Liberation of the eastern and northern #Aleppo— Warfare Worldwide (@WarfareWW) February 10, 2016
Both maps were made by @miladvisor; animated by @MahmoudAyad1984 pic.twitter.com/oOigyNbO7p
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post: How the Assad regime is winning in Syria, in three seconds
The animated GIF above details the strategic lay of the land in the area around the Syrian city of Aleppo, from the beginning of February to Thursday. The city, once Syria's most populous urban center and commercial capital, sits toward the bottom middle of the map.
In less than two weeks, troops and allied militias loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad — represented by the beige colors — have managed to almost encircle the beleaguered rebel positions in Aleppo and cut off their supply lines to Turkey.
The area in green is loosely controlled by rebels; to the north of Aleppo, the vital corridor to Turkey was increasingly under threat from both the regime forces and the Kurdish militias (represented in yellow). Over the past week, that link was severed, raising the prospect of a grim and deadly siege of the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
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WNU Editor: The Syrian regime has made advances .... but is it sustainable is a question that we will find out in the weeks and months to come.