April 27, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Sit-in MPs appeal Monday’s CoR decisions to high court.
US general confirms huge Daesh financial losses from Coalition airstrikes.
Daesh fighters reported leaving Rawa, Anah, Al-Qa’im for Mosul; MoI head says Iraqi forces are heading to those cities next.
Progress reported in defusing Peshmerga vs. Shia PMFs conflict in Tooz.
Iraqi forces in Makhmur area capture one village, surround another.
Coalition conducts 15 airstrikes on Ninewa in one day.
Contingents of US soldiers reportedly deployed to Hasaka, Raqqa governorates.
Kurdish US allies in Syria facing military attacks by Turkey-backed Sunni opposition groups.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
The sit-in MPs submitted an appeal to the Federal Court, objecting the results of Tuesday’s voting. [Mada]
Daesh is struggling to stay financially viable after Coalition airstrikes destroyed up to $800 million of Daesh’s cash reserves, according to Major General Peter Gersten, the U.S. deputy commander for operations and intelligence against Daesh. He said on Tuesday that around 20 airstrikes had been conducted that attacked cash stockpiles specifically, destroying between $500 million to $800 million. In one incident, an estimated $150 million was destroyed by an airstrike on a house in Mosul. [Sumaria]
The Iraqi Government cancelled the license for Al-Jazeera and closed its offices in Baghdad. The reason given was that it violated the government’s instructions regarding coverage of the war. [Arabi21]
DaeshDaily comment. Al-Jazeera is the only media organization, other than Daesh’s own, that has access to Daesh controlled areas, especially Falluja. It has produced many videos from those areas, and it’s fair for the government to ask Al-Jazeera how it could do that. Al-Jazeera’s links to Daesh and the AQI are well known, and its enmity towards the political system in Iraq goes beyond any real journalism boundaries. Iraq apparently sees that Al-Jazeera is an important component of the pro-Daesh parallel media and too often a Daesh mouthpiece, so has decided to do something about it.
The Coalition military forces conducted 23 airstrikes in Iraq, in or near Baghdadi, Hit, and Falluja (3); Baiji (2) and Kirkuk; Sinjar, Tal Afar (3), Kasik, Mosul (5), Qayara (4), and Sultan Abdullah. [CJTF]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
Daesh says it targeted 2 Iraqi Army Humvees with 2 IEDs in Tarmiya District, killing at least eight soldiers. [JustPaste]
Iraqi army 43rd brigade troops defused 11 IEDs in the Mohammed Al-Sakran area.
Iraqi forces found an explosives cache in the Annaz area. [MoD Website]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a popular café in Karaghouliya village in Nahrawan, killing one person and wounding ten. [Mada]
An IFP unit defused an IED in Mashtal. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
A security source says 3 suspects wanted on terrorism charges were captured in Mada’in. [Baghdadia]
An MoI source says an IED exploded in the industrial area in Mada’in, killing two people and wounding four. [Mada]
A local police source says the body of an unknown young man was found shot in Zafaraniya. [Maalomah]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
An MoI source says an Iraqi soldier was killed and another wounded by snipers in Arab Jubour. [Mada]
Iraqi army 17th division troops destroyed a Daesh guesthouse and 4 IEDs in Alimiya in Arab Jubour. [MoD Website]
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a market in Mahmudiya, killing two people and wounding five. [Mada]
Iraqi forces destroyed two Daesh guest houses and defused 2 IEDs in the Akhsaf and Ubaidat areas. [BOC Facebook Page]
An Iraqi army 25th brigade unit defused 2 IEDs in the Kilo 14 area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Daesh publishes photos of its anti-aircraft units in south Baghdad. [JustPaste]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a commercial area in Hay Al-Amel, killing one person and wounding six. [Mada]
West (Mansour, Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a wholesale market in Ameriya, killing one person and wounding seven. [Mada]
A security source says a roadside IED exploded in Iskan, killing one civilian and wounding another. [Sumaria]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 17 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
A local source says unknown armed men killed 9 Daesh hisbah terrorists in Shuhada’ in Falluja. [Sumaria]
Iraqi army 14th division troops killed 19 terrorists and wounded 6, and destroyed a vehicle and a motorcycle in addition to an explosives oil rigging factory, and defused 14 booby-trapped houses and 79 IEDs in the Albu Shijil/Qarma/Nadhem Al-Taqsim military sector.
