June 17, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
IRAQ HAS CAPTURED MOST OF FALLUJA.
Massive displacement from Falluja overwhelms available resources.
Iraqi forces stop Daesh attack north of Baiji.
Daesh attack on Tooz causes major casualties to soldiers, police.
Coalition blows up Daesh cash again in Mosul.
RUSSIA BOMBS SYRIAN OPPOSITION GROUP SUPPORTED BY US.
PYD in Syria in major push for political autonomy plan despite Turkish hostility.
Major population displacement continues from Sirte in Libya.
Daesh, Boko Haram unleash deadly attacks in Niger, Nigeria.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi says in a televised statement that Iraqi forces captured Falluja city center. He also says Iraqi forces will liberate the remaining Daesh pockets in the city in the coming hours. Abadi, talking to the people of Falluja, says Iraqi forces have made a lot of sacrifices to liberate the city, so as to have peace and let the displaced families return. He also says he ordered government agencies and security forces to protect the people of Falluja and provide them with their needs. [Sumaria]
Abadi also promised a victory in Mosul “very soon.” [Sumaria]
Speaker Jubouri issued a statement congratulating the Iraqi people and thanking Iraqi forces for Falluja’s liberation. [Sumaria]
Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s representative in Kerbala says Iraqi forces’ main job is to protect Iraqi people from Daesh. He asks security forces to preserve Iraqi unity and help the displaced people, and warns security forces against from having revenge as their goal. [Mada]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying it summoned the Saudi Ambassador and told him not to intervene in Iraq internal issues and not to instigate sectarian tensions. The Ministry also says the Ambassador should not use his diplomatic position in Iraq to solve his country’s problems with other countries (meaning Iran). [Mada]
Tens of family members of Speicher massacre victims demonstrated in Baghdad, asking the government for more information about the fate their sons. [Sumaria]
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 10 airstrikes on Daesh in Iraq, around Falluja (2) and Baghdadi (1); Bashir (2); and Sinjar (2), Mosul (1), Qayara (1), and Sultan Abdullah (1). [CJTF]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
Northwest (Kadhimiya)
An MoI source says two people were killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Hurriya. [Mada]
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says three people were killed and nine wounded when an IED exploded near a market in the Meshahda area in Tarmiya. [Mada]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
Iraqi Army 23rd brigade troops clashed with a Daesh group in the Akhsaf area and killed 1 terrorist. [BOC Facebook Page]
An MoI says one soldier was killed and three wounded when an IED exploded on their vehicle in Arab Jubour. [Mada]
IFP troops found a weapons and explosives cache in the Harqawi area in Yusufiyah. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says two people were killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded near a popular café in Hay Al-Amel. [Mada]
West (Mansour, Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib)
An MoI source says two people were killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a wholesale market in Ameriya. [Mada]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 7 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
Falluja city. The Falluja Operations Commander says Iraqi forces captured the Government Compound in Falluja city. The compound includes the District Council building, the Police Directorate building, and the mayoralty building. [Mada]
The IFP commander says his troops liberated the Falluja mayoralty building, killing “tens” of Daesh terrorists. He says Iraqi forces are advancing further into Falluja city center while most Daesh terrorists are fleeing. [Mada]
A video of the IFP commander in front of the Falluja mayoralty building. [YouTube]
The Qarma tribal PMF brigade Commander says Iraqi forces liberated Hay Nazal in central Falluja city. [Mada]
A video of the Iraq flag raised over Hay Nazal [YouTube]
The Falluja Operations Commander says Iraqi forces liberated the Industrial Park area in the Sinai neighborhood, next to Nazal, killing “tens” of terrorists. [Mada]
The IFP Commander says his troops liberated Andalus, Saray, and the old cemetery areas in west Falluja city. The Falluja Operations Commander says Daesh resistance inside Falluja is “weak”. [Sumaria]
