Belmont Club has a post on the offensive that the US just had near the Syrian border, and some analysis. They also link to Donald Sensing, who has a lot of stuff on the offensive.
The thing about the post that I liked was that they have a great map of the border area where the offensive took place. It is where the Euphrates crosses from Syria into Iraq, and, contrary to what people might think of this area, contains much arable land and is well populated all the way to the Syrian border. One can see why it's hard to control people crossing the border.
Update: More from Joe Katzman over at Winds. Lots more. More maps too.
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