Military Situation In Syria On December 16, 2019 (Map Update)

A brief overview of  the recent developments in Syria:

• A large U.S. military convoy entered the city of Qamishli;
• Russia is reportedly working to create a new pro-government militia in al-Hasakah;
• A series of firefights between Turkish-led forces and SDF units took place near Seida;
• Shiraaz Mohamed, a South African photojournalist who was abducted by unknown militants in Syria’s Idlib more than three years ago, has reportedly escaped his captors;
• The US-led coalition is reportedly planning to involve Saudi Aramco to expand its oil smuggling buisiness in the Omar oil fields;
• The Syrian Air Force resumed airstrikes on militants’ positions in southern Idlib;
• WikiLeaks released more documents destroying the mainstream Douma attack narrative.