July 28, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Coalition airstrike in Anah, western Anbar, kills 17 Daesh members.
Ninewa Ops Commander says Daesh is at its weakest point militarily.
Mosul citizens attack Daesh prison and free prisoners; others kidnap 3 Daesh members.
Al-Nusra leader announces split from Al-Qaeda.
Toll from Qamishli attack grows to 62 killed, 176 wounded.
Manbij Military Council forces stop major Daesh attack, gain ground in Manbij.
Daesh massacres Manbij residents who escaped to nearby villages.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Local activists and COR members say the draft of the Freedom of Speech and Demonstration law needs substantial changes. The drafted law faced objections from several societal and legal groups because of its vague nature. [Mada]
The Deputy Chairman of the PMF commission, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, says the PMFs are ready to participate in the liberation battles of Shirqat and Mosul, when Prime Minister Abadi issues his orders. He also says the PMFs will never accept having Ninewa Governorate become a base for “terrorism, Baathists, or Turks.” [Mada]
The Ministry of Displacement and Migration says the foreign donations to Iraq will be used to help the displaced people, but will not include compensation for damage to their houses. [Mada]
The Coalition says it conducted 11 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Iraq, in or around Rawa (1), Hit (2), Baghdadi (1), Ramadi (1), and Falluja (1); in Hawija (1); and Qayara (1), Sultan Abdullah (1), Mosul (1), and Kasik (1)). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
The JOC Spokesman says Military Intelligence captured a cell of 3 Daesh terrorists who were planning suicide attacks with explosives vests in Baghdad. He says they also captured weapons, explosives vests, and other equipment (video). [AIN]
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and eleven wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Hamamiyat in Taji. [Mada]
Iraqi Army 59th brigade destroyed 7 IEDs in north Baghdad. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army 45th brigade found 40 mortar shells in the Banat Al-Hassan area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
A police source says six civilians were wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Bub Al-Sham. [Maalomah]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
Daesh says it killed two Iraqi soldiers with light weapons in the Tuwaitha area in Mada’in. [JustPaste]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
Iraqi Army 25th brigade destroyed 3 Daesh guesthouses and cleared a 22 km (14 miles) road in the Huwairat area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army 55th brigade defused one IED and found weapons and explosives in the Khawaled area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Daesh says its snipers wounded an Iraqi soldier in the Sayafiya area in Arab Jabour. [JustPaste]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says one person was killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a busy market near Hay Al-Amel. [Mada]
An MoI source says an Iraqi Army lieutenant was kidnapped near his house near Saidiya; then his body was found shot four hours later in Hay Al-Nasr, in east Baghdad. [Mada]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 10 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
A member of the Anbar Provincial Council says the situation of the displaced people in the camps is still terrible. He also says the financial allocations from the displacement ministry are very low, and the donor’s money has not arrived yet. He also says the Anbar Provincial Council’s management of the displacement issue has been poor, and Council members are afraid of incurring anger from displaced people if the Council decides to go back and hold its meetings in Anbar. [Mada]
Falluja
A member of the COR’s Security and Defense Committee says displaced people from Anbar are being forced to pay 300-400 dollar bribes in order to be allowed to enter Baghdad through Bzaibiz Bridge. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. This is not only shameful, but also dangerous.
Iraqi forces defused 30 booby-trapped houses and destroyed 167 IEDs in the Falluja area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army 51st brigade killed 4 Daesh terrorists near the Japanese Bridge in Falluja District. [BOC Facebook Page]
The Chairman of the Falluja Tribes Council says hundreds of Daesh members left Anbar toward Baghdad, Erbil, and Suleimaniya. He urged the government to follow up on them. [Etejah]
Ramadi
The Anbar Operations Command says the IAA targeted Daesh locations in the Albu Ali Al-Jassem and Tarabsha areas, killing 8 terrorists, and destroying 24 rocket launchers, 2 buildings, and several rockets. It also says Iraqi forces destroyed a Daesh vehicle in the Tarabsha area, and found 5 IEDs and 7 C4 cans. [Etejah]
Hit/Haditha
The Anbar Operations Commander says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh targets in Hay Al-Bakr, west of Hit, killing 6 terrorists and destroying 4 machine gun-mounted vehicles, a large weapons and explosives storehouse, and 3 mortar units. [Mada]
A security source says Coalition warplanes also destroyed a Daesh radio station in Hay Al-Bakr. [PUKMedia]
Rutba/Western Anbar
The commander of the West Anbar Tribal PMFs says military reinforcements are needed to liberate the rest of western Anbar and capture the border of Syria. He says the liberation also needs addition arms for the tribes and continuous air support to cut off Daesh supply lines. [Mada]
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh was parading its terrorists near Anah when Coalition warplanes bombed them, killing 17, including 7 Asians. [Mada]
Daesh says it destroyed 4 Iraqi Humvees with IEDs and killed sixteen soldiers north of Rutba. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it detonated a parked vehicle bomb on an IFP convoy on the road between Rutba and Akashat, killing four IFP officers and several soldiers. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh gave the names and the ranks of three of the officers. And why would a car be parked in the desert without being checked? This suggests an inside job.
