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Iraq Euphrates River Valley Activity: December 22, 2015 - March 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/PDF%20Euphrates%20River%20Valley%20Map%20v2%20high-01_4.png?itok=pSwkn1X5)
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched operations to retake Ramadi from ISIS on December 22 and established control of the city on February 9. The ISF will need to target remaining ISIS safe havens in the Euphrates River Valley, including Hit and Fallujah, in order to consolidate these gains.
ISIS's Regional Campaign: February 2016
Feb 29, 2016 - Harleen Gambhir![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/February_NearAbroad_FINAL-01_7.png?itok=OgkeOXHa)
ISIS continued to develop its regional presence despite setbacks in Iraq and Syria in February. The organization launched spectacular attacks to weaken security in Iraq and Syria as it faces territorial losses, declining revenue, and decreased foreign fighter inflows in both countries.
ISIS's Regional Campaign: February 2016
Feb 29, 2016 - Harleen Gambhir
Iraq Situation Report: February 23 - 29, 2016
Feb 29, 2016 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/iraq%20SITREP%202016-02-29%20high_1.png?itok=AQT11GF5)
ISIS conducted a large-scale campaign against civilian and military targets across Iraq between February 25 and February 29.
Russian Airstrikes in Syria from February 17 - 28, 2016: Pre and Post Cessation of Hostilities
Feb 29, 2016 - Genevieve Casagrande![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/29%20FEB%20Combo%20Map%202-01_1.png?itok=cjeQ2MS1)
Russia has continued its air campaign in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, despite the ongoing cessation of hostilities agreement that began on February 27. Russian airstrikes concentrated in opposition-held areas of northwestern Syria on February 28, following a lull in Russian airstrikes on February 27.
Why the Most Dangerous Group in Syria Isn’t ISIS
Feb 26, 2016 - Jennifer Cafarella![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/CNN%20Op-Ed%20by%20Jennifer%20Cafarella%20--%20February%2026%202016%20page%201_1.png?itok=6DZwd8t9)
(CNN) Hardly a day goes by without news of the progress being made in the war on ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In recent months, American-backed forces have secured much of the Syrian-Turkish border, recaptured Ramadi, and stemmed the flow of fighters and supplies to the terror group's capital cities of Raqqa and Mosul.
Syria 90-Day Forecast: The Assad Regime and Allies in Northern Syria
Feb 24, 2016 - Genevieve Casagrande![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/90%20Day%20Forecast%20FEB%202016-01_3.png?itok=xhM2qPIM)
The expanded interventions of Russia and Iran into the Syrian Civil War have shifted the trajectory of the conflict in favor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, granting him the strongest position on the battlefield as of February 24, 2016.
Syria 90-Day Forecast: The Assad Regime and Allies in Northern Syria
Feb 24, 2016 - Chris Kozak![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/90%20Day%20Forecast%20FEB%202016-01_3_2.png?itok=0u-0-RG0)
The expanded interventions of Russia and Iran into the Syrian Civil War have shifted the trajectory of the conflict in favor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, granting him the strongest position on the battlefield as of February 24, 2016.
Syria 90-Day Forecast: The Assad Regime and Allies in Northern Syria
Feb 24, 2016 - Jennifer Cafarella![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/90%20Day%20Forecast%20FEB%202016-01_3_12.png?itok=MVDynE5L)
The expanded interventions of Russia and Iran into the Syrian Civil War have shifted the trajectory of the conflict in favor of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, granting him the strongest position on the battlefield as of February 24, 2016.