Civil War in Syria

[swl]

[...]

Western (and Russian) countries will for sure push for a post war regime that 80% of the fighters of the ground disapprove. We have many more years of mess in front of us...

[swl]

I am wondering what's the %age of Syrians living in government controlled areas?

[swl]

It looks good in Iraq, I guess Mosul should be taken in the next months... However in Syria the Syrian army seems to weak to take back Raqqa.

[swl]

I guess the big question is, does Turkey continue to advance into ISIS/Kurdish held territory or are were they just grabbing the low hanging fruit in Jarabulus.

It seems that Turkey backed FSA announced their goal to move towards Al-Bab and Manbij. Interesting to note that Turkey was already proposing to create a "buffer zone" in this area 2 or 3 years ago, and didn't receive much support. A lot of time was wasted.
Turkey is also planning to "normalize" its relations with Assad. Maybe this will lead to an agreement not to attack each other if/when the FSA and Assad army meet south of Al Bab.

[swl]

https://twitter.com/LCarabinier/status/900082096609341446

Nice map with evolution over the last 2 years