May 26, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Iraq claims full control of Qarma Subdistrict in Falluja; several more locations captured as troops move toward city.
Al-Abadi asks that Friday’s demonstrations be postponed until they can be held in Falluja as a victory celebration.
IAF bombs Daesh gathering in Al-Qa’im.
Daesh reported to burn down four Kakai villages in Ninewa.
Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria gaining reinforcements for Raqqa battle; some Daesh fighters reportedly retreating south.
Egyptian Army kills 85 terrorists in Sinai military operation.
Instagram photo in Tunisia gets 3 terrorists arrested.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi’s office issued a statement saying that a “small group” wants to commit “serious escalation” in Baghdad on Friday, and that the Prime Minister issued orders to security to do its job and prevent chaos. [Mada]
Prime Minister Abadi issued a statement after visiting the Falluja Operations Command headquarters, asking the demonstrators to postpone the demonstrations and hold them soon in Falluja after it is liberated. [Mada]
Baghdad Operations Command issued a statement saying citizens should not have “gatherings” without prior approvals. [Mada]
The demonstrations coordination committee issued a statement saying the Friday demonstrations were postponed until further notice in order to prevent some political parties and the government from “mixing the cards.” It also stressed the importance of supporting Iraqi forces in the war on terrorism. However, a member of the committee says the demonstrations will happen in Tahrir Square but will not cross the bridge to the Green Zone, and will aim at supporting Iraqi forces in the war against terrorism. [Mada] [Mada]
Speaker Jubouri met in his office with the Saudi Ambassador to Iraq, according to a statement from Jubouri’s office. The Speaker says the support of Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, will help Iraqi in its war on terrorism. The Ambassador says Saudi Arabia is standing by Iraqi against terrorism and will provide more humanitarian aid. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. Saudi Arabia is trying to improve ties with Iraq and saying some of the right things. However, Iraq would need less Saudi help if it stopped its religious and media organizations from fueling sectarian tensions (for which there are examples in stories below).
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 24 airstrikes on Daesh in Iraq. Seven were in Anbar, in or near Falluja (4), Habbaniya, Haditha, and Hit. Seventeen were in Ninewa, in or near Mosul (5), Qayara (2), and Sultan Abdullah, and in Tal Afar (8) and Sinjar in the northwest. [CJTF]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says a police officer and a policeman were killed, and four other policemen wounded when an IED exploded on their vehicle in the Meshahda area in Tarmiya. [Mada]
An MoI source says an IED exploded near an industrial area in Saba’ Al-Bor, killing one person and wounding seven. [Mada]
A local police source says two brothers were killed when a sticky IED exploded under their vehicle in Taji. [Maalomah]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
An MoI source says unknown armed men shot and killed a Ministry of Health employee in his vehicle in Baladiyat. [Mada]
South (Dora, Mahmudiya)
An MoI source says an Iraqi Army unit captured 3 terrorism suspects in Arab Jubour. [Mada]
Iraqi Army 17th division troops destroyed a Daesh guesthouse and defused an IED, and seized weapons and explosives in the Air Defense area in Arab Jubour. [MoD Website]
Iraqi Army 25th brigade defused an IED in the Kilo 12 area, and 2 IEDS in the Shabisha area.
Daesh says it attacked the house of a Sahwa commander in the Karaghoul area in Yusufiyah, wounding him and four of his associates. Daesh also says it killed two Sahwa fighters with an IED in the same area. [JustPaste]
A local police source says their security captured 4 men wanted on terrorism charges in a raid in Yusufiyah. [Maalomah]
A police source says the body of an unknown woman was found stabbed to death in Mahmudiya. [Maalomah]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near car dealerships in Bayya’, wounding six people. [Mada]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 11 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
The Minister of Defense says the Falluja liberation operations are going according to plan and Iraqi forces will move toward Mosul after Falluja’s liberation. [Xendan]
Colonel Steve Warren, the Coalition Spokesman, says 4,000 Sunni tribal fighters are participating in the Falluja liberation battles. He also says Iraqi forces advanced 4 km (2.5 miles) toward Falluja city center. [Ghad] [Ghad]
Colonel Steve Warren, the Coalition spokesman, estimates that there are around 50,000 civilians in the city. He reiterated his understanding that (Shia) PMFs will not enter Falluja. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. 50,000 is a lot lower than the normal population.
