May 27, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Baghdad survives the latest demonstrations, but not without incident.
Iraqi forces gaining more control north and east of Falluja; some residents able to leave.
Sectarian Sunni media launches counter-offensive against Falluja campaign.
Diyala tribes conferring on compensation formula for Daesh crimes.
UNHCR reports major civilian exodus from Ninewa to northeast Syria.
Daesh and Turkey-backed opposition groups in seesaw battle for border villages.
Daesh is confiscating TVs in Deir Ez-Zor.
Daesh in Sirte under pressure from Libyan forces.
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi’s media office says some demonstrators attacked security personnel with fire torches, but security has the situation under control. [Mada]
An MoI source says hundreds of demonstrators tried to cross to the Green Zone but were stopped by security forces. The demonstrators left Tahrir Square later. [Mada]
Hundreds of Sadrists arrived in Tahrir Square to demand more reforms. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. The “reforms” here might mean an extra ministry for the Sadrists.
The Governor of Baghdad, a Sadrist, criticized the security forces’ use of rubber bullets, water and tear gas against the demonstrators in Baghdad and said the demonstrators were trying to show their support to Iraqi forces in Falluja battle. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. They could better show their support by not diverting military resources from the battlefield to Baghdad to deal with them.
There were small pro-reform demonstrations in Najaf, Kerbala, Babel, Dhi Qar, Basra, and Muthanna. [Mada]
In Friday’s prayer in Kerbala, the Sistani rep repeated the marji’ya request for the security forces to protect civilians in Falluja battles. He also praised the Iraqi forces, volunteers and tribal fighters in the battle. [Sumaria] [Sumaria]
The MoI spokesman warns that Daesh will try to conduct suicide attacks in Baghdad to distract attention from its losses in the Falluja battles. [Maalomah]
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 23 airstrikes yesterday on Daesh in Iraq, near Falluja (5), Habbaniya (2), and Baghdadi; near Hawija: and near Mosul (8), Qayara, Kasik (2), Tal Afar (2) and Sinjar. [CJTF]
DaeshDaily comment. We at Daesh Daily confess to having lost patience with these daily CJTF reports. We eventually figured out that the geographic locations given for the airstrikes are always the same and so there is no way to tell what locations were actually targeted. This is passing for public information. Sinjar is a whole district; so is Tal Afar. Kasik is a specific location and always on the list, but the actual airstrike locations are not even approximated. Using the word “near” does not excuse this bad habit. This is PR, not war reporting. We think the CJTF can do better.
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
A security source says a civilian was wounded when a roadside IED exploded on his vehicle in Rashidiya. [Sumaria]
Daesh says one of its snipers killed an Iraqi soldier in Tarmiya. [JustPaste]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
An MoI source says the body of an unknown man was found shot in Hay Al-Basateen. [Mada]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a commercial area in Ameen, killing one person and wounding five. [Mada]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a café in Wardiya in Mada’in, killing two people and wounding eight. [Mada]
Southwest (Rasheed)
An MoI source says an IED exploded in Hay Al-Furat, killing one person and wounding seven. [Mada]
West (Mansour, Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib)
An MoI source says an IED exploded near a market in Abu Ghraib, killing two people and wounding seven. [Mada] Daesh says it detonated the IED on an Iraqi vehicle loaded with soldiers. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. This is routine Daesh propaganda. It kills civilians indiscriminately but always claims to be attacking soldiers or PMFs, creating the lie that it is attacking legitimate military targets.
Daesh says it killed two Iraqi Army Intelligence Service “sources” in their houses in Radwaniya. [JustPaste]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 8 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
U.S.-led coalition strikes supporting Iraqi forces in the recapture of Falluja have killed 70 Daesh terrorists including the group’s commander in the city, a U.S military spokesman said on Friday.
U.S. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a spokesman for the U.S.-led military campaign against Daesh, said the coalition had carried out 20 strikes in support of the campaign over the past four days.
