In Iraq, Daesh’s losses include the city of Tikrit, the Beiji refinery complex, and a stretch of the main highway between Raqqa and Mosul, complicating the transfer of goods and fighters between the two cities.
The Daesh's advance into western Syria and the capture of Ramadi’s city center in May came at the expense of losing northern Syria to the Kurds.
Syria’s Kurds are by far the biggest winners in 2015, expanding territory under their control to almost 16,000 square kilometers and establishing control over nearly all of Syria’s traditionally Kurdish areas, according to the report.
Meanwhile, Russia has intensified its bombing campaign against the Daesh militant group.
The Russian bombings are accompanied by a major advance by Syrian government forces, shifting the balance of power in the four-and-a-half year civil war in Syria.