum in a stalled three-month-old assault on the opposition stronghold


Idlib province
Afrin
TURKEY
Manbij
Ariha
Latakia
Khmeimim (Russian airbase)
Aleppo
Maarrat al-Nu’man
Raqqa
River Euphrates
Deir al-Zour
IRAQ
Hama
Homs
Sparsely populated
SYRIA
LEBANON
Damascus
Golan Heights (Israeli-occupied)
Al-Tanf (U.S. military garrison)
ISRAEL
JORDAN
Mediterranean Sea

100km 60 miles


AREAS OF CONTROL (as of July 30, 2019)

Pro-government forces

Opposition forces

Turkish-backed opposition and Turkish military

U.S.-backed Kurdish forces

So-called Islamic State militants

Cities targeted by pro-government air strikes


Sources: Associated Press, LiveuaMap, Reuters 
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