Maher Al-Bilawi, commander of Daesh in Falluja, was killed two days ago, Warren said. He said the killing of Bilawi and the other militants “won’t completely cause the enemy to stop fighting but it’s a blow.” [Reuters]
Warren also says the Coalition dropped leaflets on Falluja asking people to raise white flags on their houses. He also says Iraqi forces established camps for the displaced families. [Mawazin]
Photos of Iraqi forces with displaced families from Falluja [Maalomah]
A PUK official says Daesh is searching Mosul, looking for terrorists who escaped from the Falluja battles. [PUKMedia]
As Iraqi forces move closer to retaking the city, the efforts by sectarian Sunni media trying to prevent this have accelerated. There was a series of propaganda pieces masquerading as news. For example:
“Media reports” say that several people in Falluja were “martyred” or wounded because of heavy shelling and rocketing by “Abadi forces”. [IslamMemo]
“Media sources” say the current war waged on Falluja by “Abadi forces,” supported by Shia militias, are solely motivated by Shia hatred toward the Sunnis. [IslamMemo]
“Sources” in Falluja city and “Eyewitnesses” say Shia militias blew up the Qarma mosque and the Directorate of National Registration in Qarma, and also burned down another mosque in Rashad. The “sources” also say the Shia militias are looting and burning down houses in Qarma. [IslamMemo]
The Geneva International Centre for Justice issued an urgent call to the General Secretary and all international organizations to stop the “genocide” against the Falluja people that is happening under the guise of fighting Daesh. The Center says the current campaign on the city is being carried out with American coverage and Iranian support and is being led by sectarian militias. [IslamMemo]
DaeshDaily comment. These are samples of the petro-dollar media reporting on Iraq. It pretends that Daesh doesn’t exist, so it can pretend that the shelling targets only civilians. Second, notice that anyone killed in Falluja is “martyred,” but the civilian victims of Daesh suicide attacks, whether Sunni or Shia, are “killed.” This is exactly the language used by Daesh.
The esteemed journalists quote “media reports” and “media sources” without giving any information about what or whom that means. Iraqi forces are not Iraqi forces; they are Abadi’s forces. Many thought the sectarian Arab media would cool down after Maliki was gone, but instead its propaganda has replaced “Maliki forces” with “Abadi forces,” both terms being synonymous with “Shia forces.” The language is totally sectarian. As for the Geneva International Centre for Justice, no one remembers that it issued any “urgent” appeals for justice when tens of thousands of Iraqis were killed, mutilated, and enslaved by Daesh.
Unfortunately, this kind of reporting is not unusual. It’s the norm in the Arab media. As the Falluja campaign proceeds, this obvious propaganda campaign will turn up the heat on every decision-maker and opinion leader who might combine to force Iraq to stop its military effort in Falluja campaign and let Daesh stay. How many people in Iraq need to die before this hate machine stops?
