Al Bab: la Battaglia delle Cinque Armate

1) e 2) In verde sono indicate le armate della Turchia e degli islamisti del Fronte Al-Nusra (attualmente chiamato Fateh Al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham, Faylaq al-Sham ).
3) In giallo sono indicate le armate dei Curdi
4) In rosso sono indicate le armate dell'esercito del governo della Siria
5) In grigio scuro sono indicate le armate dell'Isis

Map of the wider Turkish-led operations and the wider campaigns in northern Aleppo   Syrian Armed Forces & allied groups   Syrian Democratic Forces   Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant   FSA groups and Turkish troops in Northern Syria
Date 6 November 2016 – 23 February 2017 (3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Al-Bab District, Aleppo Governorate, Syria Status Turkish Army and rebel victory Turkish Armed Forces and allied Syrian rebels capture the city of al-Bab, the towns of Bizaah and Qabasin, and 37 villages from ISIL 4 villages from SDF[9][10][11][12][13][14][15] The SDF captures 17 villages, including Arima from ISIL[16][17][18][19] The Syrian Army captures the towns of Arran, Rasm Harmil, 50 villages and several hills from ISIL and sets fire control over Dayr Hafir.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
Belligerents
Turkey  Free Syrian Army Support:  Russia (against ISIL only; since 29 Dec. 2016)[1]  United States(against ISIL only, since 17 Jan. 2017)[2]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Syrian Democratic Forces(until 27 November 2016)  Al-Bab Military Council  Manbij Military Council[3]  Syrian Arab Republic[4]  Syrian Armed Forces Syrian National Resistance[4][5][6] Syrian Resistance[7] Support:  Russia (against ISIL only)[8]
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Zekai Aksakallı[33] (Operations chief commander)  Lt. Gen. İsmail Metin Temel[34][35] (Second Armycommander)  Col. Ahmed Othman[36] (Sultan Murad Division commander)  Fehim İsa (Sultan Murad Division commander)[37]  Mahmoud Abu Hamza[38] (Descendants of Saladin Brigade commander)  Capt. Yussuf Shibli[39] (Qabasin Military Council commander)  Capt. Abdel Salam Abdel Razaq[38](Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement commander)  Capt. Mohammed Abu Mustafa[40] (Sham Legion commander)  Abu Jafer[41](Brigade of Conquest commander)  Zakariya Wali[42] (WIA) (Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade military commander)	Abu Khalid al-Urduni † (ISIL Governor of al-Bab)[43]  Abu Husen Tunisi †[44] (ISIL emir)  Abu Ansari †[45] (ISIL emir)  Jonathan Jeffrey (a.k.a. Abu Ibrahim Al-Francy)  (POW)[46][47] (French ISIL leader in al-Bab)	Adnan Abu Amjad[48] (Manbij Military Council & Northern Sun Battalion commander)  Anwar Khabat[49] (Euphrates Liberation Brigade commander)
Units involved
Turkish Armed Forces  Turkish Land Forces  Turkish Air Force Special Forces  Hawar Kilis Operations Room Liberation Army[50] Free Idlib Army 13th Division Northern Division Sultan Murad Division Sultan Malik-Shah Brigade Suleyman-Shah Brigade Alparslan Special Forces Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade Hamza Division Dhi Qar Brigade Northern Thunder Brigade Samarkand Brigade Mare' Resistance Brigade Special Operations Brigade First Brigade Fifth Brigade Brigade 51 Levant Front (Northern Aleppo Governoratebranch) Liwa Suyuf al-Sham (Azaz branch) Liwa Jund al-Islam[51] Jaysh al-Shamal[52] Sham Legion (Northern Aleppo Governoratebranch) Nour al-Din al-Zenki Movement (Northern Aleppo Governoratebranch) Liwa Ahrar Souriya Suyuf al-Shahba Brigade Al-Moutasem Brigade Fastaqim Union (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) Division 99 Descendants of Saladin Brigade Brigade of Conquest Northern Hawks Brigade 1st Division of Aleppo Al-Safwa Islamic Battalions Akhtarin Military Council Victory Bloc Qabasin Military Council Al-Bab Military Council[53] Other Syrian rebels:  Ahrar al-Sham[54][55] Muntasir Billah Brigade[56] Ahrar al Sharqiyah Jaysh al-Sunna (Northern Aleppo Governorate branch) Victory Brigades Tell Rifaat Military Council[57] Mountain Hawks Brigade 1st Regiment[58] Abna al-Hasaka Union Authenticity and Development Front[59] Qadisiya Brigade[53] Firqat al Amiyn al Uwlaa Hala Al-Habib al-Mustafa Brigade al-Fatah Brigade Northern Storm Brigade Mare' Military Council 10th Brigade Liberation Brigade faction[60]	Military of ISIL ISIL Aleppo branch Sharia police	Syrian Democratic Forces  Army of Revolutionaries Northern Sun Battalion Seljuk Brigade[61] Quwat al-Ashair (tribal forces) Qebasin Martyrs Brigade[61] Al-Bab Revolutionaries Front[61] Kieba Martyrs Brigade[61] Ahrar Arima Brigade[61] Martyr Silo al-Rai Brigade[61] Al-Bab Countryside Martyrs Brigade[61] Euphrates Liberation Brigade[62]  YPG[61]  YPJ[61] Shahba Forces[63]  Syrian Armed Forces  Syrian Army (since 16 Jan. 2017)  Republican Guard[4]  Tiger Forces  Syrian Arab Air Force  Syrian National Resistance[4]  Kafr Saghir Martyrs Brigade[4][64]
Strength
1,300 soldiers,[65][66][67] 40 tanks originally, 10 reinforcements[68] 15+ APCs[69]  2,000–3,000 rebel fighters[70][71]	3,000–5,000 militants[70][72]	Unknown  10,000 soldiers[6]
Casualties and losses
57 killed[73]  428+ killed[74]	1,348+ killed (Turkish and SAA claims)[75]	46 killed[76]  16+ killed[77]
444 civilians killed[78] 30,000+ civilians fled[79]

Situazione della guerra civile nel Sud Sudan

In rosa le zone sotto il controllo del governo del Sud Sudan.
In verde le zone sotto il controllo dell'opposizione.
In blu le zone sotto il controllo del Sudan.

  Under control of the Government of South Sudan

  Under control of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition

  Under control of the Government of Sudan

Mappa degli attacchi dell'Isis nel mondo

Per gli attentati compiuti prima del 2016 si veda la mappa qui sotto

Situazione della guerra civile in Afghanistan a fine febbraio 2017

In rosa la zona sotto controllo del governo afgano col sostegno della Nato.
In bianco la zona ancora sotto controllo dei Talebani, di Al-Qaeda e dell'Unione per la Jihad Islamica
In grigio scuro la zona sotto il controllo dell'Isis, lo Stato Islamico del Levante.

  Under control of the Afghan Government, NATO, and allies

  Under control of the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Islamic Jihad Union

  Under control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant