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terça-feira, 19 de julho de 2016

Islamic State caliphate shrinks a further 12 per cent in 2016

Islamic State performance assessment - January 2015 - July 2016. Credit: IHS

By: Wording OD.

Over the past 18 months, the Islamic State has continued to loose territory at an increasing rate. In 2015, the Islamic State’s caliphate shrunk by 12,800 km2 to 78,000 km2, a net loss of 14 percent. In the first six months of 2016, that territory shrunk again by 12 percent. As of 4 July 2016, the Islamic State controls roughly 68,300 km2 in Iraq and Syria, which is roughly the size of Ireland or the US state of West Virginia.