North. The Chairman of Khaldiya subdistrict council says Iraqi forces completely isolated Falluja from the north, cutting off the last Daesh road to the city. [Maalomah]
The IFP commander says his troops opened a secure route for civilians to leave Falluja. They helped to evacuate 760 residents from north of Falluja near Sijar village. [Baghdadia] [Sumaria]
The Rapid Intervention division says it destroyed a Daesh communications center in the Sijar area, killing 4 terrorists and destroying 2 vehicle bombs. [Sumaria]
Badr fighters destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb near the Sijar Bridge. Other Badr men killed 3 Daesh terrorists and found more Daesh tunnels in the electricity station area. [Harbi] [Harbi]
Daesh issues a video of destroying an Iraqi Army Abrams tank in the Sijar area. [A3maq]
An Anbar Police commander says Iraqi forces cleared the Mukhtar and Azraqiya areas, northwest of Falluja, killing 13 Daesh terrorists. [BasNews]
The West Baghdad Operations Commander says Iraqi forces surrounded Saqlawiya completely and it will be cleared soon. [Mawazin]
A PMF commander says his troops stopped a Daesh attack in the Albu Shijil area. [Harbi]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces killed important Daesh commanders in Albu Shijil and destroyed a vehicle bomb. [Mawazin]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on Iraqi forces in the Albu Aziz area northwest of Falluja, killing fifteen Iraqi soldiers and destroying 2 Humvees. [A3maq]
Daesh says a Tajik terrorist conducted the suicide attack in Albu Aziz. [JustPaste]
Photos of Central Asian terrorists in Falluja [Twitter]
East. The IWMC says Iraqi forces secured more than 460 people away from an area east of Falluja to secure locations. [Mada]
A security source says Iraqi forces defused 60 booby-trapped houses and 200 IEDs in Qarma. [Ghad]
The IWMC says Iraqi forces defused a Daesh lorry bomb in Qarma. [Mawazin]
Photos of national IDs found belong to 2 Saudi terrorists [Buratha]
Daesh publishes photos of battles east of Falluja. [JustPaste]
Daesh claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack on the PMF spokesman’s vehicle with 2 IEDs on the road between Abu Ghraib and Falluja. The spokesman survived the attack. [JustPaste]
The Qarma tribal PMF commander says the PMFs are gradually withdrawing from Qarma and handling the land to the local police and tribal fighters according to Prime Minister Abadi’s orders. [Maalomah]
South. A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces captured the Daesh military commander of Ameriyat Al-Falluja, and 3 of his associates. [Mada]
The Anbar Operations Commander says an Iraqi Army Abrams tank destroyed a Daesh Humvee bomb and a machine gun-mounted vehicle in the Albu Hawar area south of Falluja. He also says the IAA bombed a Daesh gathering south of Falluja, killing 7 terrorists. [Sumaria]
A member of the Ameriyat Al-Falluja subdistrict council says the IAA bombed a Daesh hideout in the Ahssi area, killing 15 terrorists. [Maalomah]
Photos of Iraqi forces in Ameriyat Al-Falluja [BasNews]
However, Daesh media issued four reports of events southeast of Falluja that gave a contrary impression.
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army vehicle in Zaidan, killing four soldiers, including a battalion commander. [JustPaste]
Daesh says its snipers killed three Iraqi soldiers in Ma’amir, Hitawiyeen, and Tuffaha areas. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it stopped an Iraqi Army attack in the Tuffaha area in Zoba’a, killing or wounding several soldiers and damaging a bulldozer. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee and a heavy machine gun in the Ubaid area in Zoba’a. [JustPaste]
Ramadi
Daesh says its snipers killed eight Iraqi soldiers on the outskirts of Jazeera Khaldiya. [A3maq]
Rutba/Western Anbar
A video of a Coalition airstrike destroying a Daesh defensive fighting position near Rutba on May 19 [CJTF]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
Daesh publishes one photo of setting cigarette boxes on fire in Salahuddin. [JustPaste]
Baiji
Daesh says its snipers wounded three Iraqi soldiers near the Albu Juwari area north of Baiji. [JustPaste]
Tikrit
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi PMF fighters in Allas oilfield. [JustPaste]
DIYALA
Baquba
The Chairman of the Abbara subdistrict council says the Diyala tribes have been holding meetings for days now to agree on the ceiling for the tribal compensations for murder and terrorism crimes. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. This is an important step towards reconciliation in Diyala, by applying tribal law. The most important outcome will be that the people who had relatives murdered will get compensated in money collected from the murderer’s family by his tribe, after negotiations with the victims’ tribe, in return for which they will waive their right to exact further punishment. This will get some perpetrators off the hook, and make the justice system’s punishments less severe on others.
There will be thousands of such situations across Iraq, and the court system cannot handle all the prosecutions that would be needed to provide justice to victims and their families. Transitional justice is essential to reconciliation, however. Tribal law is the old-fashioned way, but it still works.
