Iraq Situation Report: November 9-17, 2016
November 17, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
ISIS escalated its execution campaign in and around Mosul while reactivating networks in Anbar.
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Publications
Iraq Situation Report: November 2-8, 2016
November 8, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
ISIS is attacking various locations and forces in Iraq in order to find and exploit a seam that can unravel the anti-ISIS Coalition.
Iraq Situation Report: October 12-17, 2016
October 17, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced the launch of operations to retake Ninewa Province and Mosul from ISIS at dawn on October 17.
Iraq Launches the Campaign for Mosul
October 17, 2016 - Patrick Martin
Iraqi and regional actors are preparing to assist with or spoil the Iraqi Security Forces’ (ISF) operation to retake Mosul and its environs from ISIS. Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi announced the start of operations to retake the city on October 17.
Iraq Situation Report: October 4-11, 2016
October 12, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
Former PM Nouri al-Maliki continues to shape the political landscape in Iraq. Turkish President Recep Erdogan and PM Abadi traded bombastic rhetoric over Turkish force presence northeast of Mosul.
Iraq Situation Report: September 20 - October 3, 2016
October 4, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have finalized conditions to begin the push north towards Mosul and its environs.
Iraq Situation Report: September 7-19, 2016
September 19, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
Security forces are overextended across Iraq due to increased ISIS attacks and provincial security issues.
Iraq Situation Report: August 31-September 6, 2016
September 6, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
Iraqi Kurdish parties fractured over the impending no-confidence vote against Kurdish Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari. Meanwhile, the National Alliance, the pan-Shi’a bloc in the CoR, selected Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leader Ammar al-Hakim as its new chairman on September 5.
Iraq Situation Report: August 23-30, 2016
August 30, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos
The Council of Representatives (CoR) dismissed Sunni Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on August 25, complicating the success of anti-ISIS operations and Sunni reconciliation efforts.
ISW Tracking of Iraq’s 2016 Political Crisis
August 25, 2016 - John Lawrence
Updated on August 25: Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and his entire cabinet are at risk of a no-confidence vote following Parliament’s ouster of Sunni Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi. This page provides a comprehensive collection of ISW reporting and analysis of this political crisis, which ISW has covered since it began.