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi soldiers in Rumaila, northwest of Falluja. [JustPaste]
Qarma. The spokesman of Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) says the liberation of Qarma is very close and Iraqi forces have liberated 1/3 of its areas so far. He says Iraqi forces face difficulties in Qarma because of the nature of the terrain. [AIN]
Coalition warplanes killed 14 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 2 mortar units, 2 hideouts, and a heavy machine gun in Rofa in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
The IWMC says Iraqi army 14th division troops killed several Daesh terrorists in Rofa, including the Daesh media official in the area. [AIN]
Daesh publishes photos of battles near Rofa. [JustPaste]
A Rapid Intervention unit killed 7 terrorists in Subaihat in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces killed 7 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 3 vehicle bombs in the Albu Tayeh area in Qarma. [Mada]
South of Falluja. An Iraqi army 35th brigade unit killed 4 Daesh terrorists in Hitawiyeen, south of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi soldiers in Tuffaha and Ma’amir in Zoba’a. [JustPaste]
An Iraqi army 17th division unit killed a Daesh terrorist in Bustan Al-Tikriti, southwest of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
An Iraqi army 59th brigade unit defused 6 IEDs in Halabsa, southwest of the city. [BOC Facebook Page]
A video of Falluja tribal PMFs training camp [Al-Aan]
Ramadi
The chairman of the Khaldiya subdistrict council says Daesh is still in charge of Jazeera Khaldiya and is using it to launch mortars and rockets on Ramadi and Habbaniya. [BasNews]
The Anbar Operations Commander says his troops killed a Daesh suicide terrorist wearing an explosives vest north of Albu Dhiab. He also says his troops destroyed 10 IEDs in the gas factory, east of Ramadi. [Sumaria]
Hit/Baghdadi/Dolab
An Iraqi army 7th division source says Iraqi forces found a Daesh laptop in Zakhikha with important information on terrorists from the Dolab and Zakhikha areas, including their names, salaries, and operations. [Sumaria]
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh rocketed the residential compound in Baghdadi with 50 Katyushas, killing or wounding several people. [Mada]
The Jazeera Operations Commander says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh ammunition storehouse and a tunnel in the Dolab area, killing 14 terrorists including 3 snipers. [Sumaria]
An Iraqi Army 7th division source says 19 Daesh terrorists were killed in Coalition airstrikes on 3 Daesh gatherings in the Dolab area. [Sumaria]
A Jazeera Operations Command source says Iraqi army 7th division commandos clashed with 5 Daesh terrorists who were hiding in a tunnel in Dolab and killed all of them. [Harbi]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army personnel carrier with a guided missile near Dolab. [A3maq]
The Anbar Operations commander says his troops destroyed 20 IEDs and 20 Katyusha rockets in the Hit traffic directorate. [Sumaria]
Haditha
Daesh says it targeted the residential compound of the Ain Al-Asad base with 3 mortars and 4 artillery shells. Daesh also says it targeted Barwana just north of Haditha with a Grad rocket. [JustPaste]
Rutba/Western Anbar
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh terrorists fled Rawa, Anah and Al-Qa’im toward Mosul after the Iraqi and Coalition heavy airstrikes. [Maalomah]
The Ministry of Interior spokesman says Iraqi forces will move on to liberate Rawa, Anah, Rutba and Al-Qa’im very soon [AIN]
A JOC source says the IFP destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb and IED factory in Rutba, killing 6 terrorists. [Harbi]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in Rutba. [JustPaste]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
A Joint Operations Command (JOC) source says the IAF bombed 2 Daesh leaders near Um Al-Shababit Bridge in Shirqat, including the Daesh emir of mosques, and killed many other terrorists. [Harbi]
Baiji
The PMF Press says PMF fighters stopped a Daesh attack in the Siniya-Haditha road military sector, killing 6 terrorists and destroying 3 vehicles. [Mawazin]
Daesh says it attacked Iraqi forces on the road between Baiji and Haditha and burned down 5 barracks and destroyed 8 vehicles, killing 19 soldiers. Daesh also says it hit an Iraqi helicopter and targeted Iraqi forces in the area with 40 rockets. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Iraqi forces on the Baiji-Haditha road with rockets and mortars. [JustPaste]
