Thanks for the amplification.
The map was not connected with the article but I thought it helped too.
The map is great.
It really highlights that the remnants of ISIS are surrounded by their most deadly enemies, the Kurds in the West, and the Iraqi Army and PMU in the East.
No openings left to Turkey or Saudi Arabia. No more ability to move along the “ratline” of the river valley with its denser vegetation and population. They are out in the open terrain, where it will be like shooting fish in a barrel, if they sally forth and try to maneuver in any formation bigger than a single Toyota.