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
The Mayor of Shirqat says the American Military Unit accompanied the Iraqi Army 15th division, and moved from Makhmur area to support Iraqi forces in liberating Shirqat. [Baghdadia]
DaeshDaily comment. Even if true, it’s not wise to reveal information about military movements. The government said earlier that it postponed a military operation in Qayara because some Iraqi officials leaked the plans to media outlets.
Tikrit
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack near Al-Alam subdistrict, killing many Daesh terrorists and destroying 4 vehicles. [Maalomah]
Southern Salahuddin
The MoD says Iraqi forces will dig a trench around the Sayyed Mohammad Shrine in Balad District in order to prevent Daesh attacks. Daesh attacked the shrine on July 7th, killing or wounding more than 100 people. [Ghad]
DIYALA
Northern Diyala
A police source says Daesh released a boy it had kidnapped earlier in Jalawla after his parents paid 6,000 dollars. He says Daesh is using kidnapping in the Jalawla area to make up for its loss of other financial sources. [BasNews]
The Diyala Police says its Explosive Ordinance Disposal units defused 2 IEDs in Mansouriya subdistrict. [Mawazin]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army vehicle with an IED in Albu Mar’i village in Udhaim, killing one soldier and severely wounding two others. [JustPaste]
KIRKUK
Hawija
A security source says Daesh executed a 20-year-old man in Hawija, after accusing him of cooperating with Iraqi forces. [Mada]
A tribal leader says Daesh terrorists publicly executed a family of four people from his tribe in Hawija, after accusing them of cooperating with Iraqi forces. He says this is a ready-made Daesh accusation, used against anyone wishing to leave its territory. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of distributing copies of the will of its dead commander, Omar Shishani, in the Hawija area. [JustPaste]
Daesh also publishes 2 photos of distributing leaflets and CDs. [JustPaste]
NINEWA
Mosul
The Ninewa Operations Commander says Daesh is now at its weakest stage and will soon be defeated. He also says the reason behind the delay in the Iraqi force’s operations to liberate Mosul is that Daesh is using civilians as human shields. [PUKMedia]
A local source says a group of people attacked a Daesh prison in Mosul, killing its guards and freeing “tens” of prisoners. [Baghdadia]
A local source says unknown armed men kidnapped 3 Daesh terrorists in Mosul city. The source says the terrorists, from Arab countries, were responsible for kidnapping and killing tens of civilians in Mosul. [Maalomah]
Local sources say Daesh executed twenty civilians after various accusations, including opposing Daesh and provoking people against it and communicating with the Army, Peshmerga, and Coalition. [ARA]
A local source says Daesh has started to distribute wholesale wheat broadly in Mosul city. The source says Daesh used to have a monopoly on the wheat, keeping it in storehouses and using it as leverage to manipulate the people of Mosul by giving it only to favored people and selling it for high prices. The source also confirms that Daesh’s hisbah terrorists have nearly disappeared from Mosul streets, and people have started to openly smoke cigarettes and partake in other previously prohibited activities. [AIN]
The AAH Spokesman says “AAH Intelligence” has arrived on the east side of Mosul and published a photo, allegedly from Mosul. [Mawazin]
DaeshDaily comment. This is a rather exaggerated statement. Showing a photo of a piece of paper in the hand of someone in Mosul doesn’t prove you have your own intelligence service.
