| Awdur (Corfforaethol) | European Union Institute for Security Studies |
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| Teitl y Gyfres | Issue Alert |
| Manylion y Gyfres | No.37, July 2015 |
| Dyddiad Cyhoeddi | 23/07/2015 |
| ISSN | 2315-1129 |
| Math o Gynnwys | Journal | Series | Blog |
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Issue Alert by Jan Joel Andersson and Florence Gaub. The summer of 2015 marks the first morbid anniversary of the emergence of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a proto-state entity. Following the group’s proclamation that it had re-established the Muslim caliphate, a US-led alliance was formed to combat the terrorist outfit. Iraq has subsequently seen air strikes, a change of government, and deliveries of weapons to the country’s Kurds. Although ISIL has not been defeated, it has lost 25% of its territory and 20% of its troop strength. Moreover, its advances into Iraqi Kurdistan in particular seem to have been halted – but for how long? |
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| Dolen Ffynhonnell | Link to Main Source https://publications.europa.eu/s/dnCB |
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| Gwledydd / Rhanbarthau | Europe, Middle East |