The Mayor of Falluja says military operations around Falluja are focusing on surrounding the city, and they have not yet entered the city, in order to give families time to depart with safe passage. [Mawazin]
The PMF spokesman says Iraqi forces are 3 km away from Falluja. He also says only 50 families managed to leave the city and the battles should not be about advancing quickly as many civilians are still trapped. [Mawazin]
A local source say Daesh is forcing all men 15 years of age and above in Falluja to join Daesh’s ranks. [Harbi]
Daesh publishes a propaganda video of its battles in Falluja. [JustPaste]
The IWMC refuted some Arab media reports about bombing the Falluja hospital. [Xendan]
DaeshDaily comment. Some media outlets showed photos of damage allegedly caused by airstrikes on Falluja hospital. So far, Daesh didn’t say the hospital was hit.
A Saudi TV channel showed a video of the Falluja hospital after it was allegedly bombed. The video doesn’t show any human casualties, and no humans at all are shown in the hospital. The original video was published by a Daesh parallel media account. [YouTube]
The director of the Kidnapped Yazidis Office in Erbil says more than 150 kidnapped Yazidis are in Falluja now and that he communicated with an Iraqi military commander to inform the military about that. A Yazidi activist says Yazidi people are looking forward to Falluja liberation in the hope of getting information about their kidnapped family members. [Sumaria]
The Iraqi Observatory for Journalism Freedoms says Wissam Abbas, a local TV cameraman, was wounded by a Daesh gunshot near Falluja. [Sumaria]
A video of a seized Daesh communications device in Falluja and the communications between the terrorists [Harbi]
North. Baghdad Operations Command troops killed 76 terrorists and destroyed 3 vehicle bombs, a vehicle bomb factory, 11 vehicles, a rocket launcher, a heavy machine gun, and 18 hideouts, and defused 523 IEDs in the north Falluja military sector during the past 24 hours.
The IWMC says Coalition warplanes destroyed a Daesh machine gun-mounted vehicle in the Albu Shijil area. It also says Iraqi forces destroyed 3 Daesh vehicles including a vehicle bomb in the same area. [Mawazin]
Daesh says it attacked the Iraqi Army near the Albu Shijil area and destroyed 9 armored vehicles. [A3maq]
A Rapid Intervention unit killed 15 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 4 vehicle bombs near the Sijar Bridge. [Harbi]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces raised the flag over the Sijar Bridge. [Mada]
The Rapid Intervention Command says its troops killed 15 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 5 vehicle bombs near Sijar Bridge. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on Iraqi forces in the Sijar area. [A3maq] (Apparently it didn’t work.)
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army bulldozer in the Sijar area. [A3maq]
The IAA destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb in the Sijar area. [Harbi]
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack on a checkpoint in Saqlawiya, killing 6 terrorists, including a suicide bomber. [Maalomah]
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh booby-trapped 400 houses in Saqlawiya. [BasNews]
Qarma. The IWMC says Iraqi forces cut off Daesh supply lines between Saqlawiya, Falluja, and Qarma completely. [Buratha]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces now control the entire Qarma District and have started clearing IEDs and booby-trapped buildings. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. After constant battles and skirmishes in Qarma that started farther back than we can remember, it would have great military significance if Iraqi forces now control all of the huge and characteristically hostile Qarma Subdistrict as they claim.
The IFP Commander says Iraqi forces raised the flag over the police station and the Grand Mosque in Qarma. [Maalomah]
He also says his troops killed 12 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 4 vehicle bombs and 13 IEDs north of Qarma. [Mawazin]
The Baghdad Operations Commander says Qarma center was cleared and control of the center will be given to tribal PMFs. [Buratha]
Prime Minister Abadi arrived in Qarma to check on Iraqi forces. [Sumaria]
The IFP commander says his troops killed 4 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 3 booby-trapped houses and 50 IEDs in addition to a tunnel network near the thermal (electricity) station area. [Harbi]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on the Iraqi Army, on the outskirts of Qarma. [A3maq]
Daesh says it damaged an Iraqi Army Abrams tank and 2 bulldozers on the outskirts of the Ma’amel area east of Falluja city. [A3maq] [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army tank on the outskirts of Qarma. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. None of these three statements provides any evidence to contradict the government claim that it has taken full control of Qarma from Daesh.
