Iraq Situation Report: August 13, 2014
August 13, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
ISIS and the Peshmerga continue to challenge one another for territorial control along the Kurdish internal boundaries in northern and eastern Iraq.
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Iraq Situation Report: August 12, 2014
August 12, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
Baghdad security has become a heightened concern given the uncertain leadership of the Iraqi Security Forces.
Iraq Situation Report: August 11, 2014
August 11, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
ISF and ISOF were reportedly heavily deployed around the Green Zone and in strategic areas in Baghdad yesterday in what appeared to be a military coup.
Iraq Situation Report: August 10, 2014
August 10, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
The “largest bloc” was not tasked by the Iraqi president to form the government today, missing the deadline that was already extended for three days per a request from the president.
Iraq Situation Report: August 9, 2014
August 9, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
U.S. military engagement against ISIS remains limited.
Iraq Situation Report August 8, 2014
August 8, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
Within the past 24 hours, ISIS seized Mosul Dam.
Iraq Situation Report: August 7, 2014
August 7, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
The status of the Mosul Dam remains unclear as reports conflict regarding who controls it.
Iraq Situation Report: August 6, 2014
August 6, 2014 -
ISIS control of Sinjar has severely escalated the humanitarian crisis in northern Iraq, especially for minority populations like the Yezidis that face brutal persecution if they attempt to subsist under ISIS control.
Iraq Situation Report: August 5, 2014
August 5, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War
The president of Iraqi Kurdistan and the leader of the KDP, Masoud Barzani, issued orders for the Peshmerga to take an offensive role against ISIS.
Iraq Situation Report: August 4, 2014
August 4, 2014 -
ISIS took control of the Sinjar district yesterday, while hundreds of families fled the area to the nearby Sinjar Mountain.