July 20, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Red Cross says 1,500,000 Iraqi children are internally displaced and in camps.
Britain is sending 500 more troops to Iraq.
Food, water, living conditions deteriorate in Shirqat.
Daesh foreign fighters reported leaving Hawija, Qayara.
Three French special ops soldiers killed in Libya operation.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed that 1.5 million children in Iraq have been displaced due to the military operations. ICRC, in a press report, says “A total of 1.5 million children in Iraq are displaced internally and are living in camps.” “More than 8,000 children who have fled fighting in Fallujah are thought to be living in a camp in Iraq,” the ICRC added. [IraqiNews]
The British Ministry of Defense says it will raise the number of British troops in Iraqi by 500 soldiers in order to support Iraqi forces in liberating Mosul. That raises the numbers of British troops in Iraq to 1,400. The Ministry also says it will provide the Peshmerga with £1.4 million worth of ammunition. [AIN]
Prime Minister Abadi accepted the resignation of the Minister of Higher Education, Hussein Al-Shahristani, according to a statement from the PM’s office. [Mada]
The Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako says Iraq will certainly be liberated from Daesh, but it is more important to fight terrorist thinking. He says real terrorists are not only those that execute terrorist attacks, but even more so those who theorize, instigate and finance violence. [Sumaria]
The Coalition says it conducted airstrikes 13 on Daesh targets in Iraq (near Sultan Abdullah (3), Mosul (2), Qayara (2), Kasik (1), Tal Afar (1), Ramadi (2), Hit (1), and Baghdadi (1)). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
Center (Rusafa, Karkh, Karrada, etc.)
The Intelligence Service says it found dozens of IEDs in addition to an explosives vest and other weapons and ammunition in a search of different locations in Baghdad city. [Ghad]
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and nine wounded when an IED exploded near a market in Saba Al-Bor. [Mada]
A local police source says the body of a man who was shot was recovered from the Tigris River in Taji. [Maalomah]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a fish farm in Satih village in Mada’in. [Mada]
An MoI source says two people were killed and nine wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Zafaraniya. [Mada]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
An MoI source says one soldier was killed and two others wounded when a sniper shot at an Iraqi Army checkpoint in Latifiya. [Mada]
Iraqi forces found 14 IEDs, in addition to other explosive materials, in Mahmudiya. [BOC Facebook Page]
The IWMC says Iraqi Army 23rd brigade destroyed a Daesh guesthouse and 3 IEDs in Alimiya. [Etejah]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says one person was killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a popular restaurant near Hay Al-Jihad. [Mada]
West (Mansour, Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib)
The IFP Commander says his troops captured 2 Daesh leaders and found secret training locations and a suicide terrorist’s guesthouse in addition to large quantities of explosives in the Zaidan area. [Harbi]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 10 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
Iraqi forces defused 131 IEDs and found a car-rigging factory and 2 explosives storehouses in addition to 37 rockets in the Falluja Military Sector. [BOC Facebook Page]
Ramadi
A security source says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh hideout in the Albu Ubaid area, killing 6 terrorists and wounding 1. [Mada]
The Anbar Operations Commander says Coalition warplanes killed 5 Daesh terrorists who were trying to dig a trench in the Tarabsha area northwest of Ramadi. [Sumaria]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces destroyed 40 IEDs in the Albu Risha area. It also says Iraqi forces found 13 IEDs in a house the Zangoura area. [Etejah]
The IWMC says an Iraqi CH4 drone killed 10 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 1 vehicle in the Qurtan area. [Etejah]
Hit/Haditha
Jazeera Operations Command troops destroyed a Daesh vehicle in Hit District. [Etejah]
The Jazeera Operations Commander says his troops destroyed more than 400 Daesh IEDs in the Dolab area. He says Daesh booby-trapped roads, houses, mosques, and schools. He also says the plan to liberate western Anbar areas is going well and all of these areas will be liberated within the next few days. [BasNews]
Rutba
A tribal PMF commander says the IFP stopped a Daesh attack on its headquarters in Abulah village in Rutba, killing 12 Daesh terrorists and destroying 2 vehicles. [Maalomah]
A PMF commander says his troops and Iraqi Border Guard units stopped a Daesh attack on the Akashat intersection west of Rutba, destroying 3 vehicles and forcing the rest to flee. [Sumaria]
Western Anbar
A tribal PMF commander says large military reinforcements arrived at the Ain Al-Asad base. He says Iraqi forces are preparing for a large military campaign in western Anbar. [Maalomah]