A security source says Iraqi forces liberated Rashad village, northeast of Qarma center. [Maalomah]
Photos of Iraqi forces in Qarma [Sumaria]
A PMF faction says it captured a high ranking Daesh commander near Qarma. [Harbi]
The IWMC refuted the Arab media reports about looting in Qarma. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. Another gift to Iraq from the Arab media
Videos of Iraqi forces in Qarma [YouTube] [YouTube] [Sumaria]
Videos of battles in Falluja [YouTube] [YouTube]
South. A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces secured 30 families who had escaped Daesh-controlled areas in Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [Mada]
A member of the Ameriyat Al-Falluja subdistrict council says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack in the Ahssi area in Ameriyat Al-Falluja, destroying 3 vehicle bombs. [Maalomah]
Iraqi Army 16th division killed 5 Daesh terrorists and defused several IEDs in the south Falluja military sector. [MoD Website]
Daesh says it captured 4 Humvees and an armored vehicle in addition to a variety of weapons on the outskirts of Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of Iraqi Army vehicles it destroyed or captured in the Ameriyat Al-Falluja area. [A3maq] Daesh says it destroyed 2 Iraqi Army Humvees, 2 cars, and a bulldozer near Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [A3maq]
West. A tribal PMF commander says security forces captured 3 Daesh Iraqi terrorists and confiscated 3 billion Iraqi dinars ($2.5 million) in Falluja District. He says the terrorists were on the way to Al-Qa’im. [BasNews]
The PMF Press says the PMFs killed 22 Daesh terrorists and seized a construction shovel bomb in the Falahat area just west of the city. [Buratha]
Ramadi
The Khaldiya subdistrict council says Iraqi forces liberated 4 villages in Jazeera Khaldiya, killing 16 Daesh terrorists. [Mada]
The Chairman of the Security Committee in the Khaldiya council later said Iraqi forces cleared 3 additional areas in Jazeera Khaldiya, killing 33 terrorists, and destroyed 4 vehicle bombs and a guesthouse. [BasNews]
The Chairman of the Khaldiya council says Iraqi forces killed the Daesh commander of Jazeera Khaldiya and 3 of his associates. [Mada]
Daesh says it shot down an Iraqi Army helicopter and damaged another one in Jazeera Khaldiya. [A3maq]
Daesh says it damaged an Iraqi Army tank on the outskirts of Jazeera Khaldiya. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. As usual, the use of the word “outskirts” implies that Iraqi forces are not inside these cities and they are working from outside the city.
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on an Iraqi Army and IFP gathering near Jazeera Khaldiya. [A3maq]
Iraqi forces destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb with a Kornet rocket in the Albu Bali area.
The PMF press says PMF units captured a Daesh terrorist from an Arab country north of Falluja. [Mawazin]
Hit/Baghdadi/Haditha
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces killed 4 Daesh suicide terrorists who sneaked into the Sakran area north of Haditha. [Maalomah]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee and a personnel carrier with 2 IEDs, killing twelve Iraqi soldiers on the road between the Haditha Dam and the Sakran area. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of an attack on an Iraqi Army military position on the road between Haditha and Baiji. [JustPaste]
Rutba/Western Anbar
The IWMC says the IAF, with information from the Al-Suqoor Intelligence Cell, bombed an “important” Daesh group in Al-Qa’im, in the far northwest corner of Anbar, killing more than 10. [Maalomah]
Colonel Warren says Daesh terrorists fled Rutba in women’s clothes. [PUKMedia]
Photos of displaced families returning to Rutba [Sumaria]
SALAHUDDIN
Baiji
Daesh says 3 of its terrorists attacked an Iraqi Army battalion headquarters north of the Baiji refinery, killing or wounding more than thirty soldiers. Daesh says 2 of the terrorists then blew themselves up while the 3rd returned safely. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. So why would they blow themselves up after killing all these soldiers? Was that some kind of celebration? And why didn’t the third terrorist do the same?
