Information to readers: Click on the image to make marks and icons visible, which are otherwise too small.

To zoom into the image after you opened it, hold ctrl and scroll in/out with your mouse.

To view the image in full quality, open it in Media Viewer, download the original file and open it with Inkscape (free drawing program).

If you want to see the history of the Syrian civil war before December 2024, look at Syrian Civil War map.svg.

Information to readers: ISW-CTP uses the U.S. military’s doctrinal definition of control. Control is defined as a tactical task requiring a commander “to maintain physical influence over a specified area to prevent its use by an enemy or to create conditions necessary for successful friendly operations.” ISW-CTP cannot confidently assess the extent of control without visual evidence or authoritative sourcing. The assessment relies on de facto effective rule (beyond mere presence), rather than de jure control. The inclusion of a town under this layer does not imply that ISW-CTP assesses the town as part of an organized frontline. Additionally, ISW-CTP cannot confidently determine that opposition groups control the areas between these towns. This does not, however, imply that regime forces maintain a strong presence in the countryside.

Information to editors: This file is completely based on the Map Produced by the Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats team. If you want to change something here, you first need to make a properly sourced edit at the Templates' Module And Re-check the ICW Site. The program you need to the map (and any other Scalable Vector Graphics-file (SVG)) is called Inkscape, which is a free accessible program. To be able to add marks and icons at the correct place, I recommend you to make a screenshot (alt gr + print). This screenshot you insert temporarily at the file, put it in the right size under the marks and then look at the streets and the borders, if it's at the right place. If you did this, you only need to look, where the Template shows a mark which isn't already at the map. Good luck and thanks for helping to improve the map!

From ISW: Assessed Control of Terrain in Syria Shapefile Definitions