Russian-backed Separatists Launch Offensive in Ukraine
Jun 5, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists launched a long-anticipated offensive maneuver on June 3 that fully severed a fraying ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
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Iraq Situation Report: June 2 -3, 2015
Jun 3, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS is once again attempting to leverage Iraqi dams to force operational recalculations on the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF).
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.
The ISIS Defense in Iraq and Syria: Countering an Adaptive Enemy
Some have claimed that ISIS is on the defensive inside Iraq and Syria. A defensive strategy, however, is not a sign of organizational weakness, but rather a sign that ISIS intends to preserve its holdings in Iraq and Syria and keep its claim to a caliphate. ISIS’s defensive strategies include expanding elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa, while also maximizing combat power and future opportunities to launch offensives inside Iraq and Syria. Iraq and Syria are the physical foundation for ISIS’s expanding caliphate.
Iraq Situation Report: May 30 - June 1, 2015
Jun 1, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS has launched major attacks against the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in the Thar Thar region, north of Fallujah and southwest of Samarra, in an effort to maintain freedom of maneuver and protect Ramadi’s northern flank.
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.
Ukraine Crisis Update: May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
The continued broadening of attacks on Ukrainian frontline positions in Donbas suggests that the Russian-backed separatists have transitioned to a new phase of offensive operations. Separatists expanded their offensive operations most ostensibly into Ukrainian-held areas south and west of the city of Donetsk.
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.
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.
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.