April 26, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Raucous CoR session reaffirms Al-Jubouri as Speaker.
CoR approves five technocrat cabinet nominees; opposes two others.
Thousands of Sadrist demonstrators demand technocratic cabinet, more reform.
Military action around Falluja increases noticeably.
Government forces in central Anbar now control most of Dolab.
Peshmerga vs. Shia PMFs contest continues to reverberate in Tuz Khurmatu.
Daesh in Mosul keeps finding bizarre ways to execute people.
30% of the population in Turkish border city being shelled by Daesh has left.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Political developments
The CoR held a fiery session today. The majority voted to restore Speaker Jubouri and his two deputies to office. The sit-in MPs tried to stop the session but failed. The official session was attended by 179 MPs. They voted that the previous rump sessions were not valid, in effect reaffirming that Al-Jubouri’s status as Speaker was unchanged. However, the sit-in MPs did make a lot of noise, and one of them threw a bottle of water at Prime Minister Abadi.
The CoR voted to approve five new technocratic ministers nominated by Abadi (Electricity, Water Resources, Health, Labor, and Higher Education). It did not confirm the nominees for Justice and Education. The voting on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs candidate, Sharif Ali Bin Al-Hussein, was postponed because of the objection of the Kurdish alliance. [Mada] [Mada] [Mada] [Mada] The negotiations over the past few days apparently have not produced prior agreement on the remaining nominees.
Videos of the COR mess [YouTube] [YouTube] [YouTube] [YouTube] [YouTube]
A Turkmen MP says the Turkmen didn’t vote on the new cabinet because there was no Turkmen candidate in it. He also says that the clashes in Tooz and the CoR crisis “didn’t happen by coincidence.” [Sumaria] [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. We thank the gentleman for demonstrating so clearly the attitude that a new cabinet most needs to overcome.
Meanwhile, it was also a dramatic day in the streets, as thousands of Sadrists demonstrated near the Green Zone, demanding a technocrat government and more reforms (photos). [Mada]
The United Nations’ Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kate Gilmore, said both Baghdad and its international supporters were too focused on defeating (Daesh) and had no strategy for mending the country after that. “It is beholden on the international community, which rightly focuses on the military action, to have . . . comparable investment in non-military relief,” Kate Gilmore said after a week-long trip to Iraq.
“The international community must not allow itself to be made complicit with the failed leadership of Iraq,” she said, and urged Iraqi politicians to fight corruption, reform the judiciary and foster reconciliation. “The first thing the politicians of Iraq have (to do is) to set aside their differences and form urgently a coherent, competent government of national unity,” Gilmore said. [Reuters]
The Iraqi government issued a statement condemning Gilmore’s interference in Iraq’s internal issues and asking the UN not to damage national unity in Iraq. The statement also said that Gilmore listened to people who don’t want the political process in Iraq to move ahead. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. This will go down as one of the most ill-timed statements ever made by a UN official in Iraq. With Iraq’s future on the line in today’s session, the lady could only urge that they create a government of national unity. People with more actual knowledge of Iraq would say that the government of national unity it already has is the source of many of its problems, especially its pervasive corruption. Call it the national robbery government. This is the reason for the Prime Minister’s proposal for a non-political cabinet. The lady also wants Iraqi leaders to stop focusing so much on the war against Daesh, ignoring the sacrifices of thousands of Iraqi men and Daesh’s unspeakable crimes against the Iraqi people. And she is, after all, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights!
It is not a hidden fact that the UN has a less than sterling reputation in Iraq. The UN failed Iraqi people when it ignored Saddam’s crimes against hundreds of thousands of Iraqis during the 1980s; it failed them again when its sanctions impoverished almost everyone and killed thousands of Iraqi children while top UN officials made lucrative oil deals with Saddam during the 1990s. It bailed out of Iraq for a while in 2003 after the fatal bombing at its headquarters, though we would certainly give UNAMI some credit for its contributions in recent years. If the UN wants to affect better outcomes in Iraq, however, it needs to make public statements that are more competent.