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a mukhtar and his son, and wounded his daughter severely, in Abbara. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it killed a Sahwa commander in Abbara and his son in their house. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh didn’t mention the daughter. Notice again that Daesh creates a lie that they attacked a Sunni military target, when the targets were actually a civilian official and his children. As a girl would not be a combatant, she is left out of their story so as not to reduce its credibility.
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
Daesh says its terrorists clashed with Iraqi police in the Imam Wais area. [JustPaste]
Northern Diyala
A security source says a Daesh group attacked a government military position, but was stopped by troops west of Sadiya. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it attacked a Badr military position in Marjana village in Sadiya, killing three fighters. [JustPaste]
NINEWA
Mosul
UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming says the past month has seen a spike in numbers of Iraqi refugees risking the dangerous crossing into Syria in a desperate bid to escape Mosul, the pending battle to retake it, and fighting in surrounding areas. Since the beginning of May, a total of 4,266 refugees have arrived at the Al-Hawl camp located 14 km (9 miles) from the Iraqi border in Syria’s northeastern Hasaka Governorate.
She also says people continue to flee ongoing fighting southeast of Mosul, mainly in the Makhmur District, to the recently established Debaga IDP camp in Makhmur city. Local authorities estimate that an additional 30,000 people could be displaced in the coming months. An eventual assault on Mosul could displace over 600,000 people. [UNHCR]
The IWMC says the IAF conducted airstrikes on Daesh in Mosul, killing “tens” of terrorists, including the Daesh officer responsible for suicide terrorists, the Daesh sharia official of Ninewa, and the finance officer of Ninewa. The IWMC advised Mosul citizens to stay away from Daesh positions. [Rudaw]
The Iraqi Observatory for Journalism Freedom says Daesh beheaded Talal Abu Iman, a technician for the Iraqi Media Network in Ninewa, one month after he was captured. [Sumaria]
Daesh issues photos of construction of a mosque in the Shifa’ area in western Mosul. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Considering these two stories together tells you a lot about Daesh and its hypocrisy.
Kata’eb Al-Mosul says it shot at a Daesh vehicle near the Tel Keif intersection in Mosul, killing or wounding 3 Daesh terrorists inside. [KM Facebook Page]
A PUK official says the Peshmerga stopped a Daesh attack in the Bashiqa Mountain area, killing 2 terrorists and wounding 2 others. [PUKMedia]
Nineveh Plain
A PUK official says Coalition warplanes destroyed 2 Daesh headquarters and 2 vehicles in the Nawaran area, killing or wounding several Daesh terrorists. [PUKMedia]
Makhmur/Qayara
A local activist said 75 people arrived at Karaw village, escaping Daesh controlled areas between Qaraj and Hawija. He also says the Peshmerga moved these civilians to the Debaga camp in Makhmur. [ARA]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi army SUV with an IED near Kermerdi village west of Makhmur. [A3maq]
Daesh says it launched an attack on Iraqi Army positions west of Al-Nassr village, clashing with troops for an hour before “returning safely”. [JustPaste]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
Daesh says a group of its terrorists sneaked into a Peshmerga camp near Amar Bait village northwest of Mosul, and killed four fighters before retreating safely. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it killed nine Peshmerga fighters and wounded thirteen in an attack on Shandoukha village east of Tal Afar. [A3maq]
Daesh says five people were killed and seven wounded in an American airstrike on Tal Afar. [A3maq]
Daesh says it attacked Peshmerga locations in Sino village, Golat intersection, and the cement factory east of Sinjar. Daesh also says it attacked the Peshmerga in Wardiya village west of Sinjar, and the Domiz area. [A3maq] [A3maq]
KURDISTAN
Eyewitnesses say Turkish warplanes attacked several areas in Kani Massi subdistrict. [Sumaria]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Five people were wounded when 3 shells fell on a house in Kilis. [Anadolu]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Leaked Daesh files have revealed the group’s so-called “borders chief”, a senior leader responsible for recruiting thousands of foreign jihadists and funneling them into Syria. Tarad Mohamed Al-Jaraba, a 37-year-old Iraqi national who uses the nom de guerre Abu Mohamed Al-Shimali, facilitated the entry of more than 6,000 terrorists over two years.