Here Daesh says twenty Iraqi soldiers were killed and thirteen wounded in the attack. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of the 2 terrorists and says they were both Iraqis. [JustPaste]
The IAA destroyed a Daesh machine gun mounted vehicle in Al-Malha village, just south of the Baiji refinery, killing 3 terrorists. The terrorists had covered the machine gun in the vehicle. [MoD Website]
DaeshDaily comment. This village was liberated in June last year.
Salahuddin Operations Command troops destroyed a Daesh machine gun-mounted vehicle near the Fatha Bridge, killing the terrorists inside. [MoD Website]
Daesh says it burned down an Iraqi Army military position in the Fatha area. [JustPaste]
Tikrit
Daesh says one of its snipers killed an Iraqi soldier in the Allas oilfield area. [JustPaste]
DIYALA
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a PMF convoy in the Imam Wais area, damaging a vehicle and wounding the fighters inside. [JustPaste]
A security source says one PMF fighter was wounded by a Daesh IED near Imam Wais. [Sumaria]
Northern Diyala
The Mayor of Jalawla says the British organization responsible for clearing the subdistrict from IEDs finished its work. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it destroyed 2 electricity towers with IEDs in the Dalli Abbas area. [JustPaste]
Southern Diyala
The Diyala Police Spokesman says security forces defused 5 IEDs and captured 3 people wanted on terrorism charges in Mandali near the Iran border. [Mawazin]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed an Explosive Ordinance Disposal person near his house in Laylan. [Mada]
A video of Coalition airstrikes on Daesh vehicle bombs near Kirkuk [CJTF]
Southwest
Daesh says it attacked Peshmerga military positions east of Bashir. [JustPaste]
A security source says 3 Daesh Katyusha rockets fell on Bashir without causing any damages. [Sumaria]
A Peshmerga commander says his troops shot down a small Daesh recon drone west of Daquq (photos). [BasNews]
NINEWA
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes targeted Daesh locations in several areas yesterday in Mosul, Hamdaniya, Qayara, and Gwer, killing 17 terrorists. [PUKMedia]
Mosul
A PUK official says Peshmerga artillery targeted a Daesh gathering in Bashiqa, killing 5 terrorists and destroying 2 vehicles.
He also says Daesh executed 8 of its own terrorists in Mosul after accusing them of fleeing battles. [Mada]
A local source says a Coalition drone bombed a Daesh meeting near the International Hotel, killing 7 Daesh leaders. [Mada]
Daesh’s version says American airstrikes targeted an empty building, the International Hotel, and an under construction amusement park in Mosul on Wednesday. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the results of the airstrikes. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. One of Daesh’s routine propaganda themes is that Coalition bombing is inaccurate, kills civilians, and destroys civilian rather than military targets. This is intended to contrast with an even more prominent propaganda theme, that Daesh is the defender of Sunni Arabs. Almost every Daesh “report” on the results of Coalition bombing predictably follows this line. Daesh fighters are never killed in these reports. They sometimes get mentioned in separate reports later.
Daesh publishes 3 photos of its attack on the Peshmerga in Fadhiliya village in Bashiqa. The photos basically don’t show anything! [JustPaste]
Nineveh Plain
A Peshmerga commander says Daesh burned down 4 Kakai villages in the Khazer area. [Rudaw]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
Daesh says it shot down an American recon drone in the Mazraa area east of Tal Afar. [JustPaste]
Daesh had said yesterday that it shot down an American drone west of Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the drone it shot down west of Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says it attacked 2 Peshmerga military positions in the Aski Mosul area, and another one near Lazaqa village. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of shelling and rocketing Peshmerga locations north of Ayadhiya. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of the final exams in Tal Afar schools. [JustPaste]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 5 airstrikes yesterday on Daesh in Syria, in or near Raqqa (2), Ain Eissa, Shaddadi, and Tadmur. [CJTF]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Sources close to the Syria Democratic forces says the SDF captured 10 villages north of Raqqa, but lost control of Hisha south of Ain Essa because of a Daesh surprise attack on the village. The sources also say the SDF will attack Daesh in Jarabulus in order to cut off the supply lines between Raqqa and Aleppo. [Qasioun]
Syria Democratic Forces killed 10 Daesh terrorists in Hisha village. [Hawar]
The SDF shelled Daesh locations in 4 villages with heavy artillery in the same area. [Hawar]
750 young men from Shaddadi joined the Syria Democratic Forces. [Hawar]
More military enforcements arrived to join the Syria Democratic Forces in the north Raqqa areas. [Hawar]
In contrast, a local source says large number of Daesh terrorists fled Raqqa toward the southern countryside, anticipating the SDF attack on the city. [Hawar]
Local activists say 2 Daesh terrorists were killed and another one wounded during internal clashes east of Raqqa. A Syrian terrorist was trying to move his furniture from the city to a nearby village when other terrorists, at a checkpoint, prevented his move. [Qasioun]
A field source says Daesh attacked the YPG with vehicle bombs in 3 villages south of Shaddadi, killing or wounding several fighters. [BasNews]
Daesh says it destroyed 2 YPG machine gun mounted vehicles near the Malha area southwest of Shaddadi. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles north of Raqqa. [JustPaste]
Daesh issues a video of a local tribe pledging allegiance east of Raqqa. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. As usual, when Daesh is in trouble to goes to the tribes.