Security developments
The Combined Joined Task Force reported 18 Coalition airstrikes yesterday. In Anbar, the targets were in or near Hit (2) Baghdadi, Rutba, Falluja (6) and Habbaniya. There were also strikes around Baiji and Kirkuk (2). In Ninewa, the targets were in or near Sinjar, Kasik, and Mosul (2). [CJTF]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
A security source says an IED exploded near a market in Hamamiyat in Taji District, killing two civilians and wounding eight. [Baghdadia]
A local police source says security forces captured 3 men wanted on terrorism charges in Hor Al-Basha in Taji. [Maalomah]
Daesh says its snipers killed 2 Iraqi soldiers near Al-Tha’er village in Tarmiya District. [JustPaste]
Iraqi forces found two weapons and explosives caches in Kishash and Dhabitiya. [MoD Website]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
An MoI source says security forces arrested 4 men claiming to be PMFs who were carrying counterfeit badges at a checkpoint in northeast Baghdad. [Mada]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An Iraqi Federal Police (IFP) unit defused a roadside IED in Zafaraniya. [BOC Facebook Page]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
Daesh says it detonated an IED on an Iraqi army patrol in Alimiya in Arab Jubour, killing one soldier. [JustPaste]
Iraqi forces defused a roadside IED in the Zanbaraniya area in Arab Jubour. [MoD Website]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 8 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
A member of the Anbar PC security command committee in says “tens” of families are trapped at a checkpoint near Ameriyat Al-Falluja and security forces will not allow them to return to their houses in Ramadi because of the IEDs. [Sumaria]
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh is using toy drones (no more than 2 km in range) in its recon operations in the Falluja military sector. He says Iraqi forces have shut down “tens” of these drones. [Mada]
Daesh says eight people were killed, including three children, and thirteen wounded by an Iraqi airstrike on Falluja. [A3maq]
North of Falluja
A tribal PMF commander says the IAA destroyed a Daesh suicide bomber training camp in Mukhtar village north of Falluja, killing “tens” of terrorists. [Maalomah]
A PMF source says PMF fighters stopped a Daesh attack in Saqlawiya, northwest of the city, killing many Daesh members, and destroying 3 vehicle bombs and a tunnel. [Harbi]
Daesh says one of its snipers killed an Iraqi soldier near Albu Shijil, west-northwest of Falluja. [JustPaste]
A local tribal PMF commander says the IAA destroyed a Daesh bridge between Albu Shijil and Falluja, destroying several vehicles and boats and killing several terrorists. He says the bridge was used by Daesh as a supply line. [Maalomah]
A Rapid Intervention unit killed 6 Daesh terrorists, wounded 11 and destroyed an explosive rigging factory, and 2 guest houses in Sijar. [BOC Facebook Page]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi army bulldozer with an IED in the Albu-Aziz area, northeast of Falluja. [JustPaste]
West of Falluja
The Anbar Operations commander says Iraqi and Coalition warplanes targeted Daesh in the Falahat area west of Falluja, destroying 4 tunnels and 4 bulldozers in addition to a mortar unit and a machine gun mounted vehicle. [Mawazin]
Qarma
The commander of Qarma PMF brigade says the IAA bombed a Daesh gathering in Qarma, killing 12 terrorists. The IAA also destroyed several Daesh vehicles and tunnels. He says the IAA intensified its attacks on Daesh in Qarma, preparing for the Iraqi force’s attack. [Maalomah]
He also says Iraqi forces started the military operations to liberate the southern part of Qarma, killing 18 terrorists. [BasNews]
Iraqi army 14th division troops killed 77 terrorists, wounded 49, and destroyed 9 machine gun mounted vehicles at 7 combat positions and defused 69 IEDs in the Albu Shijil/Qarma/Nadhem Al-Taqsim military sector. Coalition warplanes killed 16 terrorists and destroyed 5 combat locations and a mortar unit in the same sector. [BOC Facebook Page]
The West Bagdad Operations commander says Iraqi army 17th division liberated the Rofa area north of Qarma, killing 15 terrorists and destroying 2 vehicles. [Mawazin]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces killed a local Daesh leader called Okab Al-Arsan in Rofa. [Harbi]
South of Falluja
Iraqi army 17th division unit killed a Daesh terrorist in Bustan Al-Tikriti, southwest of Falluja.
