Throughout the volatile seven-year Syrian war, conflicting parties routinely produce maps with differing claims of territorial control. Afrin, abutting Hatay to the west and rebel-held Idlib to ...

"We are determined, Afrin will be sorted out," Mr Erdogan ... IS and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps The YPG, which controls much of north-eastern Syria, is believed by Turkey to be an ...

Afrin, previously under the control of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was controlled by Ankara and the Syrian militants it supports in 2018. International organizations have ...