Iraq Situation Report: August 26, 2014
August 26, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/2014-08-26%20Situation%20Report.png%20HIGH-01_0.png?itok=xXHiXMIE)
The Iraqi Security Forces supported by volunteers and Iranian-backed militias continue their counteroffensive campaign to relieve ISIS's siege of the isolated Shi ‘a Turkmen town of Amerli.