Publications

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. Over the past week ISIS responded to ISF advances west of Ramadi by ambushing and targeting ISF forward positions with SVBIEDs. ISIS also managed to kill the commander of the Iraqi Army (IA) 10th Division and the deputy commander of the Anbar Operations Command on August 27 in an attack on a forward ISF position, which was likely a targeted strike.

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.

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).

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