November 14, 2016
Iraqi Special Forces
Today’s Major Developments
IED attacks spike in Baghdad. [..]
Daesh stages large suicide attack in Falluja city. [..]
Iraqi Air Force, ground forces attack Daesh targets in Al-Qa’im District. [..]
Coalition unleashes 43 airstrikes on Ninewa. [..]
IDP total reaches 54,000 in Mosul. [..]
IFP & Army forces south of Mosul reported within two miles of main airport. [..]
Iraqi Army captures historic Nimrud. [..]
Opposition fighters accused of using chorine weapons in Aleppo. [..]
Turks bomb targets near Al-Bab; opposition groups move closer to city. [..]
Russian planes destroy hospital in Idlib. [..]
Daesh stages mass-murder attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan. [..]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
An arrestee working for A3maq new agency of Daesh, Abu Salih, described the media techniques adopted by the terror group and its means of selecting and editing news stories it publishes. All items are assessed and edited centrally before publishing, he says, adding that each Daesh reporter has contacts in the key organizations. [ARA]
The Coalition says it conducted 13 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Iraq (near Mosul (10), Tal Afar (1), Haditha (1), and Al-Qa’im (1)). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
The BOC said Iraqi army 22nd brigade found a Daesh hideout containing a large explosives cache in the Al-Tha’er area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
Daesh said on Sunday that it killed a Shia cleric and eight other people by detonating an IED in a bus in the Shaab area. [A3maq]
An MoI source said on Sunday a security unit destroyed, under control, a parked car bomb in Shaab. [Mada]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
Baghdad Operations Command said one civilian was killed on Sunday and three wounded when a parked car bomb exploded in Obeidi. [Sumaria]
Daesh said on Sunday it detonated a parked car bomb in the Obeidi area, killing or wounding “tens” of Shia. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq] Daesh issued a video of the explosion. [A3maq]
Baghdad Operations Command said two civilians were wounded on Sunday when an IED exploded in Baladiyat. [Sumaria]
Daesh said it attacked a “Shia gathering” in Baladiyat with an IED, killing or wounding ten people. [A3maq]
An MoI source said on Sunday one person was killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded targeting a Shia religious gathering in Ghadeer. [Mada]
Daesh said on Sunday it attacked a Shia religious gathering with an IED on Al-Qanat Street. [A3maq]
Daesh issued a video of the explosion. [A3maq]
Daesh said on Sunday it targeted a “Shia gathering and a bus” in Sadr City and on the Mohammed Al-Qasim Highway. [A3maq]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MOI source says eight civilians were wounded by an IED planted near commercial shops in Mada’in. [Mada]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
An MoI source says one policeman was killed and five wounded when an IED exploded on their vehicle in Arab Jubour. [Mada]
An MOI source says two civilians were killed and eight wounded in an IED blast in Mahmudiya. [Mada]
The BOC said its units managed to defuse an IED placed in one of the religious pilgrims service locations in Latifiya. [Sumaria]
The BOC says Iraqi Army 23rd brigade found an explosives cache and two Daesh guesthouses in Sayafiya. [BOC Facebook Page]
The BOC says 23rd army brigade destroyed an IED in Ubaid area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southwest (Rasheed, etc.)
An MoI source says the body of a lawyer was found stabbed in his car in Hay Al-Turath. [Mada]
West (Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib, etc.)
An MOI sources says eleven persons were victims of an IED explosion west of Baghdad. No further information is available. [Mada]
BOC says engineering units of 6th Army division defused two IEDs in Abu Ghraib, [BOC Facebook Page]
BOC says FR 5th brigade found an explosives cache in Shuhada, Abu Ghraib. [BOC Facebook Page]
An MoI source said two people were killed on Sunday and six wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Abu Ghraib. [Mada]
Baghdad Operations Command said on Sunday an IED exploded in Ghazaliya targeting an Iraqi Army convoy, causing minor damages to vehicles. [Sumaria]
Daesh said on Sunday it targeted two Iraqi Army Humvees, in the Hamdaniya area in Abu Ghraib and in Ghazaliya, with IEDs. [A3maq] Daesh issues a video of the IED explosion in Ghazaliya. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh has started to claim responsibility for attacks in Baghdad, which indicates it is so desperate that it is willing to jeopardize its sleeper cells in Baghdad. Some of the attacks in Baghdad are claimed by Baathists.