PMF commander says Iraqi forces ambushed and killed 7 Daesh terrorists, including a Tunisian, in the Makhoul Mountains area. [Sumaria]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack in the Fatha military sector, killing several Daesh terrorists. 2 Iraqi soldiers were killed and 6 wounded. [Ghad]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says the IAA destroyed a Daesh headquarters in Zuwiya village north of Baiji. The headquarters used to be the house of a traffic police chief and was seized by Daesh. He also says the strike destroyed a vehicle bomb which led to damages in nearby houses and two civilian injuries. [Ghad]
The IWMC says the IAA destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb, killing 2 terrorists northwest of Thirthar. The IAA also destroyed 2 machine gun mounted vehicles, killing 6 terrorists in the same area. [Maalomah]
Daesh says it targeted Abu Jamal village, on the road between Haditha and Baiji, near Thirthar Lake, with 65 120mm mortars, then broke into the village and killed fifteen Iraqi soldiers and destroyed 6 barracks and 7 vehicles. [JustPaste]
Here Daesh says it killed 16 Iraqi soldiers and destroyed 4 Humvees and another vehicle. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of an attack on Iraqi forces in the Baiji-Haditha road area. [JustPaste]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack in the Harariyat area in Baiji district, destroying a machine gun mounted vehicle and killing the terrorists inside. [Harbi]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces killed 7 Daesh terrorists in the Makhoul Mountains area. [Harbi]
Tikrit
A JOC source says IFP troops killed several Daesh terrorists and destroyed a Katyusha rocket launcher in the Ajeel oilfields. [Harbi]
Samarra
A JOC source says Salahuddin Operations Command destroyed 5 IEDs in the Strategic Line area. [Harbi]
A JOC source says the IFP captured a man wanted on terrorism charges in Samarra city. [Harbi]
The IWMC says PMF units found a Daesh guest house and rockets in the Albu Naqib area in Jazeera Samarra. [Mawazin]
Tooz
The Badr commander and the Deputy Chairman of the PMF commission met with the Kirkuk Governor, a PUK senior official, and other Kurdish officials in Tooz. [Sumaria] [Rudaw]
The Tooz Police Chief says the situation in the district is relatively calm now. He also refuted the reports about Turkmen families leaving the area. [Mada]
Peshmerga and PMF commanders agreed on ending the crisis in Tooz and to form a joint security committee in Tooz. The agreement also including the withdrawal of the Peshmerga and the PMFs the district and putting the local police and emergency forces in charge. [PUKMedia] [Sumaria]
A PMF source says Turkmen militiamen kidnapped 4 Peshmerga fighters, including an officer, in response to the kidnapping of 2 Turkmen civilians in a Peshmerga checkpoint in Tooz. [Ghad]
The spokesman of Tooz district management says the AAH shot at a police vehicle in Tooz on Tuesday, but killing an Arab policeman and wounding three others, including a captain. [BasNews]
DIYALA
Baquba
A local police source says 5 mortar shells fell on Khan Bani Saad, southwest of Baquba, wounding one civilian. [Maalomah]
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
Iraqi army 5th division troops captured two men wanted on terrorism charges and found an explosives cache in Muqdadiya district. [MoD Website]
A member of Diyala Provincial Council says security forces implemented a new security program in the northern orchards of Abu Saida to fight Daesh sleeper cells in the area. [Sumaria]
A security source says the manager of Abu Saida subdistrict survived an IED explosion in Shiakhi village, 5 km (3 miles) east of the city. Security forces searched the area and found mortars used a couple of days ago to shell the city and wound four children. [Sumaria]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
A security source says an IED exploded inside a Shia funeral hall in Hay Tis’een in Kirkuk center without causing human casualties. [Mada]
The manager of Taza subdistrict says Daesh launched 10 mortars from Bashir, wounding three civilians. One of the victims is in critical condition. [Sumaria]
NINEWA
Mosul
Local sources from Mosul refuted the reports about Daesh destroying the Al-Sa’a church in Mosul. [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. Since it is almost impossible to film anything from inside Mosul without Daesh approval, we can’t know the truth about the church. Daesh sometimes spreads false reports through different sources in order to refute them later and make its enemies look like liars.