The Falluja Operations Commander says Iraqi forces liberated the new Falluja General Hospital on the west side of the Euphrates in Dhubat and are moving ahead to clear the remaining the Daesh areas in the city. [Ghad] [Sumaria]
The IWMC had reported that Daesh terrorists fled the battles and held citizens hostage inside the hospital. Counter Terrorism troops had surrounded the hospital. [Maalomah]
The Anbar Operations Commander says Iraqi forces surrounded Dhubat and Jolan areas in northwest Falluja, and will liberate them in the coming hours. He also says Iraqi forces have liberated 75% of Falluja so far. [Maalomah]
A video of fighting in Falluja city [Twitter]
A video of a Daesh vehicle bomb exploding on Counter Terrorism troops in Falluja [YouTube]
The Falluja Operations Commander says the Falluja campaign will be over in two or three days. He says Daesh terrorists are in the Jolan neighborhood in northwest Falluja and only a few civilians are still trapped in the city. [Mawazin]
Videos of Iraqi forces in Falluja [Harbi] [MoD] [YouTube] [YouTube]
Photos of Iraqi forces in Falluja city [Sumaria] [Rudaw]
A video of Iraqi soldiers celebrating in Falluja [YouTube]
A security source says Iraqi Army 8th division secured 14,000 displaced people from Falluja toward Al-Salam intersection area. [Buratha] Within a short time, an 8th division commander said there had been 22,000. [Harbi]
The Mayor of Falluja District says a massive displacement happened during the last 2 days and thousands of families are homeless now. He says the numbers exceeded the capacity of the district government, which managed to provide 5,000 tents but still has thousands of families without shelter. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it killed more than 25 Iraqi soldiers in 2 suicide attacks near Hay Jubeil in south Falluja on Thursday. [A3maq]
A video of a woman from Falluja identifying 2 Daesh terrorists, who killed her two sons. The terrorists fled with displaced families [Twitter]
East. A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces captured Rafi’ Al-Jumaili, the Daesh “emir” of Qarma, who was trying to sneak out with displaced families. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. We haven’t seen any photos or videos about this report yet. If true, this is a major story. This terrorist is the son of a prominent Falluja tribal leader and joined the Sahwa for a while before joining Daesh. In 2014, he appeared in a TV interview denying the existence of Daesh, as did many other Sunni politicians.
He was responsible for many crimes against civilians, and was reportedly killed by an airstrike in May. The Daesh incubator media tried to show him as a revolutionary tribal leader who was fighting an oppressive government, regardless of the fact that he was fighting with Daesh. There is a photo of him with the German rapper turned terrorist Abu Talha Al-Almani in Mosul.
In 2014, he trapped and killed 24 Iraqi soldiers, who were unarmed and in civilian clothes going home.
Some people from Anbar fear that terrorists like him will be released in a political deal or because of corruption.
Baghdad Operations Command says Iraqi forces cleared the highway leading to Falluja and Ramadi. [Sumaria]
South. Iraqi forces killed 5 Daesh terrorists, defused 276 IEDs, and found an IED factory southeast of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi forces destroyed 5 Daesh vehicle bombs, destroyed 77 IEDs, and found 2 IED factories in the Arsan area, southeast of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
West. A video of battles in the Halabsa area, southwest of the city. [YouTube]
Ramadi
Daesh says it destroyed 3 Iraqi Humvees in battles in the Albu Assaf area northwest of Ramadi. [A3maq]
Hit/Kubaisa/Baghdadi
Jazeera Operations Command troops destroyed a Daesh guesthouse and a vehicle in the East Hitan area, west of Hit. [MoD Website]
Jazeera Operations Command troops killed a Daesh security official and 7 of his associates who were trying to cross the Euphrates River, west of Hit. [MoD Website]
A video of a Coalition airstrike destroying a Daesh “technical” vehicle near Hit on May 30th [CJTF]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
A local source says Daesh arrested a 30 year old man in Shirqat and put him in a booby-trapped house, then detonated the house. Daesh accused him of being the “Masked Man” who killed several Daesh terrorists in the city. [Sumaria]
The KRG’s Counter Terrorism service says the Coalition bombed Daesh in Shirqat on Thursday, killing the Daesh wali and one of his associates. [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh wali: the most dangerous job in Iraq.
