ISIS Prison Attacks in Iraq 2005, 2012-2013
October 12, 2019 - ISW Press![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISIS%20Prison%20Attacks%20Iraq%20Graphic.png?itok=q0XaVWka)
This ISW graphic depicts the major attacks on prisons conducted by al Qaeda in Iraq (ISIS's predecessor) in 2005 and in 2012-2013. A resurgent ISIS in 2019 sees breakouts of its detained fighters across Syria and Iraq as key to its future rebuilding.