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 21 (Includes only incidents reported)
Total IED incidents: 17
ANBAR
MOD says that engineering units of 30th and 31st army brigades destroyed 35 IEDS in Al-Hassi, Al-Nassaf, and Zangoura. [MoD Website]
Falluja
Daesh says it conducted two suicide attacks with vehicle bombs on police barriers in Hay Nazzal and Risala in Falluja city, killing more than thirty people. Daesh publishes photos of the two suicide terrorists, both from Falluja. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq]
DaeshDaily comment. With such attacks Daesh wants to create more troubles for the returnees, as it will be more difficult to deal with the additional security imposed by Iraqi authorities.
A medical source says that in the final count, nine people were killed and twenty-six wounded in the suicide attacks in Falluja. [Sumaria]
A Falluja Police source says a curfew was issued in Falluja after the two suicide attacks. [Mada]
An MOI spokesman Saad Maan had earlier set total casualties of the two car bomb attacks at 25. The first killed two policemen and wounded eight, as well as wounding nine civilians and wound destroying three cars including an ambulance. The second killed two security personnel, wounded two, as well as wounding two civilians and destroying seven vehicles. [Mawazin] [PUKMedia]
Ramadi
MOD says the 31st army brigade destroyed an explosives cache in the Kilo 7 area. [MoD Website]
An Anbar police source says a booby-trapped house exploded in the Al-Bakr neighborhood in Ramadi, killing one civilian and wounding another two. [BasNews]
Daesh said on Sunday it killed thirteen PMF fighters and wounded others and destroyed two SUVs in a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb in the Tameem area in southwest Ramadi city. [A3maq] [Isdarat]
Hit/Haditha
Iraqi Army brigades 38, 39, and 41 destroyed 11 IEDs in a joint operation in its sector, while 38th brigade destroyed 24 IEDs and 2 Daesh tunnels in Hay Al-Bakr west of Hit city. [MoD Website]
Major General Qasim Al-Mohammadi, the commander of Al-Jazeera Operations, says Coalition warplanes killed 6 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 3 guesthouses, as well as tunnels and large explosive caches, in the Sagra area south of Haditha. [Mada]
Rutba/Western Anbar
A JOC source said on Sunday the IAF attacked 15 Daesh targets near Rutba, Akashat, Al-Qa’im and Anah, killing or wounding more than 70 terrorists and destroying foreign terrorists guesthouses, vehicle bomb factories and explosives storehouses. [Mada]
MOD says 1st Army division destroyed 15 IEDs and several Daesh vehicles in Akashat on the Syrian border in Al-Qa’im District. [MoD Website]
The Anbar Operations Commander says his troops destroyed 20 IEDs on the road between Rutba and Akashat in addition to a Daesh shooting range. He also says Iraqi forces are conducting daily military operations in west Anbar near Rawa, Anah, and Al-Qa’im. He says Iraqi forces are waiting for the Military Command to start the liberation operations of west Anbar. [Mada]
Daesh said on Sunday that three children, a woman, and a man were killed and eight children and four women wounded in an “American” airstrike on two houses in the Akashat area. [A3maq]
SALAHUDDIN
Total returnees to various Salahuddin districts amounted to 117,227 families, all readmitted after passing security checks. [MoD Website]
Shirqat
MOD says emergency units of Salahuddin Operations Command destroyed a Daesh motorcycle and killed 3 terrorists in Sdaira village on the left side of Shirqat. Engineering units used hand grenades in Tilul Al-Baj to destroy several tunnels and explosives caches. A special search unit in Shirqat destroyed 51 IEDs. [MoD Website]
Daesh says its snipers killed four PMF fighters in Suwaidan and Imam Gharbi villages, north of Shirqat, and near Makhoul Mountain. [A3maq]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi Army positions in Shirqat with 4 mortars and 2 locally made rockets. [Isdarat]
Daesh issued a video on Saturday of destroying a PMG Humvee near the Khanuqa village. [A3maq]
Tikrit
MOD says a booby-trapped house in the Mo’skarat area was safely cleared wile two IEDs were defused safely in the Tajneed area in Tikrit. [MoD Website]
Samarra
The Samarra Operations commander says his troops, supported by PMF units and citizens, are conducting a major security operation looking for wanted terrorists. He says 12 terrorists were arrested in different areas in Samarra so far. [Mada]
Southern Salahuddin
A wide-scale attack by army, police, and PMF units in Mtaibija and Himrin killed 27 terrorists and defused one car bomb and several IEDs, during the past 72 hours. [Ghad]
DIYALA
Baquba/southeast Diyala
A Diyala Police source says a joint security force captured in Baquba a Daesh terrorist who fled the battles in Mosul. The terrorist had been responsible for several murders in Diyala before he left for Mosul. [Mada]
Northern Diyala (Kifri, Khanaqin, etc.)
