Yemen Control Map & Report: Height of Southern Separatist Control - Dec. 30, 2025 (Subscription)
For some weeks, Yemen's STC controlled almost all of the former South Yemen, sweeping across the east after years of mostly-unchanged control lines.
June 2025 Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Al Shabaab Resurgence, ISIS Retreat, Jubaland Defiant (Subscription)
Al Shabaab swept back across central Somalia in early 2025, while ISIS retreated amid an offensive by Puntland.
August 2023 Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Peak of Federal Control, SSC-Khatumo Triumph (Subscription)
In 2023 the war against Al Shabaab reached its peak territorial control, while the SSC-Khatumo rebellion emerged victorious against Somaliland.
Shifting frontlines: Visualizing the evolution of the M23’s territorial influence in early 2024
In early 2024, IPIS, ASSODIP, and DIIS published a report on the stakes and motivations of the “March 23 Movement” (M23), a rebellion causing serious insecurity and humanitarian suffering in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The movement took up arms again in 2021, and it rapidly seized vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province in 2022, with military support from the Rwandan army. The IPIS-ASSODIP report included several maps, displaying the areas influenced by M23 up to 2023 […]
DR Congo War: The History of M23 Control (Map)
Exclusive map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's war with M23 rebels in 2012-2013, showing the height of rebel control and shrinking territorial control during their retreat.
Syria: Map of Control After the Fall of Assad - Dec. 14, 2024 (Subscription)
The fall of Assad has left much (not all) of Syria under rebel control, while both Israel and "ISIS" have entered the fray.
Syrian Civil War Reignites: Map of Control Amid Rebel Advance
After four years of frozen conflict in Syria, a surprise rebel offensive brought the government to the brink of collapse in just ten days.
Ukraine: Map of Russian Control in February 2024 (Subscription)
Late 2023 and early 2024 saw small but significant net gains for Russia across various battlefields.
Israel / Palestine: Map of Control Amid Rafah Offensive - June 27, 2024 (Subscription)
Israel has begun a scaled-down version of its long-promised "Rafah offensive", while chaos reigns across the Gaza Strip.
Sudan Control Map & Timeline: RSF Takes Eastern City - Jan. 2024 (Subscription)
In December 2023, the RSF shocked Sudan by capturing the major eastern city of Wad Medani in Gezira state.
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)