Local sources say Daesh cut off water and electricity on the Mahalbiya subdistrict west of Mosul for the last 4 days as retribution for recent attacks on Daesh in the area. [Maalomah]
A Peshmerga commander says thirteen Shabak people–nine children, two women and two men–escaped a Daesh controlled village in Bashiqa and were secured by the Kurdish forces. [Karemlash]
Nineveh Plain
A JOC source says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh in Bartella, killing 18 terrorists and destroying 5 armored vehicles. [Harbi]
Makhmur/Qayara
Mahana. A Ninewa Operations Command source says Iraqi Army units liberated Mahana village, east of Qayara, after a surprise attack. [Maalomah] Another source also reported that Iraqi forces liberated Mahana. [BasNews] MoD says the village was the center for Daesh elite units. The attack was preceded by airstrikes and heavy shelling. 200 Daesh terrorists were killed, and 4 vehicles bombs, 4 rocket launchers, and 7 mortar units were destroyed. [MoD Website]
According to a PUK official, Iraqi forces surrounded Mahana village in the early morning then broke into the village forcing Daesh fighters to flee. [PUKMedia] He also says Coalition warplanes bombed Mahana and Kafrouk on the road between Makhmur and Qayara. He says Daesh supply lines between Makhmur and Qayara were cut off after the Iraqi Army captured Mahana. [PUKMedia]
Ninewa Operations Command says Iraqi forces killed a Saudi suicide bomber when he attempted to attack them in Mahana village. [Mada] A security source says a Daesh local leader called Mahmoud Al-Afri was killed in Mahana. [Maalomah]
Videos of Iraqi forces in Mahana [Mosuliya] [Hurra]
Haj Ali. A Ninewa Police source says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh in Khara’eb Jabur, killing 5 terrorists. He says the bombing came in parallel with the Iraqi army 15th division advances in Mahana and Haj Ali villages. [BasNews]
The Ninewa Ops commander says Iraqi forces surrounded Haj Ali village after liberating Mahana. He says 30 Daesh terrorists were killed by his division’s shelling on Haj Ali. He also says the Coalition bombed Daesh reinforcements as they were heading to the village. [BasNews]
A PUK official says Daesh launched a Katyusha rocket on Makhmur center without causing casualties. [PUKMedia]
Daesh says it destroyed 2 Iraqi army bulldozers with guided missiles near Kharbardan village. [A3maq] [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of 3 of its suicide terrorists who attacked Iraqi forces in Kharbardan village. [JustPaste]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces killed a Daesh sniper hiding in a water tank in Al-Nassr village. A Coalition warplane also destroyed 2 Daesh houses, a vehicle bomb, and a tunnel in the same village. [Harbi]
Iraqi army artillery shelled Daesh in Al-Nassr village, killing 3 terrorists. [MoD Website]
Daesh issues a video of (most likely old) battles in Makhmur. [AKI]
A Ninewa Operations Command source says Iraqi army 15th division artillery shelled a Daesh gathering in Khabata village in Qayara, killing 35 terrorists. [Mada]
A JOC source says the IAF destroyed a Daesh communications center in Hwaij village in Qayara, killing 5 terrorists. [Harbi]
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh in Khaldiya village in Makhmur and destroyed 4 vehicle bombs. [PUKMedia]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
A JOC source says the IAF destroyed a vehicle rigging factory in Abu Mariya in Tal Afar, killing 9 terrorists. [Harbi]
A Yazidi Peshmerga Commander says the PKK opened 2 schools in Mount Sinjar and forced the Yazidi children to join these schools and learn PKK ideology. He says the PKK is luring these kids by giving them money, mobile phones and weapons, especially Yazidi girls who were not captured by Daesh. [Ghad]
KURDISTAN
A Kurdish MP says the Kurdish CoR alliance will send a list of technocrat candidates to Abadi to choose for his cabinet. She says the alliance has 20% of the cabinet and there are 17 ministries still to be filled. She also says Abadi will submit the names of the remaining candidates on Saturday. Another Kurdish MP says the Minister of Finance, Hoshyar Zebari, is remaining in his position. [SotKurdistan]
DaeshDaily comment. As the purpose is to have a cabinet that is more politically independent, nominations by politicians would seem to be inconsistent with the purpose. The blunt message in this and other Kurdish moves is that they oppose Al-Abadi’s cabinet reform and continue to insist on maintaining their quota and on naming the ministers within that quota, forcing the Prime Minister to work with ministers who are not loyal to him and the government as a whole.
