ISIS Sanctuary Map: March 3, 2016
March 3, 2016 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISIS%20Sanctuary%2003%20MAR-01_8.png?itok=iuuZuGOz)
Since the publication of ISW’s last ISIS Sanctuary Map on January 16, 2016, ISIS lost a major resource hub in Shaddadi, northeastern Syria and was expelled from its remaining positions in Ramadi, western Iraq. ISIS responded by launching a campaign against Kurdish forces in Tel Abyad, northern Syria, and briefly seizing the city of Khanaser, southeast of Aleppo from Syrian regime forces.