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L Beit Jinn January 31, 2018 21 22 20 19 23

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Golan Heights Golan 7 8 28 a 6 r 5 29 s 30 I 4 31 Suwayda 2 3 1 Dera’a 32 33

34 Research and Mapping by Patrick Hamon, Jordan Genevieve Casagrande, and Bryan Amoroso Map Legend Assessed Russian or Iranian Position Assad-Iran-Russia Control 1 - Dera’a City 14 - Dayr al Adas 25 - Mintaqat al 2 - Athman 15 - Habbariyyah Jamiyat ISIS Control 3 - Khirbat al ‘Ar’ar 16 -Brigade 90 (Kawm 26 - Mismiyyeh 4 - al Wasiyyah) 27 - Khalkhalah Opposition Control/ 5 - Namir 17 - Jaba / Tel Sha’ar 28 - Regiment 404 AQ Permissive* 6 - 18 - Khan Arnabah / Base (Najran) AQ Dependent Frontlines 7 - Sheikh Meskin Ba’ath City 29 - Tal Kharouf AQ Governance/Religious 8 - 19- Nabi al-Fawwar 30 - Thal’ah Outreach 2016 - Present 9 - Shaqra 20 - Amal Farms 31 - Suwayda 10 - Al Qaniyah 21 - Hader 32 - Mujaymir Line of Contact 11 - Al Sanamayn 22 - Sa’Sa’ 33 - Bard 12 - Qita 23 - Dayr Makr 34 - Samad Iranian & Foreign Forces 13 - Dayr al Bakht 24 - Muthabin Exclusionary Zone Iran or Proxy *The De-ESCALATION ZONE COVERS Russian Ceasefire Joint Russian, Position TERRAIN UNDER OPPOSITION CONTROL Observation Point / Iranian, & Proxy ON THIS MAP. tHE zONE EXCLUDES AN Position Position AQ Administrative AREA HELD BY ISIS IN SOUTHWEST SYRIA. Center (Approx.)

note ON Al Qaeda (aq) mAPPING: AQ DID not dominate the opposition landscape in southern Syria as of January 2018, but opposition- held areas remained permissive to AQ. AQ HAS concentrated fighters along vulnerable rebel frontlines in Southern Syria, REPRESENTED BY “AQ Dependent frontlines” ON THIS MAP. AQ maintains Administrative Centers in the Lajat Area of Northern dera’a, the Eastern Dera’a Countryside, and areas in Quneitra Province where it houses senior leadership and governs through religious outreach and service provision. These Administrative Centers are mapped approximately based upon overt aq activity.