Baiji
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Iraqi forces stopped a major attack by Daesh using 4 vehicle bombs in the Siniya area, killing or wounding “tens” of Daesh terrorists. [BasNews]
Daesh launched a major attack on Iraqi forces north of the Asmeda area but Iraqi forces stopped it, killing more than 60 Daesh fighters and destroying 9 vehicles in addition to 2 armored construction shovels on Thursday. [MoD Website]
Daesh says it attacked Iraqi Army positions in the Asmeda area north of Baiji on Thursday, killing several soldiers and destroying 6 vehicles and 6 military positions. [JustPaste]
Here Daesh says it destroyed 8 military vehicles and 13 military positions in the attack. [A3maq]
A security source says four Iraqi soldiers were killed and nine wounded by 2 Daesh vehicle bombs in the Asmeda area. [Ghad]
IFP troops killed 2 Daesh terrorists in an ambush in the Makhoul Mountains area. [MoD Website]
Tooz
The Turkmen PMF brigade Commander says Iraqi forces recaptured the Bir Ahmed and Zarqa areas from Daesh. He says Daesh had attacked and captured the two areas yesterday, killing twelve policemen and PMF fighters. [Mada]
A PUK official says three Peshmerga fighters were killed and others wounded in the Daesh attack. He says PMFs, Peshmerga, and local police launched a counter attack, recapturing the areas. A Salahuddin police source says 65 Iraqi fighters were killed or wounded in the attack. [Mada]
Daesh’s version says it launched a major attack on PMFs and Peshmerga in 5 villages in Tooz and captured the villages, killing more than 25 men, including the Tuz Khurmatu Police Chief and three other commanders, and destroyed 10 vehicles. [JustPaste]
The Mayor of Tooz issued a statement saying that a Daesh suicide terrorist attacked a checkpoint north of Tuz Khurmatu with a vehicle bomb, wounding a displaced man from Mosul (photos). [BasNews]
Daesh’s version says it killed sixteen PMF fighters in a suicide attack on a convoy near the Tuz Khurmatu entrance. [A3maq]
An Iraqi Intelligence Service source says it killed a Daesh senior commander and captured 2 other terrorists in a raid in Tooz. The 3 terrorists were originally from south Baghdad. However, the commander of the attacking force, Major Ahmed Al-Ma’mouri, was killed and four soldiers were wounded in the raid. [Mada]
The security raided a house in Tooz after receiving information about the presence of a suicide terrorist in the house. Security found an explosives vest in the house, then found the terrorist in a nearby area with three other people and shot it out with him, killing him and capturing another terrorist. [MoD Website]
DIYALA
Baquba
The Chairman of the Diyala PC Security Committee says the Iraqi Military Intelligence Service formed a special operations room for counter-Daesh activities in several areas in Diyala. He says, so far, the operations room dismantled 2 Daesh networks, and killed or captured more than 10 terrorists. [Sumaria]
The Diyala Police Chief says his troops captured 3 men wanted on terrorism charges in south and west Baquba. [Sumaria]
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
A security source says the body of a boy was found stabbed to death in Zuhairat village, 30 km (19 miles) southeast of Baquba, one day after he was kidnapped. [Sumaria]
Northern Diyala
Daesh says it stopped an Iraqi Army attempt to level a “Muslim’s orchard” in Sheikhi village in the Waqf area, killing seven soldiers and wounding five, and destroying 2 Humvees and a bulldozer. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of the battles. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Some Arab media outlets will repeat the Daesh story and show the case as “villagers defending their orchards against an Iraqi government aggression,” forgetting the fact that these orchards were used as hideouts for terrorists who conducted countless attacks on civilians and security forces in the area.
Daesh says it shelled the police station in Udhaim with mortars, and targeted a “PMF gathering” in Udhaim with 3 rockets. [JustPaste]
A security source says three civilians were wounded when an IED exploded on them in an orchard near Sheikhi village. [Sumaria]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
Daesh says it killed a Kurdish citizen in the Shiro area in Kirkuk by detonating a sticky IED under his car. Daesh also says its terrorists killed 2 other people, who were close to the attack, using silenced guns. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh doesn’t say anything about the three victims except that they were “murtads”, i.e. people who left Islam, an accusation Daesh uses for anyone who doesn’t follow its rules.
