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Albu Ajil An Najaf Execution Karbala Ad DiwaniyahKut Al Amarah Assessed ISIS HQ Abu Ghraib Assessed ISIS Staging Area June 15: Unidentified gunmen Northern Babil Karbala VBIED (likely ISIS) attacked security Unknown Gunmen (likely ISIS) NajafNajaf IED checkpointsKey and IA headquarters DiwaniyahAn Nasriyah Unknown Gunmen in the areas of Albu Shajal, areas Maysan Airstrikes around the Yabani Bridge, and Border:ISF ControlOn January 9, forces around Saqlawiya, northwest of Samawa from the 29th Mechanized Basra Fallujah. e source added that BrigadeJanuary of the 15: Iraqi Iraqiyya 7th ArmyMP Ayfan Nasiriyah IAISIS forces Control withdrewDelegation fromDelegation DivisionSaadun closed al-Issawi the Trebil was assassinatedborder Saqlawiya. crossingby suicide between bomber Jordan disguised and as a Peshmerga controlAnti-governmentAnti-government protest BasraBasra Iraq,construction citing unspecified worker security near Fallujah. ISF Muthanna Basra concerns. byprotest estimated relative size Areas ISW is watching ISF and Militias ISIS MajorMajor Highway HighwRutbaMajor Highway ContestedMajor Area Cities Unknown Gunmen (likely ISIS) District Council head ISF Recruitment CenterOn JaRutbaJRTNAnti-government District Council head Muthana Changes since last Control Jarwan al-Kubaisi (Uniters) was killed by Suicide Bomber (SVEST) Peshmergaprotest Map gunmen as he left a mosque in central Rutba Major Highway Major Clash on MarchAssessed 11.nuary 9,ISIS the HQ Baghdad Opera- Pro-government by the ISW Iraq Team tions CommandAssessed deployed ISIS Staging a force onArea the by Heather L. Pickerell,by Ahmed Ahmed Ali Ali, and and Heather ISW IraqL. Pickerell Team Abu Kamal, on the Syrian side of theeastern border, edge protesthas of Fallujah.remained under Jabhat al-Nusra’s control despite ISIS’ recent takeover of Qaim in Iraq.Anti-government protest Changes for June 24 update: ISF and possible Iraq Shi’a militias cleared Udhaim in Diyala province. Nukhaib in Anbar province is important given the possibility of an ISIS push towards southern Iraq. Pro-government protest.
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