An Anbar Operations Command source says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh mortar unit and killed 3 terrorists in the Albu Assi area. [Harbi]
Daesh says it shelled Ameriyat Al-Falluja with mortars, without giving more details. [JustPaste]
Ramadi
The Anbar Operations commander says his troops defused 8 IEDs and cleared 20 houses in Al-Aramel in south Ramadi. [Sumaria]
Anbar Operations Command troops destroyed 16 IEDs in the Ramadi gas factory. [Harbi]
The Anbar Operations commander says 14 Daesh terrorists were killed in a Coalition airstrike on the Albu Ali Al-Jassem area northeast of Ramadi. [BasNews]
Hit/Kubaisa/Baghdadi
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces liberated Dolab and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings. [Maalomah]
The Anbar PC says Iraqi forces liberated Dolab after heavy battles, killing or wounding “tens” of Daesh terrorists. [Mada]
Speaking more cautiously, an Anbar Operations commander said Iraqi forces have liberated 75% of Dolab, including the municipal building, the police station, and the central clinic, killing 87 terrorists, including many foreigners. He says Iraqi forces have surrounded the city from 4 sides and Daesh terrorists are caught in small pockets. [SANA]
The Jazeera Operations commander says Iraqi forces, supported by Coalition warplanes, killed 23 Daesh terrorists in Dolab, and destroyed 3 vehicle bombs, 4 motorcycles, and 311 IEDs in addition to a weapons cache. [Mada]
The Iraqi army 16th division commander says the road between Mhamdy and Hit was cleared of IEDs. The first group of 70 families has returned to their houses in Hit. [MoD Website]
The leader of the Albu Nimr tribe says 750 tribal fighters and 100 vehicles headed out today to hold the ground in Hit. [Mawazin]
DaeshDaily comment. In the darkest days of Daesh’s takeover in Anbar, the Albu Nimr was one tribe that showed the courage to oppose them and take the consequences. They are also a tribe that many US servicemen will remember favorably from the “surge” days. Daesh executed hundreds of their young men in Hit and nearby areas, many of them “fingered” by Daesh supporters in the local population. So the Albu Nimr will have plenty of motivation to hold the government’s gains in Hit and keep Daesh from returning.
However, as with many areas in Iraq, the attitudes of city dwellers and the tribesmen living around the city are to some extent conflicting, and some people still living in Hit are complicit in Daesh’s crimes, creating a more than plausible motive to settle scores after the losses endured by the Albu Nimr. Therefore, the government needs to make sure that no arbitrary retaliation and revenge occur under this assignment.
The Anbar Operations commander says his troops destroyed 8 IEDs and cleared 2 streets in Hit city. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi army bulldozer with a guided missile near Dolab. [A3maq]
The Joint Operations Command says an IAA CH4 drone destroyed a Daesh armored construction shovel in Hit District. [Harbi]
Haditha
Daesh says one of its snipers killed the Sahwa commander of the residential compound of the Ain Al-Asad base. Daesh also says it targeted the compound with 14 locally made rockets. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it attacked Iraqi army and Sahwa positions in the Khasfa area, west of Haditha with several types of weapons and later shelled the area with heavy artillery and mortars. [JustPaste]
Rutba/Western Anbar
The IWMC says Iraqi F16s destroyed a Daesh IED factory in Rutba. [Mawazin]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
The IWMC says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh locations in the orchard area on the east side of Shirqat, killing 10 terrorists and destroying a 57mm cannon. [Mawazin]
An Iraqi army 34th brigade unit destroyed an attacking Daesh construction shovel bomb near Shirqat. [MoD Website]
Baiji
The IFP commander says his troops shelled Daesh locations in Makhoul Mountains, killing 2 terrorists. [Harbi]
Daesh publishes photos of battles west of Baiji. [JustPaste]
A PMF source says Badr fighters captured a Daesh terrorist as he was trying to sneak into their positions in Himrin Mountains. [Harbi]
Samarra
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a PMF SUV in the Jalam area, north of Samarra, killing 4 fighters. Daesh also says it detonated another IED on an Iraqi army Humvee in the same area, damaging the vehicle and killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [JustPaste]
Here Daesh says at least six PMFs were killed by the 2 attacks. [A3maq]
Tooz
A Badr commander warns that Daesh has sleeper cells and incubators in areas near Tooz, and they might infiltrate the District, taking advantage of the current crisis between the Peshmerga and the Shia PMFs. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh is lucky to have the Peshmerga and the PMFs as its enemies. They can always kill each other and forget about Daesh. Many photos are published on the internet showing civilians, including women and children, shot by Peshmerga snipers. Killing civilians is definitely not about self-defense.