Hawija
A security source says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh fuel tank in Hawija. The Coalition also destroyed 2 houses used by Daesh as weapons and explosives storehouses in Riyadh subdistrict. [Mada]
A video of displaced families from Hawija [Hurra]
Southwest
A security source says Daesh shelled Bashir with 8 mortars, causing material damages. [Mada]
NINEWA
Mosul
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes bombed several areas in the east side of Mosul, killing 9 terrorists and destroying 3 vehicles, 2 of them loaded with cash, in addition to a media point. The Coalition also bombed the house of a Daesh commander near Hay Al-Arabi, killing several terrorists. [PUKMedia]
A Badr MP issued a statement saying an American warplane bombed an Iraqi Army armored vehicle in the Mosul military sector, killing a major and four of his soldiers. [Mawazin]
Kata’eb Al-Mosul says one of its snipers killed a Daesh terrorist in the industrial area in Mosul. [KM Facebook Page]
Makhmur/Qayara
A Peshmerga source says the Kurdish forces received more than 750 people who escaped Daesh controlled areas in Makhmur. Eight of these people were wounded by a Daesh landmine and were taken to a nearby hospital. [Sumaria]
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes bombed a Daesh house in the Haj Ali area, killing 12 terrorists, including 2 local commanders. [PUKMedia]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army tank near Rajla west of Makhmur. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army tank with a guided missile near Al-Nassr village. [A3maq]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb on Iraqi forces in Al-Nassr village west of Makhmur. [A3maq]
Coalition warplanes destroyed 5 Daesh vehicles, killing 10 terrorists at the Qayara Air Base, currently Daesh-controlled. Coalition airstrikes also destroyed a Daesh car rigging factory near Jahla village in Qayara subdistrict. [MoD Website]
Coalition warplanes destroyed 4 Daesh helicopters in addition to a weapons storehouse, killing 30 terrorists in the Haj Ali area. [MoD Website]
Ninewa Operations Command troops opened secure roads for families to escape Daesh controlled areas. 394 civilians from the Haj Ali villages were secured to the nearby Khara’eb Jabur, then were taken to displaced families camps. [MoD Website]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in hideouts in the Aski Mosul Mountain. [JustPaste]
KURDISTAN
The Turkish Military Command issued a statement saying its airplanes bombed PKK locations in the Qandil Mountain area. [SotKurdistan]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Turkish security sources say Turkey has finished building 170 km of the 350 km 3-meter high wall on the Syrian border (photos). [Dorar]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
On Friday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter called out Russia for bombing a Syrian rebel group that’s backed by the U.S.
The attack appeared to be deliberate and the Russians ignored repeated U.S. warnings. It happened in southern Syria where two Su-34s bombed opposition forces, some trained and equipped by the Pentagon.
CBS reported that the American-run command center, which tracks Russian flights, called the Russian command center in Syria–on a hotline set up specifically to avoid incidents like this–demanding the planes cease fire. Two American F-18 jet fighters were dispatched to help troops on the ground to evacuate their casualties. But when the F-18s broke away to refuel, the Russians returned for a second bombing run. This brought another call to the Russian command center. The crew of an airborne command post tried to contact the Russian pilots directly, getting no response. The second bombing run left more opposition fighters dead. [CBS]
Meanwhile, Syrian Kurds and political allies are reported by Reuters to be moving toward a new federal system of government for newly captured areas. A Kurdish official said a constitution should be finalized in three months or less, to be followed quickly by elections.
While Kurdish groups insist this is no separatist bid, it is set to redraw the political map of Syria. This will likely deepen Turkey’s concerns about growing Kurdish influence in northern Syria.
The plan gained more significance from the Syria Democratic Forces new advance westward this month into Daesh’s last foothold on the Turkish border. This could add more areas to the proposed federation.
The idea of newly-captured territory joining the “Democratic Federal System for Rojava–Northern Syria” was discussed last week with a local council set up to run the IS-held city of Manbij. Reuters quotes Hadiya Yousef, co-chair of a group overseeing the project, as saying “We gave them an idea about the plan we are working on, and expressed to them our desire for Manbij to be part of the democratic federal area after its liberation.” [Reuters]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Daesh says five people were killed and seven wounded in a Russian airstrike on Tabaqa City. [A3maq]
Daesh says 43 people graduated from one of its religious institutes in Raqqa, completing 10 months of study. Daesh also says the graduates will join its “courts, hisbah, and religious institutes”. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. A judge’s license in only 10 months? That’s a good deal for many lunatics out there.
