ISIS Sanctuary Map: August 19, 2016
August 19, 2016 - Caitlin Forrest![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISIS%20Sanctuary%20August%2019%202016_1.png?itok=FJBVcByD)
Since the publication of ISW’s last sanctuary map on July 1, 2016, ISIS militants lost control of the city of Manbij and the town of Al-Rai in Northern Aleppo Province in a series of victories for the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) continued to set conditions for future operations to retake Mosul.