June 21, 2016
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Today’s Major Developments
IRAQI TROOPS EXTEND CONTROL IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN FALLUJA CITY.
9,000 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY IMPRISONED ON TERRORISM CHARGES.
AL-ABADI PROMISES MOSUL CITIZENS THEY WILL BE LIBERATED THIS YEAR.
BATTLE FOR MANBIJ CONTINUES IN SYRIA.
BATTLE FOR SIRTE CONTINUES IN LIBYA.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
The Minister of Justice says there are 9,000 people imprisoned on terrorism charges, including 200 foreigners, and stressed that international and tribal pressures will not release them. [Mada]
Prime Minister Abadi says he receives calls from people in Mosul asking for help. He promises that Mosul will be liberated this year. [Sumaria]
Prime Minister Abadi’s office issued a statement saying the PM met in his office with the Presidential Envoy, Brett McGurk, and American Ambassador Stuart Jones on Monday and discussed the war against Daesh and the United States support for Iraq. [Sumaria]
Speaker Jubouri also met with the Envoy and asked for more military support and aid for displaced families. [Mada]
Prime Minister Abadi says the PMFs are indispensable in the war against Daesh and the government will not let down the citizens who volunteered to liberate Iraqi cities from Daesh. He says there have been some individual violations, that will be punished, but they don’t reflect the PMF organization. [BasNews]
The Council of Ministers, in Tuesday’s regular meeting, decided to launch a national campaign to help displaced families in Falluja and other liberated areas. [Mada]
The Iraqi Powers Alliance, the Sunni coalition, issued a statement accusing the IFP commander of allowing PMF units to enter Falluja city, disobeying the PM’s orders. The statement, however, praised Iraqi forces’ victories in Falluja and PMFs discipline in the Saqlawiya and Qarma battles, conceding some violations. [Mada]
Speaker Jubouri arrived in Falluja and met with the Anbar Governor and with the Falluja Operations Commander and checked on the military situation. He says Iraqi forces will hand the city to the provincial government, local police, and tribal fighters after the liberation. [Mada]
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 20 airstrikes on Daesh in Iraq. Eleven were in Ninewa, including strikes around Qayara (6), Sultan Abdullah (1), Mosul (2), Kasik (1), and Tal Afar (1); eight were in Anbar, around Falluja (4), Ramadi (2), and Baghdadi (2); and one was near Baiji. [CJTF]
The Iraqi army has made an initial purchase of 500 Bandolier Lightweight Multi-Purpose Clearing Charges from Critical Solutions International, an American company. Bandolier is a system for defusing IEDs. The charges will help bridge Iraq’s capability gaps as its military continues its campaign to retake parts of the country from Daesh, the company said in a statement. [Mada]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and nine wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Saba’ Al-Bor. [Mada]
Iraqi Army 22nd brigade defused an IED in the Al-Zor area. [BOC Facebook Page]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded near a market in Fudhailiya. [Mada]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MoI source says one person was killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Zafaraniya. [Mada]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
An MoI source says armed men shot at a Sahwa checkpoint in Arab Jubour, killing two fighters and wounding five. [Mada]
The IWMC says the Iraqi Intelligence Service raided a Daesh guesthouse in the Bizayez Al-Ubaid area and captured 2 Daesh terrorists. [Sumaria]
Iraqi Army 23rd brigade killed a Daesh terrorist who was planting an IED in the Bizayez Al-Ubaid area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southwest (Rasheed)
A security source says a suicide terrorist detonated his explosives vest after being discovered by security forces at a checkpoint in the Suwaib area. The source said four security personnel were killed and five wounded. [Mada] The Baghdad Operations Command spokesman confirmed those numbers. [Sumaria]
