Somalia Control Map & Timeline: Al Shabaab in Retreat – January 2023 (Subscription) – Final Version
Somalia’s pro-federal alliance has captured several major towns from Al Shabaab, in its biggest gains against the group in almost a decade.
Turkish Involvement
Armenia-Azerbaijan Control Map: Nagorno-Karabakh & Border Clashes – October 2022 (Subscription)
Amid border clashes, Azerbaijan has apparently captured some territory within Armenia proper, while the corridor connecting Armenia to Artsakh-governed Nagorno-Karabakh has been moved to a new location.
Syria Control Map & Report – February 2022 (Subscription)
The so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS/ISIL) has continued a bloody insurgency in Syria’s central desert, while fighting between Kurdish- and Turkish-led forces has carried on sporadically, amid other intermittent conflicts.
Syria Control Map & Report – February 2022 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2021
Revised and refined map of territorial control across Somalia, showing the situation as things stand amid the country’s ongoing federal elections crisis, plus the extent of the recent ASWJ resurgence.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – December 2021 Full Article »
Libya Control Map & Timeline: Lines Frozen by Unity Deal – April 2021 (Subscription)
Libya’s civil war may be over after a peace deal and the formation of a unity government, but the lines of control between former military rivals remain in place for now.
Libya Control Map & Timeline: Lines Frozen by Unity Deal – April 2021 (Subscription) Full Article »
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – February 2021 (Subscription)
Al Shabaab claims villages in disputed Puntland-Somaliland region, former ASWJ militia members seize a onetime stronghold, and our new review of available data brings improvements to the map’s accuracy.
Somalia Control Map & Timeline – February 2021 (Subscription) Full Article »
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Map & Report: Aftermath – January 2021 (Subscription)
In the aftermath of the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal’s implementation, new clashes and disputes have emerged, particularly along Azerbaijan’s hundreds of kilometers of newly-controlled border with Armenia proper.
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Map & Report: Aftermath – January 2021 (Subscription) Full Article »
Nagorno-Karabakh Control Map & Timeline: Artsakh Withdrawals – December 1, 2020
Three weeks after the peace deal that brought an end to the 2020 war between Azerbaijan and the Armenia-backed, self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, the latter side has completed its promised withdrawals.
Nagorno-Karabakh Control Map & Timeline: Artsakh Withdrawals – December 1, 2020 Full Article »
Syria Control Map & Report: Army Takes Last IS Stronghold – November 2020 (Subscription)
While control lines remain stable between government and rebel forces, the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) has lost its last firmly-held desert outpost. Map now shows areas of dispersed IS operational presence.
Nagorno-Karabakh Control Map & Timeline: Peace Deal Reached – November 10, 2020 (Subscription)
A Russia-guaranteed peace deal has brought a sudden end to the six-week war between Azerbaijan and the Armenia-backed, self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. See the current control lines plus a map highlighting what’s changed.