Each faction has two colors, one that represents the territory gained in that particular day, and the other representing territory that faction currently controls. In Syria: Red = Areas controlled by the Syrian government and its allies (Hezbollah, Baath brigades, PFLP-GC, National Defense Force, SSNP, etc) Green = Areas controlled by Syrian rebel groups (Free Syrian Army, Jabhat Al-Nusra, Islamic Front, etc...) Peach = Areas controlled by Syrian Kurdish YPG forces and its allies (Free Syrian Army-banner groups, tribal forces, PKK, etc...) Black = Areas controlled by the Islamic State and its proxies (Liwa Shuhadah Yarmouk, Jaish Al-Jihad, etc...) Blue = Israeli Occupied Golan Heights In Iraq: Purple = Areas controlled by the Iraqi government and its allies (Shiite militias, tribal forces, etc...) Yellow = Areas controlled by the Iraqi Kurdistan forces and its allies (YPG, PKK, etc...) Black = Areas controlled by the Islamic State Golan Heights appears late in the video. It was a mapping error. Basically I had already done 2 years worth of mapping and then realized that I had forgotten to include the Golan Heights occupied by Israel. In reality, the Golan Heights has been occupied since 1967 after the Six-Day War. Music used, all royalty-free, in order: 1 - Against the Odds by Lucas King - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0DH... 2 - If I Lose Myself Tonight by Danny Olson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQHDB... I used a program called Paint.Net to edit the pictures and I used Adobe Premier Pro to compile the video.