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Publications
Iraq Situation Report: June 20 - 22, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The influence of Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi’a militias is extending beyond Iraq’s security sector and creating political friction.
Iraq Situation Report: June 18 - 19, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS or other anti-government armed groups such as the Ba’athist leaning JRTN may attempt to foment ethnic violence between Arabs and Kurds as well as sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi’a.
Control of Terrain in Syria: June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
Syrian Kurdish YPG forces supported by FSA-affiliated rebels in the Euphrates Volcano Operations Room and U.S.-led coalition airstrikes seized the ISIS border crossing at Tel Abyad in northern ar-Raqqa Province on June 15, 2015. Read both of the latest control of terrain in Syria maps here on the ISW Syria
ISIS Sanctuary: June 19, 2015
June 19, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
ISIS Sanctuary: June 19, 2015
Iraq Situation Report: June 16 - 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Interior Ministry (MoI) reportedly directed Iraqi Air Force (IAF) airstrikes that killed 53 would-be “suicide bombers,” 23 north of Hit and 30 in Fallujah, the latter reportedly staging for Baghdad.
Iraq Situation Report: June 13 - 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
ISIS launched a VBIED wave of at least 13 VBIEDS on Saturday, June 13 north and south of Fallujah, near Haditha, and south of Baiji.
ISIS’s Wilayat Sinai Attacks International Base
June 13, 2015 - Harleen Gambhir
Recent attacks in Egypt on the one-year anniversary of the fall of Mosul indicate that ISIS’s affiliate in the Sinai may seek to target the Western military forces and the Egyptian state over the course of the next six weeks.
Iraq Situation Report: June 11 - 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the “Popular Mobilization” have strengthened their hold on Baiji district but clashes persist in the area amidst talk of upcoming operations against Baiji Refinery.