The KRG spokesman says the KRG’s oil production went below 500,000 barrels a day, which increased the budget deficit. [SotKurdistan]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Babel
A JOC source says Iraqi forces found a booby-trapped house and an explosives cache in Falahat village in the Buhairat area, in North Babel. [Harbi]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Turkish media sources say a woman blew herself up in the main mosque in Bursa, killing a second person and wounding ten. [BasNews]
Turkish media sources say the Turkish military has started to establish a Turkey-controlled area on the Syrian side of the border across from Kilis, which has been under frequent Daesh shelling. The area will be 8km long and 16km in depth. [ARA]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
A Syrian Kurdish military source says 150 American soldiers arrived at the Rmeilan base in eastern Hasaka countryside. He says some of the soldiers arrived by helicopters and some came through Iraqi Kurdistan. He also says some of the soldiers went to Ain Eissa in Raqqa’s northern countryside. [BasNews]
A local activist says 474 people arrived from Mosul to a refugee camp near Al-Hawl. Some of them arrived on foot and some by car. [ARA]
Daesh publishes photos of crucifying two men publicly in Raqqa, after accusing them of spying for the Coalition. [JustPaste]
Local sources say Daesh used a new punishment to scare women who don’t follow Daesh’s clothing rules. Daesh terrorists filled an iron cage with human skulls and threw women in it. The first victim was a girl who was captured while cleaning the stairs of the building where she lives. The terrorists kept her in the cage for 5 hours until she lost consciousness. Daesh made its rules in Raqqa even stricter than their previous rules. People are not allowed to leave Raqqa even for severe medical conditions, unless they give up their property as a guarantee. A Saudi terrorist, called Sheikh Dhaigham, became the sharia official of the city, after the old official, Abu Ali Al-Shari’ was killed in a Coalition airstrike a few weeks ago. [Qasioun]
Daesh says it destroyed a YPG shovel and a machine gun-mounted SUV in Abu Khashab village in Hasaka, killing or wounding the fighters inside. Daesh also says it destroyed a machine gun mounted SUV in Abu Fas village in Hasaka. [JustPaste]
The Syria Democratic Forces say Daesh targeted its troops with shells filled with chemical weapons near the Taqa village in Shaddadi countryside, wounding 15 fighters. [BasNews]
Daesh says it rocketed YPG locations near Shaddadi with 25 Katyushas and 4 Grads. [JustPaste]
The YPG says Daesh artillery shelled Qara Quad village in Kobane, the Tishrin Dam, and Sharkarak village east of Ain Eissa on Tuesday. [Hawar]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Daesh says it captured two villages east of Azaz. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of weapons and ammunition it captured near Azaz, some of which were American, [A3maq]
Daesh says it captured Dudyan, Tlail Al-Hisin, and Fayrouziya villages along the Turkish border. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video from the Dudyan village after its capture. [A3maq]
