Syria
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.
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.
Turkey Expands Campaign against ISIS and the PKK
Jul 25, 2015 - Chris KozakThe conclusion of an agreement between Turkey and the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition to open Turkish airbases for coalition aircraft conducting sorties against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) marks a major shift in Turkish policy which will provide immediate boost to U.S. efforts to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIS.
Significant Offensives in Syria: June 6 - June 9, 2015
Jul 9, 2015 - Institute for t...Syrian rebel factions launched long-awaited offensives against the isolated provincial capitals of Dera’a and Aleppo Cities, located in southern and northern Syria respectively. The fall of either city to rebel forces including Syrian al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra would overturn the stalemate that has long characterized the Syrian Civil War, opening the door to further offensives against core regime terrain in Damascus and the Syrian Coast.
Control of Terrain in Syria: June 19, 2015
Jun 19, 2015 - Institute for t...Likely Courses of Action in the Syrian Civil War: June - December 2015
Jun 12, 2015 - Chris KozakThe purpose of this intelligence forecast is to outline ISW’s assessment of the courses of action available to Syrian actors and their principal benefactors over the next six months. ISW assesses that the dynamic stalemate that has defined the Syrian civil war since 2013 may be broken in this timeframe.
Likely Courses of Action in the Syrian Civil War: June - December 2015
Jun 12, 2015 - Jennifer CafarellaThe purpose of this intelligence forecast is to outline ISW’s assessment of the courses of action available to Syrian actors and their principal benefactors over the next six months. ISW assesses that the dynamic stalemate that has defined the Syrian civil war since 2013 may be broken in this timeframe.
Syria Situation Report: May 27-June 2, 2015
Jun 2, 2015 - Institute for t...ISIS launched new offensives in northern Syria following its seizure of the strategic city of Palmyra and other key locations in central Syria over recent weeks.
Syria Situation Report: May 21-26, 2015
May 26, 2015 - Institute for t...ISIS seized the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on May 20 and continued to advance westward towards the strategic regime T4 Airbase along the highway to Homs city as well as southwest into the Eastern Qalamoun region along the road to Damascus.