A third of the 18,000 foreign jihadists who joined the group between 2013 and 2015 put Jaraba down as a “mediator” on their entrance forms, which were leaked to the Syrian opposition newspaper Zaman Al-Wasl and shared with the Telegraph. He is understood to have helped several of the Paris bombers get into and then out of Syria to carry out their deadly attacks, killing 130. Jaraba, who also holds Saudi Arabian citizenship, is already known to the US State Department, which offered a reward of $5 million (£3.3 million) for information on his whereabouts earlier this year. [Telegraph]
DaeshDaily comment. Al-Jarba (and not Al-Jaraba) is a famous family in the Ninewa area. It is the leading family of the Shammar, one of the biggest Arab tribes in Iraq, Syria, the Gulf, and other places. The former Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawer is a member of this family.
The Combined Joint Task Force says the Coalition conducted 2 airstrikes yesterday on Daesh in Syria, near Raqqa and Ain Eissa. [CJTF]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
The PYD President, Saleh Muslim, says the SDF will not be stationed in Raqqa after the city is liberated from Daesh, refuting media reports about the PYD’s intentions to add Raqqa to the Kurdish areas. [EnabBaladi]
The PYD rep in Kurdistan had said yesterday that Raqqa will join the “Federal System” in north Syria following its liberation from Daesh. [Dorar]
Local sources say Daesh is planting IEDs and mines in the villages southeast of Ain Eissa before fleeing. [Hawar]
Daesh issues a video from Hisha village south of Ain Eissa. [A3maq]
The Syria Democratic Forces say Coalition warplanes bombed Daesh locations in Tal Samen village northeast of Ain Eissa, destroying a cannon and an armored vehicle. Coalition warplanes also bombed Daesh in Hazima village north of Ain Eissa, destroying a vehicle and killing 8 terrorists. [Hawar]
The Turkey Foreign Affairs Minister said it is unacceptable that American soldiers put YPG badges on their uniforms, saying it’s “double standards and hypocrisy” when the United States does not consider the YPG a terrorist organization. He also says, sarcastically, that the soldiers should put on Daesh and Nusra patches in other places, and Boko Harams’ in Africa. A senior Turkish military industry official says Turkey will not buy American drones. An SDF commander says American troops are actively participating in the battle. [Arabi21] [Hawar]
The Coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren says “Wearing those YPG patches was unauthorized and inappropriate, and corrective action has been taken.” [Anadolu]
Local sources say Daesh is digging trenches around the Hawdh area on the outskirts of Raqqa, where the families of Daesh leaders live. An SDF source says Daesh is planting IEDs and land mines north of Raqqa and has prepared hundreds of vehicle bombs in anticipation of the SDF attack. [ARA]
Daesh issues 2 photos of shelling YPG locations east of Tishrin Dam. [JustPaste]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Daesh says after getting information about Turkey-backed opposition groups who were preparing for an attack north of Aleppo, it launched a surprise attack and captured 8 villages (Kafr Kalbin, Kaljibrin, Kafr Bisha, Tatiya, Jabahat, Niyara, Nida, and Tal Hussein), killing more than thirty three fighters and capturing ten, in addition to several vehicles, (some of which were equipped with American weapons), and 200 AKs. [JustPaste]
Daesh issues a video and photos of capturing Kafr Kalbin and Kaljibrin villages south of Azaz. [A3maq] JustPaste] [JustPaste] Daesh issues a video of weapons and ammunition it captured in Kaljibrin village near Azaz. [A3maq]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on opposition groups as they were attempting to recapture Kafr Kalbin village. [A3maq]
According to local sources, Daesh units are only 500 meters away from Azaz. [Hawar]
1,700 families are trapped in Mare’ after Daesh cut off the road between Mare’ and Azaz. [EnabBaladi]