A security source says a Peshmerga fighter and a member of the Presidential Guards were kidnapped on the road between Kifri and Baghdad. [Mada]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
A source in the Immigration ministry says a fire in Laylan refugee camp killed a man and four of his sons, while wounding his wife and another son. The fire was attributed to negligence. [Mada]
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch describe the displacement of Arab people from parts of Kirkuk as “war crimes.” [Sumaria]
NINEWA
The MoD says Coalition planes killed more than 40 Daesh terrorists and destroyed several vehicles, including vehicle bombs, in addition to defensive positions in Tel Keif District on Sunday. It also says Coalition planes conducted 43 airstrikes on Daesh in Ninewa on Monday. [PUKMedia]
The UN says 54,000 people from Mosul have now been displaced since the start of the Ninewa liberation. [Anadolu]
Daesh “Caliph” Awwad Baghdadi is located somewhere west of Mosul between Tal Afar and Baaj districts, the PMF spokesman Ahmad Al-Asadi said. He provided no specific evidence. [Sumaria]
Daesh media in Mosul have begun promoting the idea of a “Dabiq of Mosul,” having lost the Syrian city of Dabiq to opposition fighters last month, a local source said. Daesh has referred to Dabiq as the site of a future last-stand battle between its fighters and anti-Daesh forces but has begun to paint the battle for Mosul with the same apocalyptic importance, the source said. The media is especially targeting the Western half of the city, while Daesh is already accusing the eastern half, where it has lost numerous neighborhoods to advancing Iraqi troops, of betrayal. [SotAlIraq]
As many as 700,000 people could need shelter and humanitarian relief before the end of the Mosul operation, according to IPA. The Norwegian Refugee Council has stated that “tens of thousands” of displaced Iraqis already lack water, food, electricity, and health services in areas captured by the Iraqi Joint Forces. [IPA]
Ninewa MP Ahmad Al-Jubouri has called on the Iraqi central government and the KRG to take a position against the political personalities who he says “paved the way” for Daesh in Mosul, specifically naming former Ninewa Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi and Ninewa politician Khamis Al-Khanjar. [ROJ]
Mosul
Mosul liberation campaign
The Joint Operations Command (JOC) announced that the areas of Qadisiya 2, Al-Arbajiya, and Karkukli in east Mosul have been completely cleared. [Buratha]
Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) troops repelled a Daesh attack in the Qadisiya neighborhood, killing 26 would-be suicide bombers, according to the CTS commander. [Ghad]
Daesh launched haphazard shelling on Qadisiya neighborhood after losing control of it, killing “tens” of civilians including women and children
Another report citing a security source said Iraqi troops killed three suicide attackers in eastern Mosul on Monday. [BasNews]
Daesh issued a video on Saturday of its terrorists in Qadisiya Thaniya, in east Mosul. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh doesn’t want to acknowledge it is losing areas in Mosul, however, the names of the areas where the battles are occurring are changing every day, a clear sign that Iraqi forces are advancing. Daesh just forgets to mention this fact.