Daesh says it destroyed a YPG car east of Suluk north of Raqqa on Wednesday. [A3maq]
The PYD rep in Kurdistan says Raqqa will join the “Federal System” in north Syria following its liberation from Daesh. [Dorar]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Daesh reopened the road between Jarez and Kufra, north of Aleppo, after keeping it closed for 2 months. The road allows Syrian opposition groups to transport food items to east Syria and it allows Daesh to transport oil to north Syria. [Qasioun]
Three women and two children were wounded by opposition group shelling on Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo (video). [Hawar]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
A Syrian Army source says Syrian troops found the bodies of 31 people, including a child and a woman, in a mass grave east of Tadmur. [SANA]
A Syrian military source says Syrian warplanes destroyed Daesh vehicles near the Jazal and Sha’er oilfields. [SANA]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh launched attacks on SDF forces near the Abu Khashab area north of Deir Ez-Zor. Daesh started the attack with a vehicle bomb, killing or wounding several SDF fighters. Coalition warplanes launched airstrikes on Daesh locations east of Deir Ez-Zor. [Qasioun]
A Syrian military source says Syrian warplanes destroyed Daesh vehicles and military positions, killing or wounding several terrorists west of Deir Ez-Zor military airport. Syrian warplanes also targeted Daesh locations near Tharda Mountain southeast of Deir Ez-Zor. [SANA]
Daesh publishes photos of a peacemaking meeting between 2 tribes in Deir Ez-Zor. [JustPaste]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A Syrian military source says Syrian troops, supported by local militias, killed a group of Daesh terrorists southwest of Tal Ishaiheb, northeast of Suwayda. The source also says Syrian troops targeted a Daesh convoy with heavy artillery, destroying 4 vehicles in Rajm Al-Dawla village northeast of Suwayda. [SANA]
Daesh publishes photos of clashes with Nusra in the Yarmouk camp. [JustPaste]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
The Egyptian Military spokesman says army troops killed 85 terrorists and destroyed 190 hideouts and 53 houses, 10 cars, 5 motorcycles, and 73 shelters, and captured 3 terrorists during the last 4 days in North and Central Sinai. [ElWatan]
A policeman was killed when terrorists attacked a security position in the Raisan area in Central Sinai. [VetoGate]
Two policemen were killed when an IED exploded by an armored vehicle in Shaddadia village south of Rafah. Two Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis terrorists had planted the IED. [VetoGate]
Security forces defused 27 IEDs in different areas in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, including 11 in Mahdiya village, south of Rafah. A policeman was also shot in the leg in Mahdiya. [VetoGate] [VetoGate]
Daesh says it destroyed an Egyptian Army SUV with an IED south of Rafah, killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [JustPaste]
Security forces killed 15 terrorists and wounded 8, destroying 4 cars in an attack on Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis in Touma village in Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
Daesh says its snipers killed two Egyptian soldiers and wounded another in the Abu Rifa’i area south of Sheikh Zuweid. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it destroyed an Egyptian Army tank with a guided missile in Karm Al-Qawadees, southwest of Sheikh Zuweid, killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [JustPaste]
The north Sinai security agency raided the Sharabaja neighborhood in Arish and arrested 40 suspects including 3 wanted terrorists. [VetoGate]
A police man was wounded by an Ansar Bait Al-Maqdis sniper in the Joura area south of Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
Eyewitnesses say Egyptian forces, supported by warplanes, clashed with terrorists south of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid. [ElWatan]
Daesh says it targeted an Egyptian Army vehicle loaded with ammunition near Bir Lahfan village south of Arish. [JustPaste]
Libya
Northeast
