Battle for control of Syria’s Azaz corridor

The epicentre of the Syrian war is shifting towards a strategic strip of territory north of Aleppo. The Azaz corridor, a lifeline for rebel forces supported by Turkey, is facing imminent threats on several fronts

As of December 3

AREA CONTROL / OFFENSIVES:

Syrian army and allies

Other rebels

So-called Islamic State group (IS)

PYD (Kurdish militia)

TURKEY

SYRIA

IRAQ

Detail map

Russian shelling

LEBANON

200km

Damascus

120 miles

JORDAN

Azaz

Ongoing

PYD attacks

Hetemlat

AZAZ

CORRIDOR

Afrin

Marea

Oct-Dec: IS offensives

towards Azaz corridor

Tal Rifat

SYRIA

Al Bab

Nubl

Nov 10: Army lifts

two-year IS siege

of Kwaires airbase

Kafr

Saghir

Hraytan

Aleppo

10km

Rayyan

6 miles

Army offensive with

Russian air support

Source: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Battle for control of Syria’s Azaz corridor

The epicentre of the Syrian war is shifting towards a strategic strip of territory north of Aleppo. The Azaz corridor, a lifeline for rebel forces supported by Turkey, is facing imminent threats on several fronts

AREA CONTROL /

OFFENSIVES

As of December 3

TURKEY

SYRIA

Syrian army

and allies

IRAQ

Detail map

So-called

Islamic State

group (IS)

LEBANON

200km

Damascus

120 miles

Other rebels

PYD (Kurdish)

JORDAN

Russian shelling

TURKEY

Ongoing

PYD

attacks

Azaz

Hetemlat

AZAZ

CORRIDOR

Oct-Dec: IS offensives

towards Azaz corridor

Afrin

Marea

SYRIA

Tal

Rifat

Al Bab

Nubl

Nov 10: Army lifts

two-year IS siege

of Kwaires airbase

Kafr

Saghir

Hraytan

Aleppo

Rayyan

10km

6 miles

Army offensive with

Russian air support

Source: Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Battle for control of Syria’s Azaz corridor

The epicentre of the Syrian war is shifting towards a strategic strip of territory north of Aleppo. The Azaz corridor, a lifeline for rebel forces supported by Turkey, is facing imminent threats on several fronts

TURKEY

SYRIA

IRAQ

200km

Detail map

120 miles

LEBANON

Damascus

JORDAN

Russian

shelling

TURKEY

Azaz

Azaz corridor

Marea

Afrin

Tal Rifat

Al Bab

Nubl

Kafr Saghir

10km

SYRIA

6 miles

Rayyan

Aleppo

Army offensive

with Russian

air support

Nov 10: Army lifts

two-year IS siege

of Kwaires airbase

AREA CONTROL / OFFENSIVES

As of December 3

Syrian army and allies

So-called Islamic State

group (IS)

Other rebels

PYD (Kurdish militia)

Source: Washington Institute

for Near East Policy