Iraq: Updated Map of ISIS Control (Premium)

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This is our first update to January's map of Al Qaeda control in Iraq. The map has been expanded to show much more detail of the ongoing campaign of control by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), now no longer an Al Qaeda affiliate.

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• Territorial control in Iraq by city, color coded for government, ISIS, or Kurdistan
• Detail of ISIS control and attempted control in small towns, including in the eastern flashpoint province of Diyala
• Inset map with extra detail for Anbar province, where ISIS controls the most populated territory
• Indications of estimated ISIS control/influence in the countryside
• Article summarizing events since January, explaining the information on the map, and providing in-line links to the sources of information

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Mayotte Enters European Union

"Outermost regions" are officially part of the European Union; "overseas countries and territories" are not part of the EU itself, but have special relations with it because of their connections to member countries. New outermost region Mayotte is located in southeastern Africa. Map from Wikimedia Commons © Alexrk2 (CC BY-SA)

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Article by Evan Centanni

EU Expands to Include Mayotte
You probably heard about Croatia joining the European Union last year, but did you know the EU expanded further this year...in Africa? The French overseas department of Mayotte, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean northwest of Madagascar, became officially part of the EU on January 1.