The IWMC says Iraqi F-16s destroyed a Daesh car-rigging factory and a communications center in Ubaidi subdistrict in Al-Qa’im, killing 10 terrorists. [Ghad]
A video of a Coalition airstrike destroying a Daesh vehicle near Waleed on July 8th. [CJTF]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
Displaced people from Shirqat say Daesh is cutting off water and food supplies from people and the food prices are rising exponentially. He says Daesh is also preventing people from leaving by using snipers and IEDs. He says more than thirteen people, including women and children, died within the last 3 days due to the lack of food and water. [Maalomah]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says two children from Shirqat, age 1 and 1 and 1/2 died of thirst while their families were escaping Shirqat toward Baiji. A Shirqat District source says six people have died so far because of the lack of food and medical supplies. [Mada]
An Iraqi Army source says a woman and her three children were killed by a Daesh land mine as they were trying to escape Shirqat. [BasNews]
Salahuddin Operations Command says its troops defused 15 IEDs in the Mujama’at area in Shirqat District. [Mawazin]
A member of the Salahuddin Provincial Council says Daesh is in control of only Shirqat city and 7 surrounding villages. He says Daesh controls only 10% of Salahuddin mostly desert areas. He says Iraqi forces are delaying the liberation of Shirqat because they don’t want to repeat the destruction that occurred in Baiji. [AIN]
Baiji
Salahuddin Operations Command says its troops destroyed a Daesh hideout and 2 vehicles in Ain Al-Baidha, north of Makhoul, killing 10 terrorists. Iraqi forces also destroyed 2 machine gun-mounted vehicles in the Dibis area in Makhoul subdistrict. [Mawazin]
The IWMC says the IAA destroyed 2 Daesh vehicles, killing 6 terrorists near Makhoul. [Etejah]
Daesh says it attacked Iraqi forces in the Makhoul Mountain area and destroyed a military position and an SUV. [A3maq]
Tikrit
A PMF commander says Daesh has returned to the Mtaibija area between Diyala and Salahuddin and is using it as a launch pad for vehicle bombs. He says the area was liberated a year ago, but the plan for holding the ground is weak and Daesh sleeper cells are increasing and thriving. [Sumaria]
Iraqi forces captured 3 men wanted on terrorism charges in Tikrit. [MoD Website]
Daesh says its snipers shot an Iraqi soldier in Allas Oilfield. [JustPaste]
Tooz
A Peshmerga source says the Peshmerga shot down a Daesh drone in the Zarqa area. This is the second drone Daesh has sent to the same area. [Harbi]
DIYALA
An intelligence source says Iraqi forces captured suicide terrorists in Diyala. [Mada]
A security source says they captured 3 Daesh cells in Diyala. [Mada]
Baquba
The Diyala Police Chief says his troops captured 5 men wanted on terrorism charges, in Baquba and Abbara. [Sumaria]
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
A local source says the security found an IED storehouse after a search in the orchards of Mukhaisa village. [Harbi]
The IWMC says Explosive Ordinance Disposal personnel defused an IED that was planted by a popular cafe in Abu Saida subdistrict. [Etejah]
Southern Diyala
The Diyala Police spokesman says his troops captured 7 men wanted on terrorism charges in Khan Bani Saad subdistrict. He says the terrorists participated in several attacks, destroying a Shia mosque, the Personnel Affairs Directorate building, and 4 houses. The terrorists had also killed four civilians from Baghdad and stolen their money. [Mada]
KIRKUK
Hawija
A security source says Daesh appointed a new military commander in Hawija after the previous commander fled to parts unknown. The source says most Daesh foreign terrorists have left the city and the remaining terrorists, local men accustomed to threatening and torturing people, started to beg forgiveness from people, saying that they were forced to commit the acts that they had committed. [Sumaria]
NINEWA
Mosul
The French government spokesman says France and the United States are preparing for a coordinated attack on Mosul. [Baghdadia]
A senior MoD officer says Iraqi planes dropped 3 millions leaflets on the west side of Mosul, asking the citizens to stay away from Daesh headquarters and cooperate with Iraqi troops who come to liberate the city. [BasNews]
A Turkmen MP warns of sectarian violence in Ninewa after the liberation of Mosul. She says people from minorities who were attacked by Daesh Arab supporters might seek revenge. She also says sectarian conflict might start in Tal Afar because of the Daesh crimes against Shia people in that district, because many Daesh senior commanders are from Tal Afar. [Maalomah]
A Ninewa police source says Coalition warplanes destroyed 13 Daesh media centers in different areas in Mosul. Another source says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh hospital in Adhba village, killing ten doctors and nurses, including Syrians and Libyans. [BasNews]
Daesh says Coalition warplanes destroyed 4 of its media points in Mosul city. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Finally, Daesh admits the Coalition bombed the right targets.
A local source says the Suqoor Ninewa Brigade killed several Daesh terrorists and commanders in Mosul using silenced guns.