A woman was shot and killed by a Peshmerga sniper in Tooz (photo). [Etejah]
A security source says Peshmerga continued its heavy shelling on a Turkmen neighborhood in Tooz after reinforcements arrived from Kirkuk. [Baghdadia]
The Deputy Governor of Salahuddin says Peshmerga snipers were deployed on several buildings in Tooz. He says one of these snipers shot at a police car, killing a policeman and wounding a captain and two other policemen. [Sumaria]
A security source says Peshmerga fighters kidnapped two wounded civilians–an ambulance driver, and a paramedic–at a checkpoint in south Tooz. The Peshmerga also shot at another ambulance and wounded its driver, according to the source. He says the Peshmerga have violated the truce more than once. [Maalomah]
Video shows Kurdish offices burned out by Shia militiamen. [YouTube]
DIYALA
Baquba
A security source says a suicide terrorist detonated his explosives vest near a commercial area of Baquba, killing one civilian and wounding three. [Maalomah]
Security forces found 2 explosives hideouts in Um Al-Ubaid and Bada’a in Kanaan.
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
The Diyala police chief says a Daesh terrorist who was among those responsible for destroying several electricity towers was arrested in Imam Wees. [Sumaria]
Northern Diyala
Daesh says it destroyed a PMF vehicle in the Albu Slaibi area in Udhaim. [JustPaste]
Dijla Operations Command troops destroyed a Daesh hideout in Udhaim, killing 5 terrorists. [Harbi]
Daesh says it attacked an Iraqi army barracks in Sadiya in Khanaqin with light and mid-sized weapons without giving more details. Daesh also says it targeted the barracks with six 82mm mortar shells. [JustPaste]
An MP from Diyala warns that Daesh sleeper cells are expanding near Sadiya and asks the government for solutions. [Sumaria]
Southern Diyala
Daesh says its terrorists attacked an Iraqi army barracks with light and midsize weapons in the Al-Nida area of Balad Ruz. [JustPaste]
A security source says unknown armed men tried to kidnap an MP’s father from his house in Balad Ruz, but the man shot at them, forcing them to flee. [Sumaria]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
A security source says unknown armed men shot and wounded a policeman in Laylan subdistrict in Daquq. [Sumaria]
Hawija
Daesh says one of its snipers killed a Peshmerga fighter near the Shaheed compound in Riyadh. [JustPaste]
A security source says Daesh terrorists executed a family of four publicly in Hawija because they were threatening to flee the city. [Maalomah]
Southwest
A security force says the IAF bombed Daesh locations in Rashad in Daquq, killing 10 terrorists including Mohammed Al-Jawali, a local commander. [Etejah]
A PMF source says Al-Abbas Combat Division targeted Daesh locations in Bashir with locally made rockets. [Harbi]
NINEWA
Mosul
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh headquarters in Rashidiya subdistrict, killing 20 terrorists and destroying 4 vehicles. [Mada]
A local activist says many Daesh foreign terrorists are fleeing Mosul towards Turkey then to their original countries after the intensive Coalition airstrikes. He also says that a Daesh team of American computer experts fled to Syria. [ARA]
A local source says Daesh terrorists drowned seven civilians by putting them in cages. They were accused of communicating with Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga. The source says Daesh terrorists videotaped the execution. [Sumaria]
Nineveh Plain
The Ninewa Operations Command says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh vehicle in Bartella, killing the Daesh rockets official in Ninewa, Abu Khalis, and destroying 2 rockets and a rocket launcher. [AIN]
Makhmur/Qayara
The Coalition bombed Daesh in Al-Nassr village, killing 10 terrorists and wounding “tens”. Coalition warplanes also killed 4 Daesh terrorists and destroyed a mortar unit and a vehicle in Khara’eb Jabur village. [MoD Website]
An informed force says the Iraqi army 15th division artillery shelled Daesh locations in Al-Nassr village, killing 3 terrorists. [Mada]
An informed source says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh gathering in Salahiya village in Qayara, killing 6 terrorists and wounding 6. [Mada]