However, an MoI source estimated six killed and thirteen wounded, including security personnel. [Mada]
West (Mansour, Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib)
An MoI source says a Ministry of Health employee was killed when a sticky IED exploded under his vehicle in Iskan. [Mada]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 10 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
Saraya Al-Jihad, a Shia PMF faction, says one of its senior commanders was killed in combat in Falluja. [Ghad]
Falluja city. The IWMC says Counter Terrorism troops completely liberated the Shurta neighborhood in northern Falluja, killing many Daesh terrorists and destroying 2 vehicle bombs. It also says Counter Terrorism troops have achieved their objectives in the southern part of Falluja City. [Sumaria]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces liberated the Jeghaifi Thaniya area next to Shurta and the Jordanian Hospital. [Maalomah]
The Joint Operations Command (JOC) spokesman says Iraqi forces are clearing the Jolan, Mualimeen, Dhubat, and Andalus areas in western and northern Falluja from IEDs at remaining Daesh locations. [Ghad]
The IFP Commander says Iraqi forces destroyed 30 Daesh targets in Jolan and Zuwiya areas in Falluja. [Mawazin]
The IWMC says the IFP found another Daesh prison, in Andalus, and confiscated important Daesh documents. A tribal PMF commander had said on Saturday that a Daesh prison was found in Falluja that contained 360 prisoners, including security personnel. [Ghad]
Daesh says it trapped and killed eleven Iraqi soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, in Andalus. [A3maq]
The JOC spokesman says only 4 neighborhoods remain for Iraqi forces before the Falluja City liberation is complete. [Maalomah]
Daesh says it killed twenty three Iraqi soldiers in battles in north Falluja. [A3maq]
The IFP Commander says his troops killed 3 Daesh terrorists and destroyed a vehicle bomb near the Steel Bridge in Falluja. [Harbi]
The IAA destroyed a motorcycle, killing 2 terrorists, and destroyed 2 more vehicle bombs near the Steel Bridge. It also destroyed a Daesh mortar unit and killed several terrorists who were barricaded in a school in Falluja. The IAA also took out 2 booby-trapped motorcycles, 2 hideouts, 3 vehicle bombs, and 2 heavy machine gun units, in addition to a vehicle carrying several suicide terrorists in Falluja. [Harbi]
The IFP Commander says Iraqi forces killed 13 Daesh and captured Hay Al-Jumhuriya and the Old Bridge in Falluja City after heavy clashes, and destroyed 3 vehicle bombs. [Mada]
The Falluja Operations Commander says his troops cleared the Jumhuriya and Ta’mim areas in Falluja, killing 13 terrorists and destroying 3 vehicle bombs. [BasNews]
The Anbar tribes spokesman says Iraqi forces are continuing to clear areas in north Falluja. He says there are a few remaining Daesh pockets who are attempting to hinder Iraqi forces in the area. [Mawazin]
Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh in Falluja, killing a sniper and destroying 2 hideouts and a machine gun-mounted vehicle, killing the terrorists inside. [BOC Facebook Page]
A PMF commander says Captain Issamuldin Abdullah, the PMF’s Media Director, was wounded by an IED in downtown Falluja. [Mada]
A video of Marwa Rasheed, a female Iraqi journalist, covering the battles in Falluja city [YouTube]
Photos of a list of names of Daesh terrorists found in Falluja City [Ghad]
The Falluja Operations Commander says no human rights violations occurred against civilians during Falluja City liberation operations. He also says the Falluja battle will be over very soon. [Mada]
A video of Iraqi forces trying to rescue an old woman from a booby-trapped house in Falluja. The woman was left in the house by her own son, a Daesh terrorist. [YouTube]
DaeshDaily comment. This story and countless similar stories show us clearly that Daesh terrorists in every community are the lowest of the low. This whole image of undefeated holy warriors is not only a big lie but an insult to humanity. When terrorists kill their own family members, they establish what Daesh is really worth as a supposedly religious organization.