He also says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh target in Hay Al-Tahrir on the east side of Mosul, killing 14 terrorists. Another Coalition airstrike destroyed a Daesh vehicle, killing a foreign Daesh commander and 3 other Daesh terrorists near Hay Al-Karama. [PUKMedia]
Local sources say Daesh is using an Assyrian Catholic facility in Mosul’s Sha’arin area as a prison and torture house for women who violate Daesh’s orders. [Karemlash]
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes destroyed an important Daesh position in Shura District, the subdistrict just north of Qayara, killing a local commander and 5 of his bodyguards. [PUKMedia]
Makhmur/Qayara
The Chairman of the Security Committee in Ninewa PC refuted media reports about Daesh convoys headed toward Iraqi forces in Qayara Airfield. He says that, to the contrary, Daesh is heading toward Syria. [Maalomah]
The IWMC says Coalition warplanes destroyed 2 Daesh vehicles, killing 7 terrorists, near the Qayara Airfield. It says the terrorists were dressed as Counter Terrorism Service soldiers. [Etejah]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi forces in the residential compound of the Qayara Airfield, killing several soldiers. [A3maq]
Daesh says it damaged an Iraqi Army Humvee and another armored vehicle in battles south of Qayara. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army BMP vehicle in Arkabah south of Qayara. [A3maq]
The MoD says Iraqi forces liberated east and west Awsaja villages on the road between Makhmur and Qayara, killing tens of terrorists. [Baghdadia]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces found a Daesh tunnel in Awsaja village across the river from Qayara and killed numerous terrorists inside the tunnel. Two Iraqi soldiers including an officer were also killed. [Etejah]
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi soldiers in Al-Nassr village. [A3maq]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh storehouse in the Basatin area in Tal Afar, killing or wounding more than 7 terrorists. [PUKMedia]
A Peshmerga spokesman says Kurdish troops stopped a Daesh attack in Sinjar, killing 6 terrorists and wounding others and forcing the rest to flee. [BasNews]
KURDISTAN
Eyewitnesses say Turkish warplanes renewed their anti-PKK bombing on several villages in northern Dahuk. [Maalomah]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Babel
The Babel Police say they found an IED and weapons, explosives, and military equipment in a house in Musayyib. [Mada]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces defused an IED in the Buhairat area in north Babel. [Etejah]
Kerbala
A Kerbala police source says security personnel captured a man from Ramadi wanted on terrorism charges, at a checkpoint in Karbala. [Maalomah]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Le Figaro says around 100 foreign terrorists are still crossing the border from Turkey to Syria every day, according to French Intelligence sources. [Sumaria]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Manbij campaign. MMC fighters liberated Hazawana after days of heavy battles, killing more than 62 Daesh terrorists. [Hawar] [Hawar]
A video of MMC fighters in Hay Al-Hazawana. MMC fighters say in the video that Daesh has booby-trapped everything in the houses in Manbij to stop their advances. Another fighter says that by liberating Hazawana, the MMC is only 500m away from Manbij city center. [Hawar]
The Manbij Military Council issued another statement refuting media reports about the death of civilians in Hay Al-Hazawana. [Hawar]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says six Syrian Democratic Forces fighters were killed in battles in Manbij. [SyriaHR]
The Free Syrian Army issued a statement saying that it condemns the killing of two hundred civilians by an airstrike in Toukhar, holding the international Coalition responsible and demanding an open investigation. It says what happened in Toukhar may be part of a PYD plan to change the demographics in Syria and divide the country. [Qasioun]
The Syrian National Coalition sent a message to the ministers of foreign affairs of the Coalition countries, demanding an immediate suspension of military operations in Syria after the “massacres” in Manbij. [EnabBaladi]
The Coalition says it conducted airstrikes 3 on Daesh targets in Manbij. [InherentResolve]
Elsewhere in northwest Syria. More than 8,300 displaced people, in addition to thousands of children, arrived in Afrin, escaping Daesh controlled areas and other battle areas since July 12th. [Hawar]
DaeshDaily comment. The authorities register only people over 15 years old.
