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Grand Strategy of ISIS

Grand Strategy of ISIS

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Dec 1, 2020

Prisoner Releases will Empower Extremist Insurgencies

Analysis

Oct 14, 2020

ISIS Poised to Exploit Mass Releases of Displaced Persons from Syrian Camp

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis’s Global Provinces October 2019

Isis’s Global Provinces October 2019

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis Sanctuary Map: October 27, 2019

Isis Sanctuary Map: October 27, 2019

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis Caliphate Structure – October 2019

Isis Caliphate Structure – October 2019

Analysis

Oct 27, 2019

Baghdadi Leaves Behind a Global ISIS Threat

Analysis

Oct 13, 2019

ISIS’s Campaign to Escape Detention and Camps

Static Map

Oct 13, 2019

Isis’s Campaign To Escape Detention and Camps

Isis’s Campaign To Escape Detention and Camps

Analysis

Oct 12, 2019

ISIS Prison Attacks in Iraq 2005, 2012-2013

Analysis

Oct 4, 2019

ISIS’s Campaign to Escape Detention in Iraq and Syria

Static Map

Oct 4, 2019

Isis Prepares For Breakout: October 4, 2019

Isis Prepares For Breakout: October 4, 2019

Analysis

Oct 4, 2019

ISIS Campaign to Escape Detention in Syria and Iraq

Analysis

Jun 26, 2019

ISIS’s Second Comeback: Assessing the Next ISIS Insurgency

Analysis

May 13, 2019

ISIS’s Opportunity in Northern Syria’s Detention Facilities and Camps

Static Map

May 13, 2019

Northeast Syria: May 13, 2019

Northeast Syria: May 13, 2019

Analysis

May 1, 2019

ISIS Reasserts Global Reach for Ramadan 2019

Static Map

Dec 20, 2018

Isis Operating Areas: December 19, 2018

Isis Operating Areas: December 19, 2018

Analysis

Dec 19, 2018

ISIS Threat Update – December 2018

Long Form Report

Dec 20, 2016

The Virtual Caliphate: ISIS’s Information Warfare

Static Map

Jul 13, 2016

ISIS’s Regional Campaign: Ramadan 2016

ISIS’s Regional Campaign: Ramadan 2016

Analysis

Jul 13, 2016

ISIS Regional Campaign: Ramadan 2016

Analysis

Jul 15, 2015

ISIS’s Global Strategy: A Wargame

Analysis

Dec 16, 2014

ISIS’s Global Messaging Strategy Fact Sheet: December 2014

Analysis

Sep 12, 2014

ISIS Control Methods

Long Form Report

Aug 15, 2014

Dabiq: the Strategic Messaging of the Islamic State

Static Map

Aug 8, 2014

Syria Map Overview

Syria Map Overview

Analysis

Aug 8, 2014

ISIS Works to Merge its Northern Front across Iraq and Syria

Long Form Report

Aug 1, 2014

ISIS Governance in Syria

Analysis

Jun 30, 2014

The Islamic State Announces Caliphate

Analysis

Jun 30, 2014

The Islamic State Announces Caliphate

Grand Strategy of ISIS

Static Maps

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis Sanctuary Map: October 27, 2019

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis Caliphate Structure – October 2019

Static Map

Oct 27, 2019

Isis’s Global Provinces October 2019

Static Map

Oct 13, 2019

Isis’s Campaign To Escape Detention and Camps