Iraq Situation Report: April 25-27, 2015
April 27, 2015 - Sinan AdnanPrime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khalid al-Ubaidi have come under increasing pressure over the last three days.
Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi and Defense Minister Khalid al-Ubaidi have come under increasing pressure over the last three days.
In the past few months, Afghanistan has become an attractive arena for the spread of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
As expected, the recent Iraqi-American cooperation that sidelined Iranian-backed Iraqi Shi’a militias has generated a push back from Iranian allies in Iraq.
Russian-backed separatists appear to have abandoned the February 12 ceasefire agreement after redeploying banned heavy weapons to the front line and intensifying their attacks on Ukrainian positions.
ISIS is likely reconstituting itself in some areas where it had been pushed out in late 2014.
Regime Fears Coup from within Alawite Community; Deploys Reinforcements to Support PKK-linked Syrian Kurds in Hasaka
The Iraqi government seems to have successfully responded to an imminent ISIS threat on two important fronts, Ramadi and Baiji, that emerged over the course of last week.
The situation in Anbar has deteriorated over the last two days as ISIS made further gains around the city and launched an assault on the city center.
Russian-backed separatists intensified attacks this week possibly in preparation of launching offensive maneuvers and rupturing the framework of the ceasefire agreement.
Pressure against the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) has escalated in Iraq as Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi visits Washington to request more military and financial aid to curb the advances of anti-government militants.