Daesh issues a video about its hisbah activities, stressing that their hisbah is much better than a similar organization in Saudi Arabia. [DawaAlhaq]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Manbij campaign. The Manbij Military Council spokesman denied media reports about his forces storming Manbij. He says his forces made advances towards the city from four sides. Local activists say Daesh mosque speakers in Manbij conveyed a message from Daesh leader, Baghdadi, asking his terrorists to stand their ground and promising reinforcements and food supplies. [BasNews]
Heavy clashes erupted between Daesh and the MMC troops, supported by Coalition warplanes, at the western entrance of Manbij city. 26 Daesh terrorists were killed. [Hawar] [Hawar]
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Syrian Democratic Forces extensively shelled the eastern areas of Manbij city while Coalition warplanes bombed the western area. [Xendan]
A local source says 2 “important” Daesh terrorists were killed in clashes near Manbij. [Hawar]
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 12 airstrikes on Daesh in Syria, 10 of them around Manbij, the other two 2 near Mare’. [CJTF]
Daesh issues a fatwa threatening the people of liberated villages in the Manbij area, stating it would kill them if the villages are recaptured, accusing them of welcoming incoming Manbij Military Council troops. Daesh also issues another fatwa saying all civilian properties and cars in areas under the Manbij Military Council are subject to being taken as part of their spoils. In a third fatwa, Daesh threatened the people of Manbij that it will kill them if they are to leave their houses. [Hawar]
Daesh removed the workers from the Manbij silo and converted it into a headquarters, which affected the production of bread in the city. Daesh also destroyed most of the communications towers in the Manbij area. [Hawar]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack in Qanat Al-Qara village southwest of Manbij, killing nine “YPG fighters.” [A3maq]
Local sources say Daesh killed a family of six, including a child, because the family was trying to escape Manbij. [Qasioun]
A woman from Manbij says Daesh terrorists beheaded her 30 year old son after accusing him of playing soccer. The family was even prevented from mourning their son. [Hawar]
DaeshDaily comment. Preventing families from mourning their executed sons is a typical Baathist punishment.
Northwest border area. A local source says Daesh arrested 70 people from Shawa village east of Al-Ra’i. Daesh kidnapped people from 3 more villages near Al-Bab. Local sources says Daesh kidnapped more Kurdish civilians from several villages around Al-Bab. Other sources say Daesh is recruiting young men from this area by force, preparing for an attack on Manbij Military Council troops. [Hawar] [Hawar] [Hawar]
Local sources say Daesh targeted civilians near Um Hawsh village with heavy machine guns because they were attempting to flee toward Afrin on June 14th. Six people were killed and “tens” wounded in the massacre. [Hawar]
Opposition groups, supported by Coalition warplanes, launched a major attack on Daesh positions west of Mare’, according to an opposition commander. The opposition attacked Daesh in Talalin town capturing the southern and the eastern parts of the town forcing the terrorists to retreat to the town center. Coalition warplanes bombed the town’s mosque, where Daesh snipers where barricading, killing more than 20 terrorists and wounding others. Coalition warplanes also bombed Daesh on the road between Talalin and Azaz, destroying a vehicle and killing several terrorists. [ARA]
The opposition groups also attacked Daesh in Qasajek village, on the Turkish border. [Qasioun]
Daesh says opposition groups, supported by American warplanes and Turkish artillery, attacked Talalin and Yani Yaban villages, near Mare, but its terrorists stopped the attack, killing thirteen fighters and forcing the rest to flee. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it recaptured Tal Battal village in Azaz District. Daesh also says Turkish artillery shelled the village. [A3maq]
Turkish artillery shelled Daesh locations in Tal Sha’er village, near the Turkish border. [Qasioun]
A report about the civilian casualties in Kaljibrin village in Azaz District, south of the city. Daesh captured the village on May 26, after heavy shelling, and started shooting civilians in the village. Coalition warplanes then bombed the village killing more civilians. More than 40 people, half of them children, were killed. [Qasioun] [Shaam]
2,151 civilians fled the battles in northwest Aleppo and arrived in Afrin during the last 2 days, raising the number of displaced people in Afrin to 26,632. [Hawar]
Daesh issues a video of “normal Ramadan life” in Jarabulus. [A3maq]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Daesh captured 2 military positions east of Tadmur after heavy clashes with Syrian troops. Daesh and the Syrian troops exchanged shelling in the area, while Russian warplanes bombed Daesh locations. [Qasioun]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A Syrian military source says Syrian troops shelled Daesh locations near Rashidi village east of Suwayda, killing several terrorists and destroying their vehicles. [SANA]
Daesh says it killed 6 opposition fighters in an ambush in the Hamad Desert near the Syria Jordan border. [A3maq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Tribal sources say a man who was captured by Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis and was accused by cooperating with security forces, escaped his captors in Central Sinai. The terrorists had filmed a video of the man admitting he was a “spy” and were about to behead him. The man went to the security agency after the incident and told his story. Security personnel raided the location, but the terrorists had fled. [VetoGate]
A security source says the security killed a terrorist while he was planting an IED near Bala’a village, west of Rafah. [VetoGate]
Daesh publishes 2 photos of the “spoils” it acquired after killing two policemen in their house in the Masa’id area west of Arish two days ago. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. The “spoils” are no more than 2 pistols and some personal items.