Daesh shelled the Bab Al-Salama border crossing after it captured the villages. [Hawar]
An opposition commander says Daesh captured several areas in several villages north of Aleppo, and cut off all of the supply lines to Mare’. [ARA]
The oppositions’ “Central Court” in Azaz issued a curfew in the city after the Daesh attack. [Qasioun]
The opposition groups then launched a counter attack on Daesh, recapturing many villages and areas lost, and killing 4 terrorists and destroying a vehicle bomb. Mohammed Al-Bakkar, a Syrian journalist, was killed in the battles. [Baladi]
The opposition groups recaptured Kaljibrin and Niyara villages and reopened their supply road between Mare’ and Azaz. [Qasioun]
Turkish troops, tanks, and vehicles entered Hamam village in Jandaris in Afrin and established checkpoints and threatened civilians they should leave their villages. [SotKurdistan]
Photos of Turkish troops in Afrin [BasNews]
500 people left their houses in Mare’ and Sheikh Eissa toward the Syria Democratic Forces areas north of Aleppo, according to an SDF commander. [ARA]
Local sources say 1,000 people arrived in Afrin from north Aleppo, raising the number of displaced people in the last 3 days to over 6,000. [Hawar]
A 13 year old boy was wounded when a Daesh leftover land mine exploded on him near Mabrouka town. [Hawar]
More than one hundred people escaped Raqqa and arrived in the Mabrouka refugee camp. [ARA]
The YPG says Turkey-backed opposition groups launched a rocket against Sheikh Maqsoud, causing only material damages. [Hawar]
The YPG says heavy Turkish Army artillery shelled Ziyarat village west of Kobane. The Turkish artillery also targeted Tat Marash village in Afrin with 3 shells, causing material damages. [Hawar] [Hawar]
The YPG says Daesh shelled several areas in Kobane District with heavy artillery. The YPG responded by shelling Daesh locations south of Jarabulus. [Hawar]
Daesh publishes a map of the areas it controls north of Aleppo. [A3maq]
The PYD Asayesh arrested 300 Kurdish young men in Afrin in order to induct them into compulsory military service. [EnabBaladi]
Three people were killed and thirty wounded when a car bomb exploded near a mosque in Idlib after the end of the Friday prayer. [EnabBaladi]
Daesh publishes photos of rocketing the YPG with Katyushas east of Ain Eissa. [JustPaste]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
A military source says Syrian warplanes destroyed a Daesh headquarters near the Hamad village, 60 km (37 miles) east of Homs. [SANA]
A field source says Syrian troops and allied militias attacked a Daesh vehicle in the Ithariya area east of Hama, killing 3 terrorists and confiscating the car, which was loaded with weapons and ammunition. [SANA]
3 opposition armed groups issued a statement, refuting a media report about forming an anti-Daesh alliance supported by Russia in northern Homs. [EnabBaladi]
The Russian Ministry of Defense says Russian Explosive Ordinance Disposal experts returned to Russia after removing Daesh IEDs in Tadmur. [Dorar]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh issued orders for the people of Deir Ez-Zor to give up their TVs and receivers before the month of Ramadan or face punishment. [Qasioun]
A local activist says a civilian was killed and his children wounded when Daesh shelled the Joura neighborhood in Deir Ez-Zor. [Qasioun]
Heavy clashes continued between Syrian troops and Daesh in the Sina’a and Haweiqa neighborhoods and near Jufra village in Deir Ez-Zor. Syrian warplanes bombed Daesh in Sina’a and Haweiqa. [Qasioun]
Daesh says it stopped a Syrian Army attack in the Tharda Mountain area south of Deir Ez-Zor. [A3maq]
Daesh says it stopped an Army attack near the Panorama barricade southwest of Deir Ez-Zor. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of its billboards in Deir Ez-Zor. [JustPaste]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Syrian opposition groups launched a large attack on different Daesh affiliated groups’ locations west of Daraa. [Qasioun]
