Proxy warfare in Syria
Lost regime territory
HTS*-led opposition
US-backed (Kurdish) Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army
US-declared deconfliction zone
Unidentified opposition
US 8 Dec 2024
US forces conduct strikes targeting more than 75 Islamic State camps and operatives in central Syria. The US has about 900 troops in Syria
Turkey
Aleppo
Homs
Damascus
Iraq
Turkey Start of offensive
Turkish forces and their proxy factions fire on US-backed Kurdish forces in the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij
Turkey
Manbij
Iraq
Israel 7-8 Dec 2024
IDF hits military targets in the southwest. Troops take control of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights buffer zone
Turkey
Mount Hermon
Iraq
Lost regime territory
HTS*-led opposition
US-backed (Kurdish) Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army
US-declared deconfliction zone
Unidentified opposition
US 8 Dec 2024
Turkey
US forces conduct strikes targeting more than 75 Islamic State camps and operatives in central Syria. The US has about 900 troops in Syria
Aleppo
Homs
Damascus
Iraq
Turkey Start of offensive
Turkey
Turkish forces and their proxy factions fire on US-backed Kurdish forces in the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij
Manbij
Iraq
Israel 7-8 Dec 2024
Turkey
Israel Defense Forces hit military targets in the south-west. Troops take control of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights buffer zone
Iraq
Mount Hermon
Lost regime territory
US 8 Dec 2024
HTS*-led opposition
Turkey
US-backed (Kurdish)
Syrian Democratic Forces
Aleppo
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army
US-declared deconfliction zone
Homs
Unidentified opposition
Damascus
Iraq
US forces conduct strikes targeting more than 75 Islamic State camps and operatives in central Syria. The US has about 900 troops in Syria
Turkey Start of offensive
Israel 7-8 Dec 2024
Turkey
Turkey
Manbij
Mount Hermon
Iraq
Iraq
Israel Defense Forces hit military targets in the south-west. Troops take control of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights buffer zone
Turkish forces and their proxy factions fire on US-backed Kurdish forces in the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij
Lost regime territory
HTS*-led opposition
US-backed (Kurdish) Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army
US-declared deconfliction zone
Unidentified opposition
US 8 Dec 2024
Turkey Start of offensive
Israel 7-8 Dec 2024
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Aleppo
Manbij
Homs
Damascus
Mount Hermon
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
US forces conduct strikes targeting more than 75 Islamic State camps and operatives in central Syria. The US has about 900 troops in Syria
Turkish forces and their proxy factions fire on US-backed Kurdish forces in the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij
Israel Defense Forces hit military targets in the south-west. Troops take control of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights buffer zone
Lost regime territory
HTS*-led opposition
US-backed (Kurdish) Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkey-backed Syrian National Army
US-declared deconfliction zone
Unidentified opposition
US 8 Dec 2024
Turkey Start of offensive
Israel 7-8 Dec 2024
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Aleppo
Manbij
Homs
Damascus
Mount Hermon
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
US forces conduct strikes targeting more than 75 Islamic State camps and operatives in central Syria. The US has about 900 troops in Syria
Turkish forces and their proxy factions fire on US-backed Kurdish forces in the Kurdish-controlled city of Manbij
Israel Defense Forces hit military targets in the south-west. Troops take control of the Syrian side of Mount Hermon, in the Golan Heights buffer zone