ISIS lost significant control zones near Mosul, Raqqa, and al-Bab since October 17, 2016. Anti-ISIS forces fully encircled Mosul and penetrated the eastern side of the city. Meanwhile in Northern Aleppo, rival Kurdish-led Operation Euphrates Wrath and Turkish-backed Operation Euphrates Shield encroached on ISIS-held terrain near Raqqa and al-Bab, respectively. Operation Euphrates Wrath forces are positioned 30 km north of Raqqa as of December 8, 2016. Operation Euphrates Shield forces remain halted on the outskirts of al-Bab. Arab-Kurdish tensions in northern Syria threaten to compromise both operations. ISIS responded to its loss of terrain and to the potential loss of Mosul and Raqqa by rejuvenating attack zones throughout Iraq, notably in Baghdad, Hilla, and Samarra. On December 8, 2016, ISIS also launched an offensive in Eastern Homs. ISIS also conducted attacks in new locations including Bab al-Hawa, Syria and Darbandikhan, Iraq on December 3, 2016 and December 4, 2016 respectively, demonstrating that ISIS is still expanding its eedom of action in Iraq and Syria. Iraq Syria Jordan Lebanon CONTROL ZONE: An area where ISIS exerts physical/psychological pressure to assure that individuals/groups respond as directed. ATTACK ZONE: An area where ISIS conducts offensive maneuvers. SUPPORT ZONE: An area ee of significant action against ISIS and which permits logistics and administrative support of ISIS’s forces. Control Attack Support Iraqi Kurdistan Change to the Map Baghdad Damascus Aleppo Mosul Deir ez-Zour Sha’er Gas Fields Hawija Qaim Raqqa Basra Karbala Ramadi Fallujah Samarra Tikrit Kirkuk Hama Homs Palmyra Map by Alexandra Gutowski ISIS Sanctuary: December 8, 2016

ISIS Sanctuary: December 8, 2016 · 2016-12-08 · Operation Euphrates Wrath forces are positioned 30 km north of Raqqa as of December 8, 2016. Operation Euphrates Shield forces remain

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Page 1: ISIS Sanctuary: December 8, 2016 · 2016-12-08 · Operation Euphrates Wrath forces are positioned 30 km north of Raqqa as of December 8, 2016. Operation Euphrates Shield forces remain

ISIS lost significant control zones near Mosul, Raqqa, and al-Bab since October 17, 2016. Anti-ISIS forces fully encircled Mosul and penetrated the eastern side of the city. Meanwhile in Northern Aleppo, rival Kurdish-led Operation Euphrates Wrath and Turkish-backed Operation Euphrates Shield encroached on ISIS-held terrain near Raqqa and al-Bab, respectively. Operation Euphrates Wrath forces are positioned 30 km north of Raqqa as of December 8, 2016. Operation Euphrates Shield forces remain halted on the outskirts of al-Bab. Arab-Kurdish tensions in northern Syria threaten to compromise both operations. ISIS responded to its loss of terrain and to the potential loss of Mosul and Raqqa by rejuvenating attack zones throughout Iraq, notably in Baghdad, Hilla, and Samarra. On December 8, 2016, ISIS also launched an offensive in Eastern Homs. ISIS also conducted attacks in new locations including Bab al-Hawa, Syria and Darbandikhan, Iraq on December 3, 2016 and December 4, 2016 respectively, demonstrating that ISIS is still expanding its �eedom of action in Iraq and Syria.

Iraq

Syria

Jordan

Lebanon

CONTROL ZONE: An area where ISIS exerts physical/psychological pressure to assure that individuals/groups respond as directed.

ATTACK ZONE: An area where ISIS conducts offensive maneuvers.

SUPPORT ZONE: An area �ee of significant action against ISIS and which permits logistics and administrative support of ISIS’s forces.

Control

Attack

Support

Iraqi Kurdistan

Change to the Map