An Iraqi Ninth Armored Division soldier shot down a Daesh surveillance drone in the Intisar neighborhood in eastern Mosul on Monday, a security source said. [Mada]
Daesh says its snipers killed three Iraqi soldiers near Hay Al-Intisar, in east Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says it damaged an Iraqi forces Abrams tank near Hay Al-Shaymaa, in east Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi forces near Sheherazad village with two Grads and a locally made rocket. [Isdarat]
Daesh issued a video of a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb near Hay Al-Zahra. The video shows the vehicle moving then disappearing, and then there is the sound of an explosion. [A3maq]
A source close to Daesh says 40 American soldiers clashed directly with Daesh in the Kokjali area on November 2nd. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles in east Mosul. [DawaAlhaq]
Military developments within Mosul
The “Al-Nujaba” Shia PMF announced that its intelligence operation determined that most Daesh vehicle bombs originate from workshops in western Mosul. [Ghad]
Sumaria TV’s live feed from eastern Mosul. [Sumaria]
Conditions in Mosul
Daesh publishes photos of its “agricultural activities” in Mosul. [DawaAlhaq]
Shura/Hammam Alil
A member of the Ninewa Provincial Council says the IFP and Iraqi Army 9th division liberated Albu Saif village near Mosul city and are now 3 km (2 miles) away from Mosul International Airport. [Sumaria]
The IFP commander Raed Shakir Jawdat convenes with south Mosul tribal sheikhs to agree on procedures to hold ground in liberated areas. [Buratha]
Daesh issued a video on Saturday of damaging an Iraqi Army Abrams tank “on the outskirts of” Al-Arij village, near Hammam Al-Alil. [A3maq]
IAA attack copters killed 20 Daesh fighters and destroyed two guesthouses and several vehicles in the Atasa area near Adaya junction, near the Tal Afar border, the IWMC announced. [Waradana] [Buratha]
PMF troops captured the village of Tal Rakrak, just south of Adaya, the IWMC announced. [Mada] [Baghdadia]
PMFs also captured the nearby village of Tal Sirwal, southwest of Tal Rakrak closer to the Tal Afar border, after heavy fighting, freeing 300 families who were being held by Daesh, the IWMC announced. Two vehicle bombs were also reportedly destroyed. [Waradana] [PressIraq]
A bit further south, PMF fighters captured the village of Upper Um Hijara, killing a “group” of Daesh fighters in the operation, PMF media announced. The PMFs also killed a Daesh sniper in the “heavy fighting,” according to PMF media. [Ghad][Sumaria]
PMFs have launched the “third phase” of their campaign west of Mosul, according to PMF spokesman Ahmad Al-Asadi, who called for Ninewa residents to support the PMF operations. Tal Afar’s airfield is an important objective in the PMF campaign west of Mosul and once captured will be a “launching point” for further operations targeting Tal Afar city, Al-Asadi said. He said PMFs were targeting an area of some 14,000 square km (5,400 square miles), covering Ninewa’s rural Hatra and Baaj subdistricts, and Tal Afar District. [Sumaria] [Roj]
DaeshDaily comment. The PMFs, doing their own reporting, keep referring to Tal Afar as if they are already there. Reality is that they are still working to capture villages in the Mosul subdistrict that extends west of the Hammam Al-Alil and Shura subdistricts and borders Tal Afar District. However, Adaya is fairly close to the southeast border of Tal Afar, as are the three villages noted in today’s story. The PMFs seem to be moving more west than north, suggesting that they will try to approach Tal Afar city from the south. The lack of reports of people leaving captured villages suggests that in this area at least, Iraq is implementing its strategy of limiting the number of IDPs by consolidating its hold on each village before moving on to the next.
