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I've done the depressing task of scrolling through Thomas van Linge's twitter timeline looking for a new version of his map yesterday again. That kid is so brainwashed - he even was in Venezuela recently where he "documented" how the gangs of the Empire's lackeys were "rebelling" by blockading roads and even attacking military installations.

Anyway, his map is still the best I think, but it looks like he has stopped updating it - he announced that he won't do it for Iraq as that is "ISIS-free" now, but it seems the decline of his "rebel" friends in Syria is also nothing he wants to document anymore. Current one is from mid-December.

So I have been looking for a replacement for the front page. This one is interesting for the military installations, but disqualifies by being in Arabic. I think I am aware of most mapmakers on twitter but nothing gives information as precise as that the surroundings of Manbij are in SDF hands while the city is in "FSA" hands (the YPG left to calm Turkey), like Thomas' does.

Still pretty good is the monthly map by Jusoor, just published again (right-click show image for huge version). Although some rather uninteresting info like the percentage of land control is given too much space and that scale seems to be pretty off if I'm not missing something. ;o)

Anyway, what I'm saying is keep your eyes open for potential replacements if you don't already have a good candidate. :o) --CE (talk) 15:56, 4 February 2018 (UTC)

What's visually striking on this one is that it looks like a partitioned country with lots of US control. Not sure it's accurate, was not following bases; some are seen on earlier maps eg here, but as rumored (and actually denied --CENTCOM spokesman told me: “We don’t have bases in Syria.  as per source).

Another quite striking feature may be showing oilfields, with quite big share apparently not in government hands (FWIW/'inrealworld'/etc) --Resup (talk) 16:49, 4 February 2018 (UTC)