Posted in Lebanon, Maps on Jun 10th, 2008 Comments Off on Lebanon fault lines
From MESH Admin The clashes in Lebanon last month revealed the underlying fault lines within the country. These two maps, prepared by Lebanon-Support, are useful references to where they run.
Posted in Israel, Lebanon, Maps, United Nations on Apr 19th, 2008 Comments Off on South Lebanon: who reigns?
From MESH Admin Last week, as Israel conducted countrywide civil defense and military exercises, UNIFIL increased its patrols on the Israeli-Lebanese border. The Beirut Daily Star reported: On the Lebanese side, hundreds of UNIFIL and LAF [Lebanese army] patrols—on land and in the air—were met with the complete absence of Hizbullah fighters. But Hizbullah was […]
Posted in Geopolitics, Maps on Mar 9th, 2008 Comments Off on Geography of chaos
From MESH Admin This past November, Le Monde diplomatique published a map (in English) entitled “Geography of Chaos,” illustrating conflicts in the Middle East. The map shows major conflicts; areas of high tension; states or territories at war, in fragmentation, or lacking central authority; arrows indicating the possible spread of chaos; states aligned with the […]
Posted in Geopolitics, Israel, Maps, Palestinians on Mar 4th, 2008 Comments Off on West Bank in maps
From MESH Admin Two recent maps are useful guides to aspects of the present situation in the West Bank. To view each map in full, click on the thumbnail (a pdf file will open).
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Maps, Terrorism, Turkey on Feb 24th, 2008 Comments Off on PKK bases in northern Iraq
From MESH Admin On Thursday evening, Turkish forces entered northern Iraq to do battle with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK. Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari has called the move “a limited military incursion into a remote, isolated and uninhabited region.” According to various sources, there have been clashes in the Qandil mountains along the […]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Maps on Feb 18th, 2008 Comments Off on Pacification of Baghdad
From MESH Admin Here is the latest (January 17) map of trends in ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad, from the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I). The green areas are predominantly Shiite, the blue are mostly or predominantly Sunni, and the brown areas are closely mixed. The yellow-orange-red inflammation indicates “incidents where deaths occurred from any means that […]
Posted in Demography, Iraq, Maps, United Nations on Feb 17th, 2008 Comments Off on Displaced Iraqis
From MESH Admin This new map, prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), illustrates the disposition of Iraqi IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and refugees, as of last September. Click on the map to see it in larger (legible) size.
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