America's Way Ahead in Syria
March 14, 2017 - ISW Press
This report is part of the series "U.S. Grand Strategy: Destroying ISIS and al Qaeda."
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A New Strategy Against ISIS and al Qaeda
March 14, 2017 - Kimberly KaganThe U.S. has been relying too heavily on Shiites and Kurds. It needs to cultivate Sunni Arab partners.
ISW Daily Update March 13, 2017
March 13, 2017 - ISW PressThe major events from March 13, 2017 in the theaters and from the trans-national groups that ISW monitors: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, and ISIS.
ISW Daily Update March 10, 2017
March 10, 2017 - ISW PressThe major events from March 10, 2017 in the theaters and from the trans-national groups that ISW monitors: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, and ISIS.
Syria Situation Report: March 2 - 9, 2017
March 9, 2017 - Chris Kozak
The U.S. deployed at least four hundred soldiers from the 75th U.S. Army Ranger Regiment and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to Northern Syria in order to both support the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against ISIS in Ar-Raqqa City and prevent an open confrontation between the SDF and Turkey in Manbij in Eastern Aleppo Province. The latest round of Geneva Talks on the Syrian Civil War concluded without significant progress.
Iraq Control of Terrain Map: March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017 - Patrick Martin
The ISF has continued to make significant progress in operations to recapture terrain from ISIS in Mosul. The ISF cleared the last ISIS-held neighborhood in eastern Mosul on January 24 and launched operations to recapture western Mosul on February 19. As of March 9, the ISF has cleared Mosul International Airport, the Ghazlani Military Base, the Ninewa Government Center, and several neighborhoods in western Mosul.
ISIS Sanctuary Map: March 9, 2017
March 9, 2017 - Alexandra Gutowski
ISIS incurred territorial losses in Iraq and Syria between February 27 and March 9, 2017. Pro-regime forces recaptured Palmyra with the assistance of Iran, Russia, and Lebanese Hezbollah on March 2. Pro-regime forces seized additional villages from ISIS in northeast Aleppo province on March 7 and March 9, recapturing critical infrastructure.
ISW Daily Update March 09, 2017
March 9, 2017 - ISW PressThe major events from March 09, 2017 in the theaters and from the trans-national groups that ISW monitors: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Russia, Ukraine, and ISIS.
The Campaign for Mosul: March 2-8, 2017
March 8, 2017 - Emily Anagnostos
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) recaptured the government complex in central Mosul on March 7. ISIS has increased its use of chemical weapons in its defense.
Iran's Assad Regime
March 8, 2017 - Chris Kozak
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is neither sovereign nor a viable U.S. partner against ISIS and al-Qaeda. Russia and Iran have penetrated the Syrian Arab Army’s command-and-control authorities at all levels and propped up the force by providing the bulk of its offensive combat power. The pro-regime coalition cannot secure all of Syria and primarily serves as a vehicle for Moscow and Tehran’s regional power projection.