A Syrian military source says Syrian troops destroyed 2 Daesh vehicles near the Qassr village northeast of Suwayda [SANA]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Daesh says it attacked an Egyptian Army personnel carrier and attacked the rest of the convoy with light and midsized weapons near Bir Lahfan village south of Arish. [JustPaste]
A security source says an officer and two policemen were wounded when an IED fell on their armored vehicle in the Al-Masa’id neighborhood of Arish. [VetoGate]
Three policemen were wounded when an IED was detonated on their armored vehicle in the Jarada area east of Arish. [VetoGate]
Heavy clashes erupted between security personnel and terrorists south of Sheikh Zuweid. [ElWatan]
Eyewitnesses say armed men shot at a military personnel carrier in Central Sinai, then fled the area. Another group attacked a security SUV in the same area. [ElWatan]
Libya
Northeast
Daesh says it detonated an IED on Libyan troops in the Qawarsha area, killing or wounding several of them. When another group arrived to reclaim the bodies and the wounded, Daesh attacked them with midsized weapons and another IED, killing and wounding more soldiers. [JustPaste]
Three Libyan special forces fighters were killed and five wounded by a Daesh land mine placed in a house in Qawarsha. [Libya24] We have no way to know whether this story is about the same incident as reported just above or is a separate incident.
Two shells fell on the Benghazi Medical Center causing material damages, according to the Center’s spokesman. [Libya24]
Central coast
Local sources say Daesh has evacuated itself from most of its headquarters in Sirte and there is now chaos in the city. Daesh also moved all of its wounded terrorists from Ibn Sina hospital toward east Sirte. [Ana Al-Muslim]
The Libyan National Accord Government Army says its troops captured Gate 30, 30 km (19 miles) west of Sirte, killing or wounding “tens” of Daesh terrorists. Two Libyan soldiers were also killed. Military sources say Daesh left the bodies of more than 35 of its terrorists in the area. [Anadolu]
Local sources say Daesh had forced people out of their houses in the Gate 30 area and deployed its snipers on top of the houses. [Libya24]
The Libya National Accord Government Military says Libyan warplanes launched 6 airstrikes on Daesh positions in the area. [Libya24]
Daesh says Fajr Libya troops, supported by “American-crusader” warplanes, tried to advance toward Sirte. Daesh says it targeted Fajr Libya convoys with Grad rockets, then a suicide terrorist attacked them with a vehicle bomb and heavy clashes erupted. Daesh says thirteen Fajr Libya fighters were killed, including commanders, and forty three wounded. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it killed seven Fajr Libya fighters and destroyed several SUVs in clashes in the Khamseen area west of Sirte. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says it killed five Fajr Libya fighters. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of battles with Fajr Libya. Some of the photos are repeated from yesterday. [JustPaste]
Northwest
The Libyan Supreme State Council denounced the attack on its Chairman while he was inspecting the troops near Bu Qarin and says the attack was conducted by “weapons dealers” who don’t represent the Libyan military. [AfriGate]
Tunisia
A Tunisian study finds that 65% of the youth who are attracted by terrorist organizations are 17-19 years old. [SANA]
Morocco
The Morocco Counter Terrorism Office director says 29 terrorist cells were defused in the past year. He says a Daesh terrorist from Chad, captured in Tangier, says Daesh has changed its strategy against Morocco. [Libya24]
Other countries
Tajikistan
The Tajik President says 300 of his citizens have been killed while fighting with terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria. [SANA]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
Dawa Al-Haq, a Daesh news page
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/TuIIISMedia
https://twitter.com/MM__MM1122
https://twitter.com/57Pouui66opp7
Other Daesh media
Daesh audio newsletter for today [JustPaste]