The YPG says it stopped another Turkey-backed opposition groups attack on Tal Maqsoud, killing 2 fighters. Opposition groups also kept on shelling and rocketing the area. [Hawar] [Hawar]
The YPG and Jaish Al-Thuwar (the Army of Revolutionaries, a SDF faction) stopped a force of Turkey-backed opposition groups, including Nusra, Ahrar Al-Sham, and the Kurdish National Council in Syria, that was attacking on Tal Rifaat and Ain Daqna north of Aleppo, killing “tens” of fighters and destroying several military vehicles. [Hawar]
Jaish Al-Thuwar says Al-Qaeda terrorists entered the area from Turkey to support the opposition groups. [Hawar]
However, it was also reported that Jaish Al-Thuwar issued a statement saying that the opposition groups are leaving their positions in north Aleppo to allow Daesh to advance and fight the SDF.[Qasioun]
Daesh captured 6 villages from Syrian opposition groups north of Aleppo. [Qasioun]
The PYD issues a statement asking the United States and Russia, and other peace backers, to intervene and stop the Turkey-backed opposition groups and the “remains of the Kurdish National Council in Syria” from attacking the Syria Democratic Forces in Tal Rifaat and Afrin. The PYD accused Turkey of trying to isolate Afrin from Kobane and create an isolated area in north Syria. [Hawar]
DaeshDaily comment. The Kurdish National Council was established in 2011 in Kurdish Iraq, and is supported by the KDP.
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has completed a visit to the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria as part of a technical rapid assessment mission to take preliminary stock of destruction at the World Heritage site. The experts participating in the mission, who were escorted by UN security forces, identified emergency measures to consolidate and secure the building and the work that will be required to document, evacuate, safeguard and restore whatever is possible. [UN]
Russian warplanes launched 8 airstrikes on residential neighborhoods in Sukhnah, in Homs’ eastern countryside, wounding several civilians. [Qasioun]
Syrian troops, supported by Russian warplanes, tried to capture the 3rd oil station near Tadmur, but Daesh terrorists stopped the attack. [Qasioun]
A Syrian military source says Syrian warplanes destroyed a Daesh convoy east of the 3rd station. [SANA]
Daesh says it stopped a Syrian army attack northeast of Tadmur, killing 20 soldiers and wounding others. [JustPaste]
A YPG source says the YPG retrieved the body of a Russian soldier killed in the battles against Daesh in Tadmur, without giving more details. [Hawar]
Daesh says it captured 3 Syrian Army military positions near the Mohammed Bin Ali Mountain northwest of Tadmur. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it destroyed a Syrian army vehicle with a guided missile near Tadmur airport. [A3maq]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Russian warplanes intensified their airstrikes on Daesh-controlled areas in Deir Ez-Zor, wounding several civilians, including a child. The battles between the Syrian Army and Daesh continued near Sinaa and near Deir Ez-Zor airport. [Qasioun]
Daesh issued orders preventing any vehicle from transporting its terrorists in Raqqa without signed orders. [Qasioun]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh has issued such orders previously to prevent its terrorists from leaving.
