Who has what in Iraq & Syria
From the NYT series of graphics on the rise and fall of ISIS, a map showing the position October 2015 to October 2017.
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphic...5-2017-460.png
There are other graphics. Link:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...and-back.html?
From the BBC a map showing who has what; from IHS Conflict Monitor:https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/...6x9_map-nc.png
Link (part of a wider article):http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-41679377
Iraq’s security dilemma and the intractable problem of the PMF
A different commentary via Open Democracy, two authors one an academic and the other a US Army officer - both @ Queens University Belfast.
Link:https://www.opendemocracy.net/north-africa-west-asia/beverley-milton-edwards-alexander-brammer/iraq-security-mosul-coalition-US-PMF?
Militant Convoy That Left Raqqa Contradicts America’s New Counter-IS Strategy
Militant Convoy That Left Raqqa Contradicts America’s New Counter-IS Strategy
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