Aleppo siege could cut off 300,000 civilians

The UN says up to 300,000 people could be cut off from basic food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo

As of February 5

AREA CONTROL / OFFENSIVES:

Syrian army and allies

Rebels

Refugee

flows

So-called Islamic State (Daesh)

Kurds

TURKEY

SYRIA

Bab al-Salam

Around 35,000 refugees

stranded at border

Detail map

IRAQ

Menagh

airbase

Reportedly

in Kurdish

hands

LEBANON

Damascus

200km

120 miles

Azaz

JORDAN

Hetemlat

10km

6 miles

Afrin

Marea

Rebel stronghold under

Tal Rifaat:

threat from Syrian army, backed by

Russian airstrikes. Regime forces

planning advance to Turkish border

Nubl

Zahraa

Al Bab

SYRIA

Hraytan

Kafr

Saghir

Kweres

airbase

Aleppo

New offensive aims

Western Aleppo:

to entirely surround rebels inside city

Khan

Touman

Sources: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, OCHA

Aleppo siege could cut off 300,000 civilians

The UN says up to 300,000 people could be cut off from basic food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo

AREA CONTROL /

OFFENSIVES:

TURKEY

As of Feb 5

Syrian army

and allies

SYRIA

Detail map

So-called Islamic

State (Daesh)

LEBANON

IRAQ

Rebels

Damascus

Kurds

Refugee

flows

JORDAN

TURKEY

Around 35,000

Bab al-Salam:

Menagh

airbase

Reportedly

in Kurdish

hands

refugees stranded at border

Azaz

10km

Hetemlat

6 miles

Rebel stronghold

Tal Rifaat:

Afrin

Marea

under threat from Syrian

army, backed by Russian

airstrikes. Army planning

advance to Turkish border

Nubl

Zahraa

SYRIA

Al Bab

Hraytan

Kweres

airbase

Aleppo

Khan

Touman

New government offensive aims to entirely

Western Aleppo:

surround rebels who have occupied parts of city since 2012

Sources: The Washington Institute for

Near East Policy, OCHA

Aleppo siege could cut off 300,000 civilians

The UN says up to 300,000 people could be cut off from basic food supplies if Syrian government forces encircle opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo

TURKEY

SYRIA

IRAQ

200km

Detail map

120 miles

LEBANON

Damascus

JORDAN

AREA CONTROL / OFFENSIVES

As of February 5

Syrian army and allies

So-called Islamic State

(Daesh)

Rebels

Kurds

Refugee flows

TURKEY

Azaz

Hetemlat

Afrin

Marea

10km

Nubl

6 miles

Zahraa

SYRIA

Hraytan

Aleppo

Khan

Touman

Around 35,000

Bab al-Salam:

refugees stranded at border

Reportedly

Menagh airbase:

captured by Kurdish forces

Rebel stronghold under

Tal Rifaat:

threat from Syrian army, backed by

Russian airstrikes. Regime forces

planning advance to Turkish border

New offensive

Western Aleppo:

aims to entirely surround rebels who

have occupied parts of city since 2012

Sources: The Washington Institute

for Near East Policy,

OCHA