A Ninewa police source says Daesh executed three young men from Hamdan village. He says that the young men were captured in a Daesh ambush while they were trying to escape to Makhmur. [BasNews]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
A PUK official says Peshmerga fighters, supported by Coalition planes, stopped a Daesh attack in Tal Uzayr in Sinjar, killing or wounding 18 terrorists. [PUKMedia]
A Ninewa police source says the Daesh minister of oil, Talib Al-Maytouti, and minister of finance, Saleh Al-Kaabi, were killed by a Coalition airstrike on the Al-Qadisiya area in Tal Afar. [BasNews]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper reports that 30% of the population of the town of Kilis, in which a total of 17 people have been killed and 61 injured by shells fired from Daesh-controlled parts of Syria, has deserted the town and many families have put their homes up for sale. [Cumhuriyet]
DaeshDaily comment. We thank our contact in Turkey for this translated report.
Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs says the United States will deploy a system of satellite-guided rockets on the border near the Syrian city of Manbij in response to Daesh shelling on Turkish lands. [Sumaria]
The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister says military reinforcements will be sent to the Syrian border in addition to recon drones to monitor Daesh activities on the Syrian side. [BasNews]
An Iraqi intelligence source says Daesh is still smuggling oil to Turkey on average of 100-150 fuel tanker trucks per day. [Harbi]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes in Syria, in or near Manbij, and especially Mare’ (6), hitting four separate tactical units and destroying two fighting positions and two vehicles. Strike assessments are based on initial reports. All aircraft returned to base safely. [CJTF]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Local sources say Daesh restored the internet service in Jarabulus and Manbij after installing spying and monitoring systems. Daesh had cut off the internet in early February. [Hawar]
A local activist said Daesh terrorists whiplashed a woman publicly in Manbij because she refused to marry her daughter to a Daesh terrorist. [ARA]
Kurdish military sources say Nusra and other Islamic groups attacked YPG positions south of Azaz, and heavy clashes are still going on. [BasNews]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Turkish security sources say Turkish drones destroyed 2 Daesh rocket launchers, 12 and 26 km south of Kilis on the Syria side of the border, killing 11 Daesh terrorists. The sources also say Turkish artillery destroyed a Daesh 3-story building. [Anadolu]
An opposition group commander says Turkey-backed opposition groups continued their attacks to regain Al-Ra’i city and exchanged heavy shelling with Daesh. He also says Daesh deployed hundreds of its terrorists to attack Mare’. Turkish artillery kept on shelling Daesh locations in several areas in Aleppo governorate. [ARA]
Two civilians were severely wounded by opposition armed groups shelling on Sheikh Maqsoud. [Hawar]
A video taken by a Coalition drone shows 2 Daesh terrorists planting an IED near Dudyan village in Aleppo’s northern countryside. [CJTF]
Daesh publishes photos of its anti-aircraft units attacking Coalition warplanes north of Aleppo’s. [JustPaste]
Daesh says Syrian opposition groups, supported by American warplanes and Turkish artillery, failed for the 7th time to capture Kafr Ghan village in Aleppo’s northern countryside. Daesh says a vehicle bomb by one of its Moroccan terrorists killed 10 fighters and wounded “tens”, and destroyed a vehicle. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of the battles near Kafr Ghan, including the vehicle bomb attack. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it destroyed an opposition group’s machine gun-mounted vehicle in Tlail Al-Hisin village, northwest of Soran, in Aleppo’s northern countryside. [A3maq]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Syrian troops supported by militias attacked Daesh near Irk village near Tadmur and in Sukkari and Qasr Al-Halabat southeast of Tadmur. [Qasioun]
