Control of Urban Terrain in Syria: May 20, 2015
Ain-Diwar Ayn al-Arab Bab al-Salama Qamishli Harem Jarablus Ras al-Ayn Yarubiya Salqin Azaz Manbij Tal AbyadZakho Bab al-Hawa T igr Laika Darkush al-Bab is Az Zibar Jisr ash-Shughour Aleppo Babirah Hasakah Idlib Kuweiris Airbase Mosul Arbil Kasab Saraqib ash-Shadadi Ariha Rummanah Maskana ar-Raqqa Jabal al-Zawiyah Ma’arat al-Nu’man As Sulaymaniyah Safinah Karkuk Latakia Khan Sheikhoun Mahardeh Morek Markadeh Tekrit Anah Kifri Brigade 137 base KhaDeirnikin ez-Zour Hama Samarra' Euphr al-Shoula Jalula Al Hadithah Tartous ates Balad Ak'Ashat Homs S y r i a Ramadi al-Mayadin Baghdad Ar Rutbah al-Sukna Dabussiya Tureibil Boundary Palmyra Al Mahmudiyah Tal Kalakh Jussiyeh I r a q Al Hillah Karbala' T Maqar an Na'am AbuAl KKamalut igris Zabadani An Nukhayb Yabrud An Najaf Ad Diwaniyah Al AmaraKeyh Regime Controlled Jdaidet-Yabus Haggama
Ash Shabachah An Nasiriyah ISIS Controlled Damascus al-Tanf As-Sawiya J'alibah Basra Quneitra Rebels Controlled Al Busayyah Al Faw as-Suwayda JN Controlled Deraa Al Abtiyah Nisab Nassib JN Stronghold Jizzah Kurdish Controlled
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Areas ISW is watching
Changes since last Control Map by ISW Syria Team ISIS seized the regime-held town of al-Sukna west of Deir ez-Zour City on May 14, severing the regime’s ground line of communication from Palmyra in the central Homs Desert to Deir ez-Zour City and e ectively isolating remaining regime positions in western Deir ez-Zour. ISIS forces then seized the regime stronghold of Palmyra on May 20 after regime forces reportedly executed a full withdrawal from the city, prison, and military airbase. ISIS is in full control of the city and appears to be in control of the Palmyra military airbase and prison, although regime forces are likely to regroup and launch a counter-o ensive in the near term. ISW is placing a watch on the town of al-Shoula and the Brigade 137 military base west of Deir ez-Zour City, which are likely upcoming targets as ISIS consolidates its control in eastern Syria. ISIS’s advances in the Homs Desert will allow ISIS to stage for future attacks into the Syrian central corridor, which could create opportunities for other anti-Assad forces to advance on additional fronts. A redeployment of regime forces from the Central Corridor to retake Palmyra could produce similar e ects.