Qayara
Daesh used mustard gas in attacks on Qayara that wounded seven civilians including a 5-year-old child. [Sumaria]
Nineveh Plain
Hamdaniya
The Ninewa Liberation commander said on Sunday Iraqi Army 9th division liberated historic Nimrud. [Mada]
The Iraqi 9th Armored also reportedly captured the village of Mushairifa, killing an unspecified number of Daesh fighters in the operation. [PressIraq]
A member of the Ninewa Provincial Council says Iraqi Army units killed 30 Daesh terrorists, including Asians, during the liberation of Al-Abbas village in Nimrud subdistrict. [Sumaria]
Iraqi Ninth Armored Division troops earlier captured the village of Naifa west of the ancient site of Nimrud, Mosul operations commander Lt. Gen. Abd Al-Amir Rashid Yarallah announced. [Mada] [Baghdadia] [Buratha]
Daesh’s earlier report said it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee, a BMP armored vehicle, and 4 other vehicles in a suicide attack near the Tal Al-Nimrud area. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says it killed more than 25 Iraqi Army members in a suicide attack and fighting in that area. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says it destroyed a BMP vehicle and damaged two Humvees and stopped an Iraqi forces attack on the Tal Al-Nimrud area. [A3maq]
Displaced people in the Hassan Sham Camp in Al-Khazer say they are facing difficult conditions in the camp. [Rudaw]
Daesh says it detonated several IEDs on Iraqi forces in a village southeast of Mosul, killing or wounding several service members and forcing the rest to retreat. [Isdarat]
Photos from inside a captured Daesh residence taken by a Swedish photojournalist who is embedded with the Peshmerga. [BasNews]
Bashiqa
The Peshmerga have withdrawn from Bashiqa and handed over security responsibilities to Ninewa Police and Kurdish intelligence, a PUK media official said. Government departments are clearing rubble in the area while the Peshmerga remain at the ready if they are needed to redeploy to Bashiqa, the PUK official said. [IPA]
However, Hamid Afandi, a local leader of the Peshmerga, says the Peshmerga will not leave Bashiqa after liberating it, saying that the city belongs to the Kurdistan region. [ARA]
The Peshmerga raised the KRG flag on Bashiqa. [Rudaw]
Tel Keif
Iraqi Army troops raided the International Trade Zone west of Tel Keif, killing 31 Daesh militants and destroying two vehicle bombs, according to Lt. Gen. Ali Al-Furayji. [SotAlIraq]
Daesh says one of its Iraqi suicide terrorists attacked Iraqi forces with a vehicle bomb near the International Trade Zone. Daesh says battles erupted after the attack and it killed or wounding several Iraqi service members and destroyed a Humvee. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi forces near the International Trade with 40 mortars. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of fighting near the International Trade Zone. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on a PMF gathering west of Tel Keif. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed a Humvee and captured another, in addition to weapons and ammunition, west of Tel Keif. [A3maq]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
A Yazidi YPG commander says his troops kicked Daesh out of 5 villages west of Sinjar. [SotKurdistan]
A KDP official says the Coalition is pushing the PKK to withdraw its fighters from the Sinjar area. [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. This is all about placating the Turks and avoiding side issues in the difficult collaboration between the US and Turkey in Syria, where the US needs to rely on the SDF including the YPG but the Turks regard the YPG as part of the PKK.
Ahmed Al-Asadi, PMS spokesman, says Tal Afar airport is a strategic target to advance to the center of the district. [Buratha]
On Sunday, Daesh issued a video of attacking Peshmerga positions in Al-Malha village, north of Tal Afar. [A3maq]
Daesh initiated a fierce counter attack on the hill of Al-Thawra village in Sinjar. YPG and YPJ units liberated this hill earlier during the campaign to avenge Yazidi women. The liberation campaign started on Nov. 12. [Hawar]
KURDISTAN
Thousands of people demonstrated in Suleimaniya demanding their salaries. [ROJ]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Kerbala
The Karbala Provincial Council confirms a suicide attack by 6 terrorists in Ain Al-Tamr district that left eight civilians dead and 5 wounded. Six suicide bombers armed with rifles were killed while trying to reach the district center before detonating themselves. The MOI said total civilian casualties, including wounded, were 12, confirming the death of all attackers. [Mada] [Mada]
Daesh’s version says 5 of its terrorists attacked Ain Al-Tamr and clashed with Iraqi forces “for hours” before blowing themselves up, killing or wounding 60 “Shia” and Army and police members. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of 2 of the suicide terrorists, both from Mosul. [Isdarat]
Daesh says a sixth suicide terrorist conducted a suicide attack with an explosives vest on an Iraqi Army barrier in Ain Al-Tamr, killing eleven service members and wounding others. [A3maq] [Isdarat]
Basra
The Basra Police says it captured a man wanted on terrorism charges, in the airport area. [Sumaria]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
The trial of the suspects in the Daesh suicide bombing at Ankara Station has been adjourned until February 6th next year. [Evrensel]
We thank our friend in Turkey for this report.