An Ahrar Al-Sham leader was killed and 2 of his associates wounded by an IED in Idlib countryside. The AS usually accuses Daesh sleeper cells of such attacks in Idlib and Hama. [Qasioun]
An opposition groups commander says Daesh captured several villages from them. [ARA]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A Syrian military source says Syrian troops destroyed a Daesh machine gun-mounted vehicle in Suwayda’s northeastern countryside. [SANA]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
A security source says 3 policemen were killed and 8 wounded when an IED exploded on a police patrol in Arish. [Sumaria] [Arabi21]
Daesh says it attacked an Egyptian army supply convoy in Tawil village east of Arish and destroyed a vehicle. [JustPaste]
Security forces clashed with Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists in Maidan village west of Arish. The terrorists managed to escape, and a civilian was killed. [ElWatan]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a police personnel carrier in Maidan village, killing six policemen and wounding ten. [JustPaste]
Egyptian Counter Terrorism forces killed 6 Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists in Bir Lahfan village, south of Arish. [ElWatan]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on an Egyptian army personnel carrier between Kharouba and Karm Al-Qawadees, south of Sheikh Zuweid, killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [JustPaste]
Daesh says its terrorists clashed with an Egyptian Army patrol near Joura south of Sheikh Zuweid, killing or wounding some soldiers. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it destroyed an Egyptian Army personnel carrier west of Sheikh Zuweid, killing the soldiers inside. [JustPaste]
A tribal source says masked men blew up the water purification unit in Bir Bada village in Central Sinai. [Welati]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on an Egyptian Border Guard armored vehicle near Karam Abu Salem crossway in Rafah, killing or wounding some of them. [JustPaste]
Egyptian Army helicopters and ground troops launched a campaign in Tayra and Abu Hilo villages south of Rafah, and destroyed an Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis leader’s house and killed a suspect implicated in the Taba and Sharm El-Sheikh attacks, and captured 3 other terrorists. [ElWatan]
Libya
Northeast
A Libyan military commander says Libyan troops, supported by Libyan warplanes, launched several attacks on remaining Daesh fighters in center, west and south Benghazi. He says Libyan troops are advancing slowly in Qawarsha, because of land mines and IEDs. [VetoGate]
Four civilians from one family were wounded when a mortar shell fell on their house in Benghazi. Another shell wounded five civilians, including two women, in Benghazi. A Libyan soldier and two civilians were admitted to the hospital after being shot by Daesh snipers. [Libya24] [AfriGate][Libya24]
Another man was killed by a Daesh leftover IED in the 400 neighborhood in Derna, raising the number of casualties to 28 people in the last 3 days. [Wasat]
Central coast
A Libyan military source says Libyan warplanes bombed Daesh locations at the Sitteen Gate, east of Sirte, destroying 2 vehicles loaded with weapons and killing or wounding several terrorists. [Tunisien]
Security sources in Misrata say 200 vehicles filled with armed men headed from Misrata to the Barak Al-Shati area, to prevent any Libyan military forces from heading south towards Sirte. [Libya24]
DaeshDaily comment. Misrata militias are accused of being major Daesh supporters in Libya.
Eyewitnesses say 30 Daesh military vehicles, carrying terrorists and heavy weapons, headed from Sirte west towards Buerat, close to Misrata’s militia positions in Abu Qareen. [Libya24]
The Libyan Military Command spokesman says the Army is ready for the Sirte battle and they are awaiting orders to start their move towards the city. [Libya24]
Tunisia
Tunisian authorities arrested a cell of 3 Daesh terrorists in Mahdiya. [Tunisien]
Algeria
Algerian authorities sentenced a Daesh member who fought in Syria to 10 years in prison. The terrorist returned to be treated for a wound. [VetoGate]
DaeshDaily comment. We don’t know what specific crimes this terrorist committed, but 10 years seems like a light sentence for someone who joins a mass murder organization like Daesh or Al-Qaeda. How many people would he have had to kill to get a lifetime sentence? Conceding that defendants are sentenced under national legislation, we wonder if the international legal community should consider establishing some international guidelines to deal with this problem.
Other countries
Sweden
The Swedish newspaper Expressen says Iraqi intelligence services have warned Sweden of a Daesh terror plot in Stockholm. Iraqi security officials warned their Swedish counterparts that 7 or 8 terrorists are planning an attack against civilians. The Swedish police said the information “cannot be ignored,” and it is working closely with national and international partners on the issue. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. With Daesh losses, in Iraq a lot of its local and foreign terrorists are leaving, and many are heading to the West. It is important to establish joint intelligence cells with Iraqi security forces to deal with this issue.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz authorities say 508 Kyrgyz, including 121 women, have joined terrorist groups in Syria. [SANA]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
A news page from Misrata
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/Mkgfwiuyttqp876
https://twitter.com/antisalol12
https://twitter.com/Muslimz2aa
https://twitter.com/notlolatall777
Other Daesh media
Daesh audio newsletter for today in Arabic [JustPaste]
