Iraq Situation Report: August 21 - 24, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The government of PM Abadi is using its control over the ISF to protect anti-corruption demonstrators from local authorities south of Baghdad.
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Publications
Iraq Situation Report: August 18-20, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
The five major Kurdish political parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the Gorran (Change) Movement, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group - failed to resolve the status of the Iraqi Kurdistan presidency before the expiration of President Massoud Barzani’s term on August 20.
Iraq Situation Report: August 14-17, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
ISIS launched a large complex attack against ISF and Iraqi Shi’a militia positions in Baiji district on August 14, recapturing several parts of the city in an offensive that involved between 7-10 VBIEDs, direct and indirect fire, and up to 200 gunmen.
Iraq Situation Report: August 12-13, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi is pushing ahead with his political reform initiative following the unanimous passing of his reform bill on August 11 by the Council of Representatives (CoR).
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 20, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists launched a rare artillery barrage on the northeastern outskirts of the strategic government-held port city of Mariupol on August 16.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 12, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
On August 10, Russian-backed separatist forces launched their largest combined arms assault against Ukrainian forces in the past two months.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 5, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine continued to launch indirect fire and probing infantry attacks against Ukrainian forces in a similar pattern to recent weeks as negotiators from Kyiv, Moscow and the separatist “republics” convened in Minsk to discuss the failing February 2015 ‘Minsk II’ ceasefire agreement.
Ukraine Crisis Update: July 29, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists launched a rare artillery barrage on the northeastern outskirts of the strategic government-held port city of Mariupol on August 16.
Iraq Situation Report: August 18 - 20, 2015
August 20, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The five major Kurdish political parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the Gorran (Change) Movement, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group - failed to resolve the status of the Iraqi Kurdistan presidency before the expiration of President Massoud Barzani’s term on August 20.