Iraq Situation Report: May 28-29, 2015
May 29, 2015 - Theodore Bell
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the "Popular Mobilization" are on the counter-offensive across Salah ad-Din and Anbar provinces.
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Iraq Situation Report: May 26-27, 2015
May 27, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
On May 26 the Popular Mobilization Commission announced “Operation Labaik ya Hussein” with the stated goal of clearing northern and western Salah ad-Din, southeast of Tikrit, and Ramadi.
Control of Terrain in Iraq: May 25, 2015
May 26, 2015 - John Lawrence
ISIS captured the Waleed border crossing with Syria on May 24, 2015, after Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reportedly withdrew. ISIS captured the Syrian side of the border, Tanf, on May 22, 2015. ISW has also placed a watch on Haditha following a prolonged ISIS attack on the city on May 22 that involved multiple VBIEDs.
Control of Terrain in Iraq: May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS seized the Tanf border crossing between Iraq and Syria, circled in the map above. The status of the Walid border crossing on the Iraq side is still unknown and assessed to be contested.
Iraq Situation Report: May 21-22, 2015
May 22, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS is attacking Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) positions near and far from Ramadi preemptively to compromise potential ISF counter-offensives against ISIS’s positions in Ramadi, still vulnerable while ISIS is consolidating its power there.
Iraq Situation Report: May 19-20, 2015
May 20, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS is consolidating control over Ramadi and launched attacks to the east in an effort to preempt counterattacks by the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and “Popular Mobilization” staging at the Habaniya base.
Control of Terrain in Iraq: May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
Between May 15 and 18 ISIS launched a major attack on al-Ramadi that resulted in the fall of the city from government control.
Iraq Situation Report: May 16-18, 2015
May 18, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
Ramadi, the birthplace of the Sunni tribal Awakening, has fallen out of government control after resisting ISIS for over a year.
ISIS Captures Ramadi
May 18, 2015 - Genevieve Casagrande
ISW has tracked the ISIS assault on Ramadi since January 2014 when they attacked both Ramadi and Fallujah. This presentation shows how ISIS has positioned itself in Anbar Province since that time to the capture of Ramadi this past weekend.
ISIS Captures Ramadi
May 18, 2015 - Patrick Martin
ISW has tracked the ISIS assault on Ramadi since January 2014 when they attacked both Ramadi and Fallujah. This presentation shows how ISIS has positioned itself in Anbar Province since that time to the capture of Ramadi this past weekend.