Iraq Situation Report: November 3 - 9, 2015
Nov 9, 2015 - Patrick Martin![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/iraq%20SITREP%202015-11-09%20high_0.png?itok=v6cPx8Ke)
ISIS demonstrated resurgent capabilities in nominally secure areas.
ISIS demonstrated resurgent capabilities in nominally secure areas.
The U.S. escalated its role in the anti-ISIS fight by having U.S. special operators participate in a Peshmerga-led raid under “advise and assist” powers near Hawija in southwestern Kirkuk.
The U.S. escalated its role in the anti-ISIS fight by having U.S. special operators participate in a Peshmerga-led raid under “advise and assist” powers near Hawija in southwestern Kirkuk.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Iranian proxy militias have made rapid progress in Baiji.
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Iranian proxy militias have made rapid progress in Baiji.
Two parallel security operations by anti-ISIS forces are underway in Iraq, one in Ramadi that is led by the Iraqi Security Forces with U.S.-led coalition support, and one that is led by Iranian agents in Baiji.
Two parallel security operations by anti-ISIS forces are underway in Iraq, one in Ramadi that is led by the Iraqi Security Forces with U.S.-led coalition support, and one that is led by Iranian agents in Baiji.
ISIS claimed a VBIED attack in a market area in Zubair, south of Basra, as part of its longstanding Wilayat Janub, which previously claimed attacks primarily in areas south of Baghdad, including Jurf al-Sakhar.