Iraq Control Map & Timeline: Turkey Expands Control in North – August 2020 (Subscription)
For the first time, our Iraq control map illustrates which areas of northern Iraq are controlled by Turkey as part of its campaign to defeat PKK rebels.
For the first time, our Iraq control map illustrates which areas of northern Iraq are controlled by Turkey as part of its campaign to defeat PKK rebels.
Despite few major changes to the lines of control since 2018, the so-called “Islamic State” (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) has reportedly been growing in power again in northern Iraq.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: “Islamic State” Holdouts Still Present – January 2020 Full Article »
In recent months, pro-government forces in Iraq have nearly – but not entirely – cleared the country of control by the so-called “Islamic State”. Meanwhile, lines of control between the central government and Kurdistan have remained stable.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline – February 2018 (Subscription) Full Article »
In the aftermath of Kurdistan’s defiant independence referendum, its forces have been pushed back to their pre-2014 territory by an Iraqi government offensive. Meanwhile, IS has lost the last two towns it controlled in the country.
The Iraqi government has retaken the disputed city of Kirkuk from Kurdish forces in retaliation for the controversial Kurdistan independence referendum, while also driving the so-called “Islamic State” out of two northern enclaves.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: Government Takes Kirkuk from Kurdistan – October 2017 Full Article »
Iraqi government forces and allies have completed their recapture of Mosul, Iraq’s third biggest city and the largest urban center ever controlled by the so-called “Islamic State”.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: “Islamic State” Loses Mosul – July 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
As government forces have battled their way into Mosul, the largest city held by the so-called “Islamic State”, pro-government militias have pushed their way west all the way to the Syrian border.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline – June 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
Iraqi government forces and allies have secured control of Mosul’s eastern half from the so-called “Islamic State”, while opposing forces struggle for dominance over transportation routes to and from the city.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline – March 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
The Iraqi government and allies have made major progress in the battle to capture Mosul from the so-called “Islamic State”, as well as gains outside the city and in western Anbar province.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: The Battle for Mosul – January 2017 (Subscription) Full Article »
The battle for control of Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city, has begun, with a massive government campaign now underway to recapture it from the so-called “Islamic State”.
Iraq Control Map & Timeline: The Siege of Mosul – November 2016 (Subscription) Full Article »