IFP troops found a Daesh car rigging factory in downtown Falluja. [Harbi]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army armored vehicle in battles inside Falluja City, killing its crew. [A3maq]
Videos of battles in Falluja city [RT] [YouTube] [YouTube] [Harbi] [YouTube] [YouTube] [YouTube]
A video of Daesh terrorists captured while they were trying to sneak out of Falluja with displaced families [Hurra]
A video of IAA helicopters targeting Daesh in Falluja [Etejah]
A video of a Daesh IED factory found in Hay Al-Dhubatt in Falluja [YouTube] [YouTube]
A video of battles in Hay Al-Askari in Falluja [YouTube]
South. Iraqi forces killed 27 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 3 machine gun mounted vehicles southeast of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces, supported by Coalition warplanes, liberated a village in the Ahssi area, killing several Daesh terrorists. An Iraqi Army 8th division commander says Iraqi forces killed more than 28 Daesh terrorists in the area. [Harbi] [Harbi]
East. Baghdad Operations Command troops captured the Falluja Highway, killing 18 terrorists and destroying a vehicle bomb, a motorcycle bomb, an explosive vest, a vehicle rigging factory, and 172 IEDs. [BOC Facebook Page]
North. Iraqi Army units and PMFs liberated Mukhtar village north of Falluja. [Harbi]
West. A PMF commander says another local Daesh commander was captured while he was trying to flee Falluja with displaced families in the Falahat area. [Mada]
Ramadi
Iraqi forces, supported by Iraqi and Coalition warplanes, cleared the Zangoura area. Iraqi forces are trying to free families who are being used by Daesh as human shields in areas northwest of Ramadi. [IraqPress]
Videos of Iraqi forces in the Zangoura and Albu Risha areas [MoD] [MoD] [MoD] [MoD]
A security source says an Iraqi brigade commander was killed by a Daesh sniper in the Zangoura area. He says Iraqi forces are continuing operations to clear Zangoura and Albu Risha. [Sumaria]
An Anbar Operations Command source says five policemen were killed and four wounded in a Daesh attack in the Albu Risha area. He says Iraqi forces surrounded the location, looking for the Daesh terrorists, who had escaped to an unknown location. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting “Iraqi Army and PMFs gatherings” with 40 locally made rockets. [DawaAlhaq]
Here Daesh says it targeted “Iraqi Army and PMFs” in Ramadi with 25 locally made rockets. [JustPaste]
Hit/Haditha
The Jazeera Operations Commander says Iraqi forces continued their operations to clear areas west of Hit and north of Haditha, killing 7 Daesh terrorists and destroying 2 vehicle bombs. [BasNews]
A video of tribal fighters destroying a Daesh vehicle bomb near Haditha [YouTube]
Rutba/Western Anbar
Daesh issues photos from a mosque in Rawa. [JustPaste]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
The Salahuddin Governor says Iraqi forces continued their operations to clear areas in Makhoul and Shirqat, and Qayara in Ninewa. He says the operations started a few days ago but were delayed due to bad weather. [Mada]
A local source says the Masked Man reappeared in Shirqat and killed a Daesh executioner, a terrorist from Mosul who killed many people in the city. Daesh announced that it had killed the Masked Man 4 days ago. [Sumaria]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Coalition warplanes destroyed Daesh targets in several areas in Shirqat, including a ferry used by the terrorists. [Mada]
A PMF commander says a Daesh media official named Sarmad Al-Hanini was killed in an airstrike on the outskirts of Shirqat yesterday. [Sumaria]
Baiji
A security source says a Saudi and an Egyptian Daesh commander were killed in an airstrike on their vehicle in the Makhoul Mountain area. [Maalomah]
The IWMC says Salahuddin Operations Command troops liberated Mohammed Al-Musa village north of Makhoul Mountains, and defused a large network of mines and IEDs in the village. [Sumaria]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Daesh attacked an Iraqi forces convoy heading to participate in Shirqat and Qayara liberation operations, near the Asmeda area north of Baiji, and damaged a Humvee. The source also says a soldier was wounded by a Daesh sniper. [Mada]
Daesh says it destroyed 2 Iraqi Army Abrams tanks with 2 guided missiles near the Asmeda Bridge, northwest of Baiji. Daesh also says it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee and a bulldozer. [A3maq] [A3maq]
Tikrit
A security source says four PMF fighters were killed and six others wounded by a Daesh suicide attack with a vehicle bomb on a PMF headquarters in Al-Daur district. [Mada]
Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed or wounded forty PMF fighters. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says 45 people were killed or wounded in the attack. [DawaAlhaq]
A Salahuddin Police commander says the Salahuddin Governor approved the plan to dig a 30 km (19 mile) trench south of Al-Daur district to prevent the terrorists from entering the area. [Mada]
A PMF faction says it found a mass grave that contains over 50 bodies of Speicher massacre victims near the Tigris River north of Tikrit. [Mada]
Daesh says its snipers killed two PMF fighters near Ajil oilfield. [JustPaste]
Tooz
A local source says unknown armed men of no announced affiliation broke into the Amerli Police Station and executed six detainees, including a college professor, and seriously wounded four others. [Ghad]
The Tooz mayoralty says unknown armed men shot two Sunni Turkmen in western Tooz, killing one and wounding the other. [Mada]
The press official of Tooz says unknown armed men kidnapped four Sunni civilians in Hay Al-Askeri in western Tooz. [BasNews]
DIYALA
The Dijla Operations Commander says his troops killed 5 Daesh terrorists and wounded others in different areas in Diyala during the month of June. [Sumaria]
Northern Diyala
A local source says 3 Daesh IEDs hidden under the furniture in a house that belongs to a returnee family in Udhaim were defused by security. [Sumaria]
KIRKUK
Hawija
A security source says the Daesh wali of Hawija and his assistant fled toward Mosul. [Sumaria]
NINEWA
Mosul
Local sources say the mosques in Mosul have become nearly empty for the month of Ramadan and people are afraid to go because they fear that Daesh may force them to join its ranks. [ARA]
A Ninewa MP says most of the Daesh leaders escaped Mosul with their families toward Raqqa and Syria. He also says there are neighborhoods in Mosul that are completely Daesh free. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. We aren’t quite ready to believe this, but will not be surprised to find pro-Daesh Iraqis in Mosul helping to provide Daesh foreign fighters with an exit from Mosul, in order to claim that they have helped to take Mosul back. The real motive would be to protect themselves from criminal prosecution now that Daesh is on the verge of defeat.
A Turkmen MP says the Turkmen must have a role in Ninewa liberation and asks Prime Minister Abadi to support the Turkmen in their efforts. [Sumaria]
A Ninewa MP says Mosul liberation will be easier than Falluja because people will revolt against Daesh as soon as the military operations start. He also says the delay in the liberation is because there is no coordination between Baghdad and Erbil. [Sumaria]
A local source from Mosul says Daesh is forcing people to pay 2,500 Iraq dinars ($20) as zakat for the month of Ramadan. The source says Daesh multiplied the amount, claiming food prices are very high. The source says Daesh executed a clerk who objected to the amount and lashed fifteen citizens who refused to pay. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh multiplied the amount by 10. Zakat money is usually donated, in person, especially during Ramadan, and the money goes to poor people; it’s not supposed to be collected by force by Daesh thugs.
A local activist says Daesh issued a fatwa legalizing the selling of dead animal meat in Mosul city. [ARA]
Daesh issues photos of its meetings with tribes in the Badoush area. [JustPaste]
A video of a Coalition airstrike that destroyed Daesh oil tanker storage facility near Mosul on June 6th [CJTF]
Nineveh Plain
A Peshmerga commander says 4 Daesh terrorists surrendered to Kurdish forces in Jaqlu near Tesgofa. [Rudaw]
Makhmur/Qayara
A Ninewa police source says 20 people from Mosul who were imprisoned by Daesh escaped while being transported in Mosul City. The source says Daesh has begun to empty its prisons, moving its prisoners to different places because of Iraq’s military operations in Shirqat and Qayara. [BasNews]
The IWMC says Iraqi F-16s destroyed Daesh locations, a car-rigging factory, and weapons storehouses in Qayara, killing “tens” of terrorists. [PUKMedia]
The IWMC says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh headquarters which had been connected to tunnels in Duwaizat Tahtani village north of Al-Nassr, killing many Daesh terrorists. [Ghad]
Coalition warplanes. in coordination with Iraqi Intelligence, bombed several Daesh locations in Khirbat Al-Sham village, killing 86 terrorists. Coalition warplanes also bombed Daesh in Khara’eb Jabur and Haj Ali, killing 28 terrorists and destroying 9 rocket launchers. [MoD Website]
