Iraq Situation Report: November 10 - 19, 2015
November 19, 2015 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Iraq%20SITREP%202015-11-19%20high_1.png?itok=zI7wj5tz)
The combined Kurdish offensive against ISIS in Sinjar is less significant as a tactical gain against ISIS than as a symbolic victory for multiple Kurdish factions that will ultimately compete for dominance.