A family of 50 members who escaped from Raqqa says it paid $5,000 dollars to Daesh terrorists to allow them to leave for Afrin. [Hawar]
An opposition commander says opposition groups, supported by Coalition warplanes, captured Dudyan after a heavy attack on Daesh and destroyed a vehicle bomb. He also says heavy battles continue between the opposition and Daesh near Baraghida village near the Turkish border. [ARA]
The opposition says it killed several Daesh terrorists and captured another in the battles near Dudyan. [Qasioun]
Daesh says it killed four opposition fighters in battles near Dudyan village north of Aleppo. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed eight opposition group fighters with an IED while they were trying to advance toward Dudyan. [A3maq]
Opposition groups stopped a Daesh attack east of Azaz and another attack on Tatiya (in Azaz) and Barisha villages (in Idlib) near the Turkish border. [Qasioun]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says fighting continued between Syrian troops and its allied militias against Daesh in the eastern and north hills near Tadmur. [SyriaHR]
Syrian warplanes destroyed 3 Daesh machine gun-mounted vehicles, killing more than 100 terrorists near Al-Fikr village east of Silmiya. [SyriaNow]
Daesh says it stopped a Syrian Army attack near the Tadmur silos, killing or wounding sixteen Syrian soldiers and damaging a tank. [A3maq]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Syrian warplanes destroyed a Daesh ammunition storehouse and several vehicles in the Tubna area in Daraa. [SyriaNow]
Daesh issues a video of battles in East Ghouta in Rif Damashq. [Akhbar Al-Muslimeen]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Egyptian Counter Terrorism troops killed 12 Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists after a raid on a hideout in Tayra village south of Rafah that was preceded by artillery shelling. The troops found a secret explosives storehouse that has 15 tons of TNT and C4. The troops also found another storehouse used by Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis for spare vehicles and motorcycle parts. Security captured 7 terrorists in the area. [ElWatan]
Security sources say Egyptian troops are fighting street battles against Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists near the Sheikh Zuweid Police Station. The sources say 3 terrorists were captured and 20 remain at large. [VetoGate] The troops also killed 5 terrorists and captured a truck. [VetoGate] The terrorists had attacked the police station with a cannon from a nearby building. [VetoGate]
Eyewitnesses say Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis planted 4 IEDs on the International Road in Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
A 57 year old civilian was wounded in the clashes between the security and terrorists near the Sheikh Zuweid hospital. [VetoGate]
A security source says 2 takfiri terrorists shot at a security vehicle in Nakhal city in central Sinai, killing two soldiers. [VetoGate]
Libya
Northeast
The French Minister of Defense says three French soldiers were killed in Libya. French media outlets say two French special forces soldiers were killed when armed groups shot down their helicopter in Benghazi. [ARA]
A source in the French special forces told Agence France Press that the three soldiers were military advisers in a recon mission. Their helicopter was shot down in the Maqroun area, 65 km (40 miles) west of Benghazi. [AfriGate]
French President Francois Hollande says the three soldiers were killed on a “dangerous intelligence mission”. [Wasat]
The Libyan National Army Spokesman says there are no foreign troops fighting with the army on the ground, but he says three French intelligence members who were monitoring the movements of a Boko Haram related group in west Benghazi were killed. He says that a large group from Boko Haram is fighting with the Benghazi Defense Brigade. [AfriGate]
Central coast
A Libyan air force source says Libyan warplanes launched 3 airstrikes on Daesh locations in Sirte city, killing or wounding several terrorists. A military source says the battles continued in south Sirte and government troops are advancing in the Ibn Sina Hospital and the Ouagadougou compound areas. [Wasat]
Tunisia
Security sources say Tunisian Counter Terrorism troops captured more than 10 terrorism suspects in Sidi Bouzid. [Tunisien]
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says security captured a Daesh cell in Sousse, [Wasat]
Morocco
The Morocco Ministry of Interior says it foiled a large Daesh plan to attack several areas in the country, arresting 6 terrorists. [Sumaria]
Other countries
Yemen
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a Yemeni Army gathering in Aden, killing seven soldiers and wounding six. [JustPaste]
A security source says an IED exploded in Hay Al-Mansoura in Aden city, killing four policemen and wounding six. [Tunisien]
Belgium
The Belgian Police arrest 10 Iraqi refugees for suspected links with Daesh, according to the Gazette newspaper. The newspaper says the police released one of the prisoners after concluding his investigation. Another newspaper says 15 refugees from Baghdad and Mosul might have links to Daesh. They say a woman of Moroccan origin provided assistance for members of the “Iraqi cell”. [Ghad]
France
Daesh issues 2 videos threatening France with more attacks. [Akhbar Al-Muslimeen] [Akhbar Al-Muslimeen]
DAESH MEDIA
Daesh publishes a new issue of its Naba’ magazine. In this issue, Daesh talks about its dead leader Omar Al-Shishani. [JustPaste]
Daesh audio newsletter for today [JustPaste]
Daesh issues infographics about the civilian casualties in Manbij. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes an “anti-infidels” book by a dead Saudi cleric. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. This one of the Daesh’s main “religious” themes. It is basically saying that Daesh hasn’t brought anything new; everything we do is based on Wahhabi teachings. The Saudis publish the book on their websites, but unlike Daesh, they omit the mention of the “infidel Turks” in the title.
