Iraq Situation Report: August 25 - 27, 2015
August 27, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The ISIS mobile defense of SVBIEDs around Ramadi affirms ISF reports of advances around the city.
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Publications
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists continued to engage Ukrainian forces with indirect fire along the front line in Donbas, as talks resumed on the implementation of the February “Minsk II” ceasefire agreement. Separatist indirect fire killed two Ukrainian troops less than 10 kilometers outside of Mariupol, one week after a separatist artillery barrage killed three civilians in a suburb of the strategic port city.
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists continued to engage Ukrainian forces with indirect fire along the front line in Donbas, as talks resumed on the implementation of the February “Minsk II” ceasefire agreement.
Iraq Situation Report: August 21 - 24, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The government of PM Abadi is using its control over the ISF to protect anti-corruption demonstrators from local authorities south of Baghdad.
Iraq Situation Report: August 21 - 24, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The government of PM Abadi is using its control over the ISF to protect anti-corruption demonstrators from local authorities south of Baghdad.
Iraq Situation Report: August 18-20, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
The five major Kurdish political parties - the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the Gorran (Change) Movement, the Kurdistan Islamic Union, and the Kurdistan Islamic Group - failed to resolve the status of the Iraqi Kurdistan presidency before the expiration of President Massoud Barzani’s term on August 20.
Iraq Situation Report: August 14-17, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
ISIS launched a large complex attack against ISF and Iraqi Shi’a militia positions in Baiji district on August 14, recapturing several parts of the city in an offensive that involved between 7-10 VBIEDs, direct and indirect fire, and up to 200 gunmen.
Iraq Situation Report: August 12-13, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Institute for the Study of War
Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi is pushing ahead with his political reform initiative following the unanimous passing of his reform bill on August 11 by the Council of Representatives (CoR).
Ukraine Crisis Update: August 20, 2015
August 24, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding
Russian-backed separatists launched a rare artillery barrage on the northeastern outskirts of the strategic government-held port city of Mariupol on August 16.