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
A Russian fighter crashed into the Mediterranean after taking off from the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier in front of the Syrian coast. The pilot survived. [ARA]
The Coalition says it conducted 8 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria (near Ain Eissa (6), Deir Ez-Zor (1), and Albu Kamal (1)). [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
Asayesh (security) units of the PYD autonomous administration defused two IEDs placed in a plastic bag in Qamishli. [ARA]
Local activists say two Asayesh members were killed when an IED exploded on their vehicle in Hay Al-Nashwa in Hasaka city. Another IED exploded on a car near Tal Abyad, severely wounding the driver. [BasNews]
Three people, two girls from Mosul and a woman from Deir Ez-Zor, have died during the last two weeks on the Syria-Iraq border because of the bad conditions. [Hawar]
Raqqa
Refugees from five villages liberated by SDF forces are returning to their villages after the villages were cleared of Daesh war remnants and IEDs. SDF spokeswoman Jihan Al-Haj says 34 villages and 31 farms have been liberated since the start of the operation, which has killed 167 terrorists so far. Hawar] [Hawar]
The SOHR says SDF units stopped a Daesh surprise attack on the Suluk area, killing “tens” of terrorists. It also says the battles are still ongoing. [SotKurdistan]
The SDF also says Coalition soldiers, including Brits, are participating “symbolically” in the Raqqa liberation battles. [SotKurdistan]
SDF forces found a 4-meter deep and 5-meter long tunnel in a liberated village during the mine/IED clearing campaign in the village. The tunnel was used by Daesh to avoid Coalition air attacks. [Hawar]
SDF fighters found camouflage suits made of sheep wool. These were used by Daesh to escape Coalition attacks during their search of Middle Khunaiz village. Similar suits were found earlier in Manbij. [Hawar]
Ten SDF fighters were killed in a suicide attack by a bombed motorcycle in Al-Mashahida village south of Ain Eissa. [ARA]
Coalition warplanes destroyed the bridge used by Daesh to supply rural areas where SDF forces are advancing. The bridge connecting the Tel Al-Saman and Ba’as areas was brought down without casualties. [ARA]
Daesh says it killed more than thirty YPG fighters (“PKK” in Daesh propaganda) in a suicide attack west of Ain Eissa and stopped their advance in the area. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes two photos of burning cigarette boxes in Tabaqa. [DawaAlhaq]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Aleppo City
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that based on lab tests, opposition groups used chlorine in Aleppo. [SyriaNow]
As eleven civilians were wounded following attacks by opposition groups using poisonous materials, local population on both sides of Aleppo are worried about the coming “great Aleppo battle” to control the city between the two opposing parties, i.e. government forces and the armed opposition. [Hawar]
Fighting and sniping operations in Aleppo took the lives of at least two civilians, SOHR says. It also said unknown warplanes attacked two villages north of the city. [SyriaHR]
Opposition units fighting the government forces in Aleppo formed a military council to coordinate war efforts, says Abu Bashir Maara, the head of the council. [Qasioun]
Governmental artillery bombing killed 16 civilians in the neighborhoods of Al-Saliheen, Al-Mashhad, and Al-Sukkari. The Governmental artillery shelling is targeting eastern quarters of Aleppo held by the opposition, and populated by over 300,000 persons. [Qasioun]
Local activists say Russian planes destroyed three hospitals west of Aleppo in one day, killing or wounding tens of civilians. [ARA]
Jarabulus
The Jarabulus Hospital was closed suddenly by the Turkish Army and a sign was hanged on it saying “Closed by orders from the Turkish wali (governor)”. [EnabBaladi]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting SDF positions in Sheikh Nasser village, west of Ghandoura, with mortars and heavy machine guns. [DawaAlhaq]
Al-Bab
Turkish warplanes bombed 15 Daesh targets near the city of Al-Bab, including 10 defensive positions, a command & control center, and weapons caches. [Sumaria]
Turkish backed opposition units closed in on Al-Bab after liberating three more villages north of the city. Battles are continuing around the Hazwan village, which Daesh is trying to defend. Coalition warplanes struck Daesh positions twice, as Turkish artillery kept shelling them. [ARA]
Daesh issues a video of a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb on Turkish Army tanks near Hazwan village, northwest of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh says 3 civilians were killed and 27 wounded, including 5 in critical condition, by Turkish tanks shelling on Al-Bab city. [A3maq]
