ISIS Sanctuary Map: August 8, 2014
Aug 4, 2015 - Institute for t...ISW has updated its ISIS Sanctuary map. This map, covering both Iraq and Syria, shows the extent of ISIS zones of control, attack, and support throughout both countries.
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Iraq
Iraq Situation Report: July 31 - August 3, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The government of Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi is taking active steps toward decentralization by allowing approval of the Provincial Powers Act, also known as Law 21, which transfers powers from the central to the provincial governments.
ISIS Sanctuary Map: July 8, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 - Institute for t...ISW has updated its ISIS Sanctuary map. This map, covering both Iraq and Syria, shows the extent of ISIS zones of control, attack, and support throughout both countries.
Iraq Situation Report: July 28-30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), supported by U.S.-led Coalition airpower, have continued to report advances north and south of Ramadi while simultaneously repelling ISIS’s attacks east of the city.
Iraq Situation Report: July 24 - 27, 2015
Jul 27, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), including the Counter Terrorism Service, U.S.-trained Iraqi Army units, Iraqi Police, Federal Police, supported by Iraqi Air Force and U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes, have advanced east and south of Ramadi amid the high-profile operation that was publicly discussed during Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s visit to Iraq last week.
Iraq Situation Report: July 21 - 23, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The recent deterioration of security in Diyala has generated competing requirements for Iranian proxy forces following the deployment of the Badr Organization and other groups into Anbar, their furthest deployment in Sunni areas of Iraq to date.
Iraq Situation Report: July 18 - 20, 2015
Jul 20, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi government is experiencing competing pressures from dispersed ISIS attacks which have strained the capacity of both the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the “Popular Mobilization.”
Control of Terrain in Iraq: July 20, 2015
Jul 20, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
On July 16, 2015, the Interior Ministry (MoI) confirmed that Iraq closed the Trebil border crossing temporarily, but did not elaborate on when the crossing would be reopened.
The Fall of Ramadi Was Avoidable
Jul 17, 2015 - Kimberly Kagan
The seizure of Ramadi on Sunday leaves President Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State in ruins not only in Iraq but also throughout the Muslim world.
The Terrorist Army Marching on Baghdad
Jul 17, 2015 - Jessica D. Lewis
We're losing Iraq. Mosul, a great city in northern Iraq, now belongs to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The world has changed overnight as a former al Qaeda affiliate wrested a major city from a state by force—and without a fight. Within two days of taking Mosul, ISIS pushed south toward Baghdad, collapsing the Iraqi security forces like dominoes in cities from Mosul to Tikrit.