A Ninewa Police source says Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh in Lazga village in Qayara, killing 14 terrorists and wounding 3, and destroying a military camp and 3 hideouts. [BasNews]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a PMF patrol in Hmaidan village west of Makhmur. [JustPaste]
Daesh says one of its snipers killed an Iraqi soldier in Al-Nassr village. [JustPaste]
A video of a 300-meter-long and 3-meter-deep Daesh tunnel [Al-Aan]
KURDISTAN
A local official says Turkish warplanes bombed 2 villages in the Qandil Mountains area. [Etejah]
A video of a group of Daesh terrorists surrendering to Peshmerga fighters [YouTube]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Turkish security sources say 3 Daesh terrorists were captured and indicted by a court after being accused of preparing for terrorist attacks in Istanbul; this after security confiscated a large amount of weapons and explosives including an explosives vest. 2 of the terrorists are Chechens and were captured in Istanbul on June 18th. [Anadolu]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 16 airstrikes on Daesh in Syria, including near Manbij (13), Raqqa (2), and Shaddadi (1). [CJTF]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Daesh issues a video of yesterday’s battles in the Safian oilfield area south of Tabaqa. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the Thawra oilfield south of Tabaqa after its recapture. [A3maq]
Daesh says it captured Abu Al-Allaj village and 5 military positions on the road between Ithariya and Raqqa. [A3maq]
Daesh had said earlier it captured the nearby Kharba Zaidan village. [A3maq]
The Turkish Army shot at a group of fifteen people from a village 60 km (37 miles) south of Ras Al-Ayn, as they tried to cross the border into Turkey, wounding two women. [Hawar]
Media sources say the PYD flags were removed from several areas in Qamishli and were replaced by Syrian Democratic Forces flags. [Dorar]
DaeshDaily comment. This is confusing, as the YPG is the largest part of the SDF, but possibly reflects a YPG effort to re-brand itself within a broader, multi-ethnic movement.
Daesh publishes photos of its activities in the Dibsi area in Raqqa. [A3maq]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Manbij campaign. Field sources say MMC fighters entered Manbij city from the west. [ARA]
DaeshDaily comment. So far, we haven’t been able to confirm this from the MMC.
A Daesh car bomb attacking Manbij Military Council fighters exploded before it reached its target south of Manbij. [Hawar]
Daesh also tried to attack the MMC with a car bomb near the eastern entrance of Manbij without causing any casualties. [ARA]
An MMC Commander says more than 200 Daesh fighters participated in the attack in order to break the MMC siege on the city. [Hawar]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on the YPG southeast of Manbij, killing fifteen fighters. [A3maq]
Daesh says it conducted another attack on a YPG gathering west of Manbij. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says the YPG, supported by American ground and air support, tried to advance toward Manbij from the west, but a Syrian suicide terrorist attacked them with a car bomb, killing or wounding twenty of them. Daesh says a Tajik suicide terrorist conducted an attack southeast of Manbij, killing or wounding 30 terrorists. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of the 2 suicide terrorists. [JustPaste]
The Manbij Military Council Commander says his troops cleared 5 villages from Daesh terrorists who sneaked into to them in the Manbij area. He says the residents of the villages helped the MMC by identifying Daesh terrorists. He also says Daesh has lost 70% of its military capacity in the Manbij areas. [Hawar]
The Manbij Military Council issued a statement about the Daesh attack on its troops June 20th, stating Daesh launched a major attack from 3 sides in the Manbij area. It says Daesh used large numbers of terrorists equipped with heavy weapons, in addition to vehicle bombs, but its troops stopped the attack, killing 142 terrorists and destroying several vehicle bombs. 6 MMC fighters were killed in the attack. [BasNews]
Daesh issues a video of a suicide attack on a building that YPG fighters were barricading south of Manbij. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes a photo of a YPG Humvee that was destroyed west of Manbij. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh issues a video of alleged civilian locations destroyed by American warplanes in Manbij city. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Another routine propaganda statement. All Coalition planes are American. All locations destroyed are civilian locations, and all the people killed are civilians. Daesh facilities and personnel are seldom hit in Daesh’s version of the story.