Daesh issued a video on Sunday of the results of a Turkish tank shelling on Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh says Turkish tanks are randomly shelling Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh says Turkish Army tanks are also shelling Qabasin town, east of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles near Al-Bab. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it destroyed a Turkish Army armored vehicle with a missile in Waqah village, west of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting the tank. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh said on Sunday “American” planes conducted 3 airstrikes on the outskirts of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes two photos of burning cigarettes boxes in Al-Bab. [DawaAlhaq]
Azaz
Battles erupted between two groups with the Free Syrian Army alliance supported by the Turkish military, the Jabhat al-Shamiya and Sultan Murad Brigade, over control of the Al-Salama border crossing near Azaz in Syria. Nineteen wounded Free Syrian Army fighters were brought to Kilis in Turkey for treatment. Two of these are said to have died while being transported in ambulances. [Cumhuriyet]
Battle between two other groups of opposition fighters erupted in Azaz city following two explosions in downtown Azaz yesterday that left 58 civilians and 26 Ahrar Al-Sham fighters dead. The group deployed in the city and closed major inlets installing checkpoint and barriers. [Hawar]
The Shamiya Front threatened to expel Ahrar Al-Sham fighters from Azaz, due to competition over control of border crossings (a potential revenue source) and for attacking their positions in the city. Some opposition groups accused SDF sleeper cells of conspiring to initiate differences among various opposition groups. [ARA] [ARA]
Afrin
Turkish army is sending more tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery units to the borders of Afrin. Turkish units use medium weapons fire to terrorize the population of the border cities and villages. [Hawar]
Total casualties from air attacks on Ghazawiya crossing in Afrin, suspected to be by Russian planes, is nine civilians so far. The figure could get bigger as six others are in hospitals now. [Hawar]
Manbij
Daesh publishes photos of targeting SDF positions in Nahliya village, south of Manbij, with mortars and heavy machine guns. [DawaAlhaq]
Idlib
An attack by Russian warplanes with 4 missiles destroyed the hospital of Atarib, killing ten hospital workers, and 30 others including some civilians. The hospital was destroyed. [ARA]
Russian warplanes attacked Mishmishan village in Idlib, wounding five civilians including children. [Qasioun]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Eleven Daesh vehicles were destroyed and several terrorists killed in airstrikes east of Salmiya. [SyriaNow]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists west of Tadmur Silos. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in Hama province. [DawaAlhaq]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh shelled Joura neighborhood in the city, controlled by the government forces, with mortar shells, killing and wounding several civilians. It also attacked the city’s government-held airport with a bomb-rigged car. [ARA]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists in the Albu Kamal desert. [Isdarat]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
SOHR reported battles in Daraa between Syrian Army and Daesh forces, amid shelling and counter shelling. [SyriaHR]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Security units destroyed several ABM hideouts in Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid, killing 14 terrorists, in addition to destroying 10 IEDs, 4 vehicles, and a motorcycle. [ElWatan]
A security source says a policeman was killed and another wounded by snipers south of Sheikh Zuweid. The source also says a police officer and two policemen were wounded when an IED exploded on their armored vehicle south of Sheikh Zuweid. [ElWatan]
Security units killed 2 ABM terrorists who were planting IEDs in Central Sinai on Friday. [VetoGate]
ABM terrorists shot and killed two civilians in Arish city on Friday. [VetoGate]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack with a car bomb on an Egyptian Army barrier south of Arish, on Sunday, killing or wounding several soldiers. Daesh says its terrorists clashed with the soldiers after the attack, using light and mid-sized weapons. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq]
Libya
Northeast
The LNA says its troops captured more “important” positions in the Qanfouda and Qawarsha areas, including Daesh positions in Al-Shajar Street. [AfriGate] [Libya24]
The LNA Special Forces says one of its soldiers died from wounds he sustained in a land mine explosion in the Qawarsha area two days ago. [Libya24]
Central coast
The Misrata Hospital says two GNA fighters were killed and nine wounded in battles in Sirte on Monday. [AfriGate]
Medical sources say two GNA soldiers were killed by a Daesh land mine in Sirte Saturday evening. [Wasat]
