Who controls what territory in Syria?

People try to extinguish fires after an airstrike that targeted Syria's rebel-held northern city of Idlib on 2 December 2024. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Islamist-led rebels seized large swathes of territory in Syria, including Aleppo, in a swift offensive that began last week and reversed years of regime gains in the 13-year conflict.

Here is a look at who controls what territory in Syria, where war broke out in 2011 after the government’s repression of peaceful pro-democracy protests and spiralled into a complex conflict drawing in foreign armies and jihadists.