A Peshmerga commander says a Peshmerga colonel and a lieutenant were killed and four others wounded by a Daesh mortar shell in Muftiya village in the Al-Khazer military sector. [Rudaw]
Nineveh Plain
A Peshmerga commander says a Peshmerga colonel and a lieutenant were killed and four others wounded by a Daesh mortar shell in Muftiya village in the Al-Khazer military sector. [Rudaw]
Daesh says it shelled and rocketed Peshmerga locations in different areas in the Nineveh Plain. [JustPaste]
Makhmur/Qayara
The IWMC says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh meeting in Qayara city, killing several terrorists, including the Daesh military commander of south Ninewa. [Baghdadia]
Daesh says it stopped an Iraqi Army attack on Shayala Al-Imam village southwest of Makhmur. Daesh also says it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee with an IED in the same area, and that its snipers killed an Iraqi Army soldier. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it shelled and rocketed Iraqi forces in Awsaja and Nassr villages, west of Makhmur. [JustPaste]
KURDISTAN
The General Turkish Council in Erbil refuted media reports about withdrawing the Turkish troops from Bashiqa, saying the troops are there to help the Peshmerga in the fight against Daesh. [BasNews]
The Erbil Police says a displaced young man from Anbar committed suicide in Erbil. [Sumaria]
The Deputy Peshmerga Chief of Staff says 4,200 Peshmerga fighters and officers finished their training by international trainers in two compounds in Kurdistan. The Coalition has trained 1,500 Peshmerga fighters since the start of the war on Daesh. [Rudaw]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The leader of Nusra Front, Jolani, appears in a video announcing its split from Al-Qaeda, saying he is forming a new group called Al-Sham Conquest Front. Jolani, who showed his face publicly for the first time, thanked Al-Qaeda and its leader, stating his new group will not have a relationship with any non-Syrian side. It intends to be a Syrian organization rather than an international organization. [Rudaw]
The Al-Qaeda Deputy Chief, Ahmed Abu Al-Khair, had issued an audio message on Thursday, permitting Jolani to split. [ARA]
However, General Lloyd Austin, the CENTCOM Commander, says Nusra will remain part of Al-Qaeda, even if it changes its name. [ARA]
The White House spokesman also says the United States has not changed its point of view regarding Al-Nusra. He also says Washington has increasing fears of Al-Nusra’s ability to conduct attacks that might threaten the United States and Europe. [Anadolu]
The Coalition says it conducted 14 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria, nine in and around Manbij, four in Mare, and one in Albu Kamal. [InherentResolve]
Human Rights Watch says that since May 27, Syrian and Russian warplanes have conducted 47 airstrikes on 3 provinces in Syria using cluster bombs. [Dorar]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
A special source says the number of casualties of the Qamishli terrorist attack was increased to 62 killed and 176 wounded, and 100 houses and shops were destroyed. The source says volunteers in teams are cleaning up and trying to find missing people under the rubble. [Rudaw]
The search for victims under the rubble continues in the area (video). [Hawar]
The National Kurdish Council in Syria, a KDP affiliate, says the PYD confiscated 4 tons of medicine provided by the KRG for the people who were wounded in Qamishli. [ARA]
A 50-year-old man was killed and two other civilians wounded by land mines near Mabrouka in Hasaka. [Hawar]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Manbij campaign
Manbij Military Council troops stopped a massive Daesh attack in Manbij. The MMC also killed 12 Daesh terrorists and destroyed an armored vehicle in Hay Al-Kajli in Manbij. [Hawar]
After stopping the Daesh attack, Manbij Military Council troops started opening the roads in order to let out the civilians (video). [Hawar]
Manbij Military Council troops advanced in the southern parts of Manbij after killing 5 Daesh snipers. [Hawar]
Manbij Military Council troops launched an attack on MMC positions from Ghandoura and Dadat northwest of Manbij. Many Daesh were killed and the battles are still ongoing. [Hawar]
More than 30 Daesh terrorists were killed and 3 vehicles were destroyed so far. [Hawar]
A local activist says a local Daesh terrorist sneaked in Al-Buweir village 11 km (7 miles) west of Manbij, and beheaded many civilians, including two entire families. He says some of the residents who survived the massacre escaped to nearby villages, while the fate of the remaining residents is still unknown. [BasNews]
The YPG-backed Hawar says that more than 1,000 Daesh terrorists arrived from Turkey to Jarabulus in order to break the MMC’s siege on Manbij. Daesh terrorists committed massacres in Buweir, Mushairfa, Jamusiya, Dandaniya, and Ilani northwest of Manbij. Local sources say that half of the people of Manbij who left toward the villages were killed and the other half are missing. [Hawar]
A woman who survived the massacre says Daesh terrorists entered Buweir village in the early hours of the morning and started to kill people indiscriminately, men, women and children. She says tens of people were killed, including her husband, and many more were wounded, including her two children. [Hawar]
Daesh says its terrorists recaptured Ilani, Qutairan, Qurut, Jamusiya, Dandaniya, and Buweir villages west of Manbij. [A3maq]
Local activists say a man who was trying to leave Manbij city was killed by a Daesh sniper. [SyriaHR]
Daesh says it recaptured Hay Al-Banawi in south Manbij after an attack from several sides, killing more than twenty YPG fighters. [JustPaste]
Daesh says more than thirty people were killed and one hundred wounded in American airstrikes on the market in Ghandoura town north of Manbij. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the results of the airstrike. The video shows civilian casualties. [A3maq]
