ISILFallenCities 2017 2016 2015 2014 Palmyra taken back f r om ISIL ISIL captu r es Palmyra again Mar '17 Dec '16 Palmyra r eclaimed ISIL captu r es Palmyra Mar '16 Ramadi falls to ISIL Dec '15 May '15 Ramadi r ecaptu r ed Deir Az Zor falls to ISIL Nov '17 July '14 Deir Az Zor liberated f r om ISIL Tikrit r ecaptu r ed f r om ISIL Tikrit falls to ISIL Mar '15 Raqqa falls to ISIL ISIL loses Raqqa Oct '17 ISIL captu r es Mosul July '17 June '14 Mosul liberated f r om ISIL ISIL captu r es Fallujah June '16 Jan '14 Fallujah taken back f r om ISIL