This map indicates the various groups controlling parts of Syria and Iraq at the time The Cultural Landscape was published. The situation has changed. According to the U.S. State Department briefing of December 21, 2017, in what way had the situation changed at that point?
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The Kurds have established an independent state north and east of Mosul.
Al-Nusra has claimed all the territory formerly controlled by ISIL in northern Syria.
Turkey has annexed portions of Syria, including the city of Aleppo.
ISIL has expanded its reach and now controls the major cities of Hama and Homs.
Coalition forces have reclaimed nearly all the territory ISIL once controlled.