Other reports from northwestern Syria. The EU’s Civil Liberties Commission issued a statement demanding an investigation into an incident in which Turkish troops shot and killed eleven people from one family, including women and children, who were escaping Syria toward Turkey on June 19th in the Idlib area. [Hawar]
More than 40 Syrian NGOs issued a statement condemning the massacre. [EnabBaladi]
31,507 displaced people have arrived in Afrin since May 25th. [Hawar]
Local sources say Daesh terrorists arrested more than 800 Kurdish civilians in Aleppo’s northern countryside so far. Daesh also executed four civilians, accusing them of collaborating with Syrian Democratic Forces. The sources also say Daesh released the Arab prisoners and kept the Kurds and forced some of them to Al-Bab to dig trenches and tunnels around the city. [Hawar] [ARA]
Arfad Brigades, a group of fighters from Tal Rifaat, issued a statement saying they have joined Syrian Democratic Forces to fight Daesh. [Hawar]
An opposition commander says opposition groups, supported by Coalition warplanes, retrieved 3 villages near the Turkey border, north of Aleppo. [ARA] [EnabBaladi]
A video of Russian warplanes allegedly bombing 2 towns north of Aleppo with white phosphorous bombs. [Qasioun]
Ahrar Al Sham Movement, a radical armed Sunni group, says the movement captured in Azaz one of Daesh’s main religious leaders. The terrorist, the former sharia official of Daesh’s affiliate, Muthanna Movement, had fled Daraa’s western countryside and gone to Aleppo in order to gain access to Turkey. Other sources say the terrorists had left Daesh months ago. Local activists say several Muthanna members and leaders had left Daraa and arrived in Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zor and some of them reached Turkey. [Qasioun] [EnabBaladi]
An SDF source says on June 1st, Daesh targeted a military position near the Tishrin Dam with a thermal rocket, wounding American advisors. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in the Kowaires Airport area. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” in Maslama in Aleppo. [DawaAlhaq]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Daesh says it stopped an opposition group’s attack on its positions in east Qalamoun. [A3maq]
Daesh says it launched a surprise attack on Syrian Army and Shia militia, in addition to Russian troops, in Tadmur silos, 10 km (6 miles) east of the city. Daesh says it conducted 2 suicide attacks, killing forty-two joint forces troops and wounding others. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes 2 photos of its religious activities for young boys in Sukhnah city. [DawaAlhaq]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh publishes photos of paving a road in the Albu Kamal area. [JustPaste]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A Syrian military source says Syrian artillery destroyed a Daesh headquarters and 2 military positions northeast of Suwayda, killing or wounding several terrorists. [SANA]
A local activist says Daesh and Al-Nusra exchanged prisoners in the Arsal area, Daesh releasing 5 Nusra for 7 of its own. The source also says a ceasefire has been reached between Daesh and Nusra in West Qalamoun in Homs, leading to this trade. [ARA]
Daesh says one of its snipers killed an opposition fighter and wounded another in Yelda. [JustPaste]
Daesh says a Syrian soldier surrendered to its terrorists in the Bir Qasab area east of Damascus. [A3maq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
Neighboring countries
Jordan
A Jordanian military source says a car bomb exploded near Rukban Refugee Camp on the Jordan-Syria border, killing six border guards. [Sumaria]
The Jordanian Army announced that border areas with Syria and Iraq are closed military areas, and the Jordanian Government said it would start establishing new camps for Syrian refugees in Jordan. [Hawar]
Six Jordanian soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded in the attack. [Anadolu]
North Africa
Egypt
Security sources say an armed group shot and killed a policeman near his house in Arish city. [VetoGate]
Security personnel captured 16 terrorism suspects in a search campaign following the incident, searching in Rafah, Arish, and Sheikh Zuweid areas. The security also destroyed 5 hideouts, a vehicle, and 3 motorcycles. [ElWatan]
A security source says a group of terrorists in a vehicle shot at a security point near a bank in Arish, killing a police officer. [ElWatan]
