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Publications
Iraq Situation Report: August 7 - 11, 2015
August 11, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s landmark August 7 sermon has provided PM Abadi with a mandate to embark on administrative, financial, and anti-corruption reforms.
Tracking ISIS Since (Before) the Islamic State
August 7, 2015 - John Lawrence
The ISIS Sanctuary Maps from the last 14 months (and longer) show how ISW has tracked the conflict and become the recognized expert on ISIS's expansion. As we approach the one-year anniversary of U.S. and coalition airstrikes against ISIS, we have collected all our Sanctuary Maps, along with examples of where they have appeared, to help show the role ISW is proud to have played in tracking ISIS. Download the PDF here or view it online on LucidPress.
Iraq Situation Report: August 4 - 6, 2015
August 6, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
Popular demonstrations have continued and have spread in southern and northern Iraq in a development that may eventually threaten PM Abadi’s political standing, the stability of southern Iraq, and challenge the Iraqi government’s ability to dedicate national resources to the anti-ISIS campaign.
Iraq Situation Report: July 31 - August 3, 2015
August 3, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The government of Prime Minister (PM) Haidar al-Abadi is taking active steps toward decentralization by allowing approval of the Provincial Powers Act, also known as Law 21, which transfers powers from the central to the provincial governments.
Iraq Situation Report: July 28-30, 2015
July 30, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), supported by U.S.-led Coalition airpower, have continued to report advances north and south of Ramadi while simultaneously repelling ISIS’s attacks east of the city.
Iraq Situation Report: July 24 - 27, 2015
July 27, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), including the Counter Terrorism Service, U.S.-trained Iraqi Army units, Iraqi Police, Federal Police, supported by Iraqi Air Force and U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes, have advanced east and south of Ramadi amid the high-profile operation that was publicly discussed during Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s visit to Iraq last week.
Iraq Situation Report: July 21 - 23, 2015
July 23, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The recent deterioration of security in Diyala has generated competing requirements for Iranian proxy forces following the deployment of the Badr Organization and other groups into Anbar, their furthest deployment in Sunni areas of Iraq to date.
Iraq Situation Report: July 18 - 20, 2015
July 20, 2015 - Sinan Adnan
The Iraqi government is experiencing competing pressures from dispersed ISIS attacks which have strained the capacity of both the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and the “Popular Mobilization.”
The Fall of Ramadi Was Avoidable
July 17, 2015 - Kimberly Kagan
The seizure of Ramadi on Sunday leaves President Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State in ruins not only in Iraq but also throughout the Muslim world. It means that the Iraqi security forces will almost certainly not be able to recapture Mosul this year and, therefore, that the Islamic State will retain its largest city in Iraq. Worse, it gives the group momentum again in Iraq even as it gains ground in Syria and expands in the Sinai, Yemen, Afghanistan and elsewhere. This defeat was avoidable.