Libya
Northeast
Libyan warplanes conducted several airstrikes on Daesh locations in Benghazi. [Libya24]
Central coast
A Libyan National Accord Government military source says a Daesh vehicle bomb exploded when it hit a landmine before it could hit its target in Sirte. Two Libyan soldiers were wounded by the explosion. The source also says Libyan troops fought with Daesh, forcing them to retreat to the city center. Libyan warplanes launched 4 airstrikes on Daesh in Sirte. [Wasat]
The National Accord Government Military spokesman says his troops stopped a Daesh attack on Sirte Port. He says some Daesh snipers are still occupying some buildings in the Port. [Wasat]
The fight against Daesh in and around Sirte has gained traction over the past weeks. However, reports of shelling, suicide attacks and activity by armed groups have compounded fears for civilian safety, with reports of casualties emerging. The UN and partners are monitoring the situation closely, with the conflict likely to cause further displacement. More than two-thirds of Sirte’s 80,000 residents have already fled oppressive Daesh control. As of 11 May 2016, IOM recorded the displacement of up to 5,560 households to Al-Khums, Bani Walid, Tarhuna, Tripoli, and other cities. This number increased to around 7,000 families by the end of the month. Gauging the needs of those displaced is a priority for the Libya Inter-Sector Coordination Group as it works to deliver assistance to the most vulnerable. UNICEF, UNHCR, IOM and WFP have provided food and non-food assistance to newly displaced in Bani Walid and Tarhuna. [UNSMIL]
Algeria
Algerian authorities captured 3 men in Adrar, in south Algeria, accused of promoting Daesh. [Wasat]
Other countries
Sudan
A Sudanese police chief says security men captured 5 boys who were supposed to be smuggled to join Daesh in Libya. They also captured a man implicated in smuggling boys without their families’ knowledge. A Daesh suspect responsible for recruiting young men for Daesh was captured in Kassala. [Libya24]
Niger
Seven police officers have been killed in a Boko Haram attack on a refugee camp in Niger hosting civilians who have fled Boko Haram, security and humanitarian sources said Friday. Thursday’s attack at the southeastern Nguagam camp, home to both internally displaced Niger citizens and refugees from across the border in Nigeria came shortly after a major visit by lawmakers and UN personnel.
“Seven gendarmes were killed. They were buried today,” a humanitarian source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. A security source confirmed the toll. [DailyMail]
Daesh’s version says it attacked a military position in the Gagam area in Diffa, killing seven soldiers and wounding others and capturing weapons and ammunitions. [JustPaste]
Nigeria
Local officials say Boko Haram terrorists attacked a funeral in Koda village in Amamawa, killing eighteen women. The officials say the number of casualties could increase because more women are missing. [AfriGate]
Pakistan
Daesh says it killed four Pakistani policemen by detonating an IED on their vehicle in Peshawar. Daesh also says it killed two Shia in Karachi. [JustPaste]
Great Britain
A video of the Al-Qaeda supporter and hate speaker Hani Al-Siba’i talking in the UK about the Falluja battles. No need to say, he is as poisonous as Daesh, although he is not on good terms with it. [YouTube]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
Daesh’s A3mag “news agency” page
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/aboabbas29
https://twitter.com/abo_aqeel00
Other Daesh media
Daesh audio newsletter for today [JustPaste]