Daesh claimed responsibility for killing a 68 year old man in Arish and accused him of being a “spy”. [JustPaste]
A security source says a policeman was wounded when an IED exploded on an armored police vehicle near Arish city entrance. [VetoGate]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a police minesweeper in the Kilo 17 area west of Arish. [JustPaste]
A young woman and her brother were severely wounded by a shell fired by terrorists that fell on their house in Sidot village in Rafah. [ElWatan]
Two policemen were shot and wounded in clashes between the security and takfiris in Sidot. [VetoGate]
Libya
Northeast
A medical source says 20 year old man was killed and his 5 year old brother was wounded in the Sidi Younis area in Benghazi. Daesh had been driven out of the area recently. [Wasat]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on Libyan troops in the Qawarsha area, killing or wounding several of them. [JustPaste]
The National Accord Government Ministry of Defense issued a statement transferring the mission of protecting Ajdabiya city to the Oil Facilities Guard. [Wasat] [Wasat]
DaeshDaily comment. The fatwa from the former mufti of Libya urging armed groups to fight General Hafter was a sign of more violence to come in Libya.
Central coast
The National Accord Government Military says 48 of its fighters were killed and 100 wounded in battles with Daesh in Sirte Tuesday. It also says its troops advanced further in Sirte neighborhoods, capturing more areas after heavy battles in which “tens” of Daesh terrorists were killed. It also says it shelled Daesh locations in the city and its planes dropped leaflets asking civilians to leave the city. [AfriGate] [Wasat] [Wasat]
Northwest
A local official says more than thirty people were killed and thirty others wounded in Garabulli city 60 km (37 miles) east of Tripoli after a weapons storehouse exploded. Local sources say the explosion happened after clashes between local people and Misrata militias. [Wasat] [Wasat] [Libya24]
The Libyan National Accord Government Military issued a statement demanding that all of the militias leave the areas it controls in the west. The statement came after clashes in different areas on the west coast. Members of the Presidential Council, certain of whom are linked to the militias, threatened to quit their positions because of the statement. [AfriGate] [Libya24] [Libya24]
Tunisia
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says its security captured a Daesh cell of 4 terrorists and confiscated explosive materials in Mahdiya. [Wasat]
Other countries
The Philippines
Daesh issues a propaganda video on its terrorists in the Philippines. [DawaAlhaq]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Several social media sources talked about Daesh sidelining the chief of its religious committee, the Bahraini Turkey Al-Binali. Other sources have been talking about a rift between Baghdadi and his spokesman, Adnani. We don’t know if these reports are true.
However, the kind of split we see now, after Daesh’s defeats in Anbar, is different. The split is between Iraqis and foreigners. Many Daesh backers in the region are going back to the old story about the “tribal revolutionaries.” For example, Walid Al-Tabatabai’, a Kuwaiti Salafi MP who supported the insurgency in Iraq since 2003, called Daesh “our brothers” in 2014, but now says “we were deceived by Daesh and it is moving back to the desert.” On June 19th he tweeted “Reports about a coup against Daesh leaders in Falluja. The people’s resistance (against Iraqi forces) is being led by several leaders in different areas of the city.” This man was (and still is) a major fundraiser for the insurgency. He says that all Sunnis should pay 10% of their earnings; otherwise “we will lose like in Homs, Aleppo, Ramadi, and Falluja.” The self-proclaimed Ninewa tribes spokesman, who said in 2014 that Mosul was living its most glorious days under Daesh, said recently that Daesh is leaving Mosul and the tribes are taking over the city. Some reports even suggested that Baghdadi will give a farewell speech to the people of Mosul soon.
Many Iraqi Daesh leaders, who are still fighting in Anbar and other areas, have tried to distance themselves from Daesh publicly, but they cannot explain why they are fighting with Daesh. And everyone knows Daesh never allowed any other group to exist in areas it controlled. Everyone has to pledge allegiance or gets killed. We would love to see how such double-face traitors justify their position now.
