Washington Post – Map Iraq and Syria’s ISIS areas of control

This image is a map visualizing the territorial division of control in Iraq.

Important cities highlighted are Irbil on the right and Mosul on the left. Additionally a textbox has been placed marking Makhmour. With a striped pattern, the left side of the map is identified as an area controlled by the Islamic State. The right side of the map is the Iraqi Kurdish region.

On the inset map on the top right, you can see where this story is taking place. Neighboring countries including Turkey, Iran, Lebanon and Syria are also marked. With a rectangle, the exact location of the bigger map is displayed. In gray, shapes are added over the inset map visualizing ISIS areas of control.

Capitals Damascus and Baghdad are identified on the inset map with a star, and big city Fallujah with a dot. There is a scale bar indicating 200 miles.

Water labels are included for the Mosul Dam, Tigris and Great Zab R. There is also a scale bar indicating 10 miles.

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