Control of Terrain Map: February 9, 2016

Kurdish Areas Map Legend Dahuk KDP Peshmerga Control Zone Populated areas under KDP Rabia Peshmerga control Dam PUK Peshmerga Control Zone Qandil Populated areas under PUK Mosul Arbil Gwer Peshmerga control Makhmur regions under Qayarrah Peshmerga control As Populated areas under PKK/YPG control Sharqat Populated areas under KDP Peshmerga/PKK/YPG control Tuz Khurmato Populated areas under ISF control with KDP Peshmerga and Sunni Camp Speicher tribal ghters PUK Peshmerga-held location KDP Peshmerga-held location Qaim Joint ISF-KDP Peshmerga-held location Baghdadi Muqdadiyah Balad Base Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Asad Base Camp Taji Headquarters Site Hit Mixed PUK Peshmerga-Militia Waleed Controlled Location Rutba Taqadum Base Baghdad Mixed KDP Peshmerga/ PKK/YPG- held location Trebil Jurf al-Sakhr Al Al Nukhaib Ad Diwaniyah An Al

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Iraq Map Legend ISF Control Zone ISF and heavy presence of Iraqi Shi’a militias Joint ISF - Sunni Tribal Fighters Control Zone Populated areas under ISF control ISIS Control Zone ISF-held location ISIS-held location ISF-held military base 100km

Content: Patrick Martin, Emily Anagnostos, Rachel Bessette, and ISW Iraq Team ©2016 by the Institute for the Study of War Graphics: Emily Anagnostos Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Sunni Arab tribal ghters backed by Coalition air support recaptured central Ramadi on January 9, the completion of a six-month operation. Iraqi Security Forces entered the city center on December 22, rapidly pushing ISIS eastward as tribal ghters deployed to hold recaptured terrain in the city’s environs. e ISF announced on February 9 that it cleared ISIS from Ramadi’s eastern suburbs and reopened the road between Baghdad and Ramadi, though Inherent Resolve spokesperson Colonel Steve Warren cautioned that the area may remain exposed to attacks and will need to be cleared of IEDs. Anbar Operations Command called for the provincial government to return to Ramadi on January 26, coinciding with the drawdown of the ISF from the Ramadi area. ISW is thus changing downtown Ramadi and its eastern environs from ISIS-held to ISF-held territory.

Peshmerga and Sunni Arab tribal ghters recaptured several villages west of Makhmur district. e U.S.-trained 1st Battalion of the 91st Brigade of the 16th Iraqi Army Division participated in operations with Peshmerga and tribal ghters from the Jubur, Lahib, and Sabawin tribes to recapture villages west of Makhmur. Up to 4,500 ISF members will reportedly deploy to the area, and the ISF are leading the operation. However, multiple reports indicate that Peshmerga and the ISF compose the forces in the area but do not mention tribal ghters, indicating that the role of tribal ghters in the operations may be limited to assist with holding territory after it has already been cleared. ISW is thus changing the area extending west of Makhmur towards Qayyarah to populated areas under ISF control with KDP Peshmerga and Sunni tribal ghters.

Iraqi Security Forces and Popular Mobilization continue to clash with ISIS between Samarra and Lake ar ar despite previous control over the areas west of Samarra. ISIS has repeatedly attacked Popular Mobilization and the ISF west of Samarra, particularly in Khat al-Layn and the Jazeera desert. ISW has changed the area from an ISF and militia control zone to contested territory.