A Syrian military source says Syrian warplanes targeted Daesh locations east and north of Tadmur, destroying several vehicles and killing many terrorists. The source also says that military units stopped a Daesh attempt to sneak in into the Sukkari area. [SANA]
The commander of Liwa’ Al-Islam, a Daesh affiliate, was killed with another Daesh leader in an ambush by Nusra near Deir Foul village, north of Homs. [Qasioun] [Dorar]
Daesh publishes photos of its municipal services in Mayadin. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of battles east of Tadmur. [JustPaste]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh targeted residential areas in Joura in Deir Ez-Zor, wounding several civilians, including a lady and a child. Syrian warplanes launched intensive airstrikes on Sinaa and Haweiqa in addition to the artillery shelling on the 2 neighborhoods. Daesh terrorists clashed with Syrian troops near the Deir Ez-Zor military airport. [Qasioun]
A Syrian military source says Syrian warplanes bombed Daesh locations east and south of Deir Ez-Zor airport, killing several terrorists and destroying their vehicles. Syrian and Russian planes are providing humanitarian aid to several areas in Deir Ez-Zor that are trapped by Daesh terrorists. The Syrian Red Crescent distributed the aid to the citizens. [SANA]
Local sources say Daesh arrested 150 people after one of its Tunisian terrorists was stabbed to death in Ashara city in Deir Ez-Zor’s eastern countryside. [Dorar]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” in Bukamal. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of its zakat (tax office) activities in Deir Ez-Zor. [JustPaste]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A local activist says clashes between Daesh and Nusra continued in the western parts of Yarmouk Camp. [ARA]
Local activists say hundreds of Daesh terrorists arrived in Suwayda with displaced families after paying bribes to Syrian officials. They say Suwayda’ checkpoints are controlled by Syrian military intelligence and no one can enter without their approval. [IslamMemo]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Security Forces captured 40 suspects and destroyed 3 motorcycles, 12 vehicles, and 20 hideouts in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
Security forces killed an Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis leader at a farm in south Rafah. He was responsible for several attacks on military locations. [VetoGate]
Daesh says its terrorists attacked an Egyptian army patrol near Rafah port, killing or wounding some soldiers. [JustPaste]
Egyptian security commanders refuted Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis claims about attacking border guards near the sea in north Sinai. [VetoGate]
Libya
Northeast
The Libyan Red Crescent found the bodies of two civilians executed by Daesh in Derna last year. [Wasat]
Photos of a Daesh explosives workshop found in Derna [Ana Al-Muslim]
A video of a man severly wounded by an IED planted by Daesh in his house [YouTube]
Central coast
Local sources say Daesh used its radio station in addition to loudspeakers calling on citizens on Sirte to prepare them for an anticipated Libyan Army attack on the city. [Wasat]
Northwest
Abu Hamza Al-Senegali, the Daesh security officer of Sirte, says Daesh terrorists are ready to implement terrorist attacks in Misrata, Tripoli, and other cities. He also told the citizens of Sirte not to leave the city, threatening severe punishments. [Libya24]
The bodies of two African men, most likely Daesh members, were found shot southeast of Sirte. It is unclear whether the men were killed by Daesh or by people from Sirte. [Libya24]
More than 30 Libyan military and security commanders held a meeting in Ras Lanuf to discuss the military preparations for the Sirte liberation battles. [Libya24]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
An Iraqi news page
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/JfrAlfredo
https://twitter.com/mustafa_9987_11
https://twitter.com/AbogaderAder
https://twitter.com/fhhyfgujtth_172
Other Daesh media
Daesh audio newsletter for today in Arabic and Turkish [JustPaste]
A reissue of a Daesh publication of its activities in Salahuddin [AKI]
The new issue of Daesh’s Al-Naba’ magazine [JustPaste]
The 9th issue of Daesh’s Dar Al-Islam magazine [JustPaste]
A Daesh video with instructions about making bombs [AKI]