Another report says fifteen civilians were killed and tens of others wounded in a Coalition airstrike on Ghandoura. [Qasioun]
In another report, local sources say twenty civilians were killed in the airstrike. [Dorar]
The Syrian Observatory for Human rights says twenty-eight civilians, including a woman and several children, were killed in the airstrike on Ghandoura, 22 km (14 miles) from Manbij. It also says the number might increase because some people are in serious condition. It also says thirteen others were wounded in the airstrike. [SyriaHR]
A Manbij Military Council fighter meets his family 3 years after he was forced to leave Manbij. Daesh threatened to killed the man in 2012 because he adopted a child. After he left, Daesh forced his wife to divorce him after accusing him of being a murtad. [Hawar]
More stories are appearing about civilians who were executed by Daesh in Manbij. A 50-year-old man with five children and a Master’s degree in Islamic studies was beheaded in 2015, after refusing to accept Daesh’s interpretation of Islam. [Hawar]
Daesh says it damaged 3 YPG vehicles in southeast Manbij. [A3maq]
Daesh says seven civilians were killed by an American airstrike on Al-Rabita Street in west Manbij. [A3maq]
Local sources say a man and two women were killed in this airstrike. [EnabBaladi]
Daesh says it destroyed a YPG armored vehicle in Al-Rabita Street. [A3maq]
Other reports from northwest Syria
Daesh says opposition groups retreated after their failed attack on Kafr Ghan village north of Aleppo, and several of the opposition group fighters were killed by IEDs. [A3maq]
The YPG captured several areas east of Sheikh Maqsoud, after heavy battles with opposition groups. [Hawar]
Syrian troops captured Hay Bani Zaid in east Aleppo, trapping thousands of opposition groups fighters. [Dorar]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Syrian warplanes destroyed a Daesh headquarters, in addition to vehicles and hideouts, east of Homs. [SyriaNow]
Daesh issues a video displaying the wreckage of the Syrian warplane it shot down last week in Jab Al-Jarrah east of Homs. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed five Syrian soldiers with mortars in Jab Al-Jarrah. [A3maq]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Heavy battles erupted between Daesh and Nusra in Yarmouk Camp. [Qasioun]
Daesh says it stopped an opposition attack on the Hawsh Hamad area in Lajat northeast of Daraa, killing eleven fighters and wounding ninety. [A3maq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Medical sources say a man and a women were wounded when a rocket fell on their house in Rafah. [VetoGate]
Security sources say Egyptian Counter Terrorism troops, supported by helicopters and F-16s, attacked Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists in Rafah and Arish, killing 25 terrorists and wounding 15, and destroying 3 vehicles in addition to hideouts and motorcycles. Counter Terrorism troops also captured 9 terror suspects in Hay Al-Tarabin, south of Sheikh Zuweid. Explosive Ordinance Disposal defused 3 IEDs in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. [ElWatan]
Libya
Northeast
The Libyan National Army spokesman says Libyan warplanes launched airstrikes on west Benghazi. He also says the military operations are still ongoing, and their troops captured more areas. [AfriGate]
Daesh says its terrorists killed three Libyan National Army soldiers in Al-Shajar Street in west Benghazi. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it damaged a Libyan National Army vehicle with light weapons in the Qawarsha area. [JustPaste]
Central coast
The National Accord Government Military spokesman says battles continued in several areas in Sirte center. Government troops shelled a Daesh position near the port, killing several terrorists. He says Libyan troops continued their siege on Daesh in the residential area in Sirte, and Libyan warplanes launched 2 airstrikes. Another military source says one Libyan soldier was killed and four others wounded by a Daesh land mine near Ouagadougou compound. [Wasat]
A military source says Libyan troops found a Daesh vehicle bomb factory in a farm house in the Sawawa area. [Wasat]
A Libyan Military source says two Libyan soldiers were killed by Daesh snipers in Hay Al-Dolar in Sirte center, and seven other soldiers were wounded in clashes in southwest Sirte. [Wasat]
Volunteers started a campaign to remove Daesh graffiti in Harawa, 70 km (43.5 miles) east of Sirte. [AfriGate]
Tunisia
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says it found a weapons storehouse in Ban Guerdane. [Tunisien]
Other countries
France
Daesh issues another video message from Abdel Malik Petitjean, one of the 2 terrorists who attacked the Catholic church in Normandy. [A3maq]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
A video of an Iraqi Daesh terrorist called Nizar from the Tameem area in Ramadi, dancing with his girl [Facebook]
In the comment section, another Iraqi Daesh terrorist from Anbar says he has been “on the jihad path” for 12 years and has never seen anything like this. He claims the video is fake.
A video of Iraqi forces in the liberated Karama village near Qayara [Yalla]
A video of displaced people who escaped Daesh in the Qayara areas [Mosuliya]
A video of an Iraqi airstrike on Daesh targets [YouTube]
A video of thousands of people in Diwaniya mourning a Sunni displaced man from Anbar who was killed while fighting Daesh [Yalla]
DaeshDaily comment. Many displaced people left their families and joined Iraqi forces in the battles.
OTHER DAESH MEDIA
Daesh audio newsletter for today [JustPaste]
Daesh issues a video criticizing the Saudi Government and military establishment, saying that they don’t represent the “real Wahhabism.” [DawaAlhaq]
