IS caliphate shrank by 14 percent in 2015

The so-called Islamic State lost about 14 percent of its territory in 2015, according to UK think tank IHS Jane’s, as coalition airstrikes and ground offensives combined to drive back the militant group

Area controlled by so-called Islamic State (Daesh) as of Dec 14

Areas lost by IS in 2015

Areas gained by IS in 2015

Raqqa

IS HQ

TURKEY

Hasakah

Kobane

Aleppo

Sinjar

Mosul

Irbil

Kirkuk

River

Tigris

SYRIA

River

Euphrates

Homs

Tikrit

Palmyra

LEBANON

IRAQ

Baghdad

Damascus

Ramadi

Rutbah

JORDAN

Golan

Heights

100 km

60 miles

SAUDI ARABIA

Gains and losses shown occurred between Jan 5 and Dec 14

Source: New York Times / IHS Conflict Monitor

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IS caliphate shrank by 14 percent in 2015

The so-called Islamic State lost about 14 percent of its territory in 2015, according to UK think tank IHS Jane’s, as coalition airstrikes and ground offensives combined to drive back the militant group

Area controlled by so-called Islamic State (Daesh)

Lost by IS in 2015

Gained by IS in 2015

TURKEY

Raqqa

IS HQ

Aleppo

Mosul

Irbil

Kirkuk

SYRIA

Sinjar

Homs

Tikrit

Palmyra

LEBANON

Baghdad

IRAQ

Ramadi

Rutbah

100 km

JORDAN

60 miles

Damascus

SAUDI ARABIA

Gains and losses shown occurred between

Jan 5 and Dec 14

Source: New York Times / IHS Conflict Monitor

© GRAPHIC NEWS

IS caliphate shrank by 14% in 2015

The so-called Islamic State lost about 14 percent of its territory in 2015, according to UK think tank IHS Jane’s, as coalition airstrikes and ground offensives combined to drive back the militant group

Area controlled by so-called

Islamic State (Daesh)

Areas lost by IS in 2015

Areas gained by IS in 2015

100 km

TURKEY

Raqqa

IS HQ

Kobane

60 miles

Aleppo

SYRIA

Homs

Palmyra

LEBANON

Damascus

IRAQ

JORDAN

SYRIA

IRAQ

Sinjar

SYRIA

Mosul

Irbil

Kirkuk

River

Tigris

River

Euphrates

Tikrit

IRAQ

Baghdad

Ramadi

100 km

60 miles

Gains and losses shown occurred

between Jan 5 and Dec 14

Source:

New York Times /

IHS Conflict Monitor

© GRAPHIC NEWS