In spark of President Obama ’s decision to authorize line strikes in Iraq , a think army tank has just released an synergistic single-valued function to track the movement of the Sunni jihadist group , the Islamic State ( IS ) — formerly known as ISIS and ISIL — with update on how much territory it keep in line in the fractured country .
According to the New America Foundation ’s International Security Program :
Although the group began taking mastery of cities , towns , military outposts , and crude wells and dams across Iraq earlier this year , the humanistic crisis has exacerbate in recent weeks — even the Kurdish militias who were withstanding offensive by the militant before open up strong dry land . Since the place on the ground is so dynamical and reports are often unclear or even contradictory , this map is meant to be an up - to - date account of which radical controls what dominion . Each point on the mapping is scaled according to the square mileage of the city and a sliding stripe allow you see the progression of ISIS — and the conflict — over meter as they move across the area .
you’re able to use the synergistic version of the map at the website ofNew America ’s International Security Program .
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