The Libyan National Army Spokesman says Libyan warplanes bombed Daesh in Qawarsha, killing 7 terrorists and wounding more than 20. He says the army has started the last stage of liberating west Benghazi after giving the terrorists a chance to leave. The terrorists refused this offer. [Libya24] [AfriGate]
Daesh says its terrorists detonated 3 IEDs on National Libyan Army soldiers in the Qawarsha area, then clashed with them, killing five soldiers and wounding others. [JustPaste]
The spokesman of the Libyan special forces says one of his soldiers was killed by a land mine in the Qawarsha area. [Libya24]
Central coast
The spokesman of the National Accord Government military says the first stage of the operation to liberate Sirte ended with liberating the Hisha Jadida, Mahmiya, Washaka, Qadahiya, and Abu Najim areas, and the second stage has started. A spokesman in the operations says fifty four soldiers were killed and more than two hundred wounded so far in the operations. [Libya24]
Daesh says its terrorists sneaked into the Washaka area west of Sirte and killed five Fajr Libya fighters. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of the attack. The photos also don’t show anything but Daesh terrorists. [JustPaste]
British special forces blew up a Daesh suicide truck in Libya earlier this month, a military commander there has said. The strike apparently came when a vehicle, acting as a bomb, approached a bridge leading towards the city of Misrata.
UK forces appeared ready for the attack and fired a single missile during the incident on May 12, Commander Mohammed Durat told The Times. [The Independent]
A military source in Jufra says 5 Daesh terrorists, including 2 commanders, are asking for secure passage to leave Sirte. The source says Daesh in Sirte is facing serious conflicts between its local and foreign terrorists. [AfriGate]
Daesh says it conducted 3 suicide attacks on Fajr Libya west of Sirte. Daesh says one of its Egyptian suicide terrorists attacked a Fajr Libya gathering with a vehicle bomb in the Zamzam area. An Indian suicide terrorist attacked a Fajr Libya gathering in Wadi Marah southwest of Sirte near Garyan. An Egyptian suicide terrorist attacked a Fajr Libya convoy near the Sitteen intersection. Daesh says one hundred seventeen Fajr Libya fighters were killed or wounded in the attacks. [JustPaste]
A medical source says one Fajr Libya fighter was killed and twelve wounded in clashes with Daesh in the Wadi Marah area. [Libya24]
The spokesman of the National Accord Government military says that Libyan warplanes bombed Daesh south of the Baghla area, killing 30 terrorists. [Libya24]
A video of a Daesh vehicle bomb captured by Libyan troops [YouTube]
A Libyan special forces spokesman says four men, including three brothers, were captured for their role in the Zliten training center explosion in January that killed 55 people and wounded more than 180. [Libya24]
The spokesman of the Libyan National Army refuted the reports stating that the Army led by General Hafter is moving toward the oilfield areas. The Army is interested only in going to Sirte and will move toward it soon. He also says the Army found Daesh recon drones in Sirte, and that the drones could only be obtained by official sources, accusing foreign countries of supporting Daesh. [Libya24] [Libya24]
Tunisia
The Tunisian MoI says their security captured a Daesh terrorist who was linked to the Daesh cell that attacked Aryanah on May 11th. The MoI also says National Guard units captured the terrorist’s wife, who is also a member of the cell, in a different location. [Tunisien]
The Tunisian security captured 3 terrorists after an American journalist published a photo with them on Instagram. The journalist had conducted a confidential interview with the masked terrorists. [AfriGate]
A Tunisian soldier was wounded by a land mine on Samama Mountain in Kasserine. [AfriGate]
Other countries
Afghanistan
Daesh issues a video of a group of Tajik terrorists pledging allegiance to its leader in Afghanistan. [DawaAlhaq]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
A Daesh news page from Falluja
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/heartmaze2
https://twitter.com/Lemmmar_____16
https://twitter.com/a51yamtahm
https://twitter.com/oaizueyrtqmsldk
Other Daesh media
Daesh audio newsletter for today [JustPaste]