The GNA Military says one of its tanks shelled Daesh sniper positions in the Giza area. It also says it provided a secure road for the civilians who are used by Daesh as human shields. The GNA Military spokesman said his troops can clear Giza in 24 hours but they fear for the safety of the civilians. 667 GNA soldiers have been killed and 3,000 wounded in the Sirte battles, while 1,500 to 2,000 Daesh terrorists have died so far. [Wasat] [AfriGate]
Daesh says it killed or wounded ten GNA soldiers in “heavy and continuous” battles in Sirte city. [A3maq]
Later, Daesh says it stopped a GNA attack in the Giza area in Sirte, killing five GNA fighters and wounding twenty-two. [A3maq] [Isdarat]
Daesh said on Sunday it destroyed a GNA military vehicle near the Steam Power Station, west of Sirte, killing the soldiers inside. [A3maq]
Tunisia
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says between November 6 and November 12, security units captured 6 wanted takfiris and 29 other suspects in different areas of the country. [Tunisien]
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says security units found 3 weapons storehouses in different areas in Ben Guerdane within 48 hours. [Wasat]
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says security units captured 3 suspects linked to the third weapons storehouse in Ben Guerdane. [Tunisien]
Tunisian security units captured a terrorist in Sidi Bouzid who was calling on people to travel and fight with Daesh in Syria. [Wasat]
The Tunisian Ministry of Defense says six soldiers were wounded by a land mine while conducting a search in Kasserine. [AfriGate]
Other countries
Sudan
Giacomo Stucchi, a Senator who chairs the parliamentary committee that oversees Italy’s secret services, said Italian intelligence had played a key role in tracking down a Daesh terrorist known as Abu Nassim, a Tunisian national who was until recently reported to be leading a group of Daesh fighters around the port of Sabratha in Libya. Abu Nassim lived in Italy for most of his 20s. He subsequently fought in Afghanistan and Syria before reportedly moving to Libya in 2014.
Tunisia issued a warrant for his arrest in connection with the March 2015 Bardo Museum attack in Tunis, in which gunmen killed 21 tourists and a policeman. [France24]
Afghanistan
Daesh says it shot down an “American” helicopter that was supporting an Afghani troops attack in the Murghab area in Ghor. [A3maq]
Later, Daesh says the helicopter belong to the Afghani army. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed or wounded more than 70 Afghani service members and destroyed 8 armored vehicles and 7 Humvees and captured an SUV and weapons and ammunition. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it killed an Afghani police officer and four other policemen with an IED near the Kabul Base in Jalalabad on Wednesday. [A3maq]
Pakistan
Daesh said on Saturday it killed 35 Shia pilgrims and wounded 95 in a suicide attack on a shrine in Baluchistan city. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of the suicide terrorist. [Isdarat]
An explosion at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani region of Baluchistan has killed 52 people and injured more than a hundred, officials say. Emergency services struggled to reach the Shah Noorani shrine in Kuzdar. [BBC]
DaeshDaily comment. The shrine is actually a Sunni shrine, but Daesh needs to tell its bloodthirsty followers and donors it is killing Shia. In any case, within Wahhabism, all shrines should be destroyed and all people who visit them are infidels.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Daesh fanboys issue instruction about how to modify Daesh videos in order not to be deleted. Some of the instructions including removing Daesh logos, changing video length, changing video titles, etc. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Videos of the Day
Iraq
Iraqi forces checking the names of displaced people returning to their houses in Ramadi [Yalla]
Women from Ninewa talking about Daesh biters. Daesh has used women to bite other women who don’t follow the Daesh dress code. Daesh also used biters made of iron. [Al-Aan]
A Daesh explosion that targeted displaced people and Iraqi forces in a liberated area in Ninewa. [Sumaria]
Iraq’s Golden Division in Hay Al-Qadisiya, in northeast Mosul. [Yalla]
A Coalition airstrike destroying a Daesh fighting position outside of Mosul on October 22. [US Embassy]
Iraqi forces helping people trapped in the Bartella area. [Yalla]
Coalition airstrikes on Daesh in Ninewa [AIN]
Syria
Civil defense units saving a child from the rubble of a destroyed building in Khan Sheikhoun [Twitter]
A Daesh parked vehicle bomb loaded with 30 tons of explosives destroyed by SDF fighters [Hawar]
OTHER DAESH MEDIA
Daesh audio newsletter for today [Bayan]
Daesh issues a propaganda video about the Mosul battles. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh issues an anti-Hamas propaganda video [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh issues a propaganda video in Kurdish. The video shows messages from Kurdish terrorists asking Kurds to join Daesh. [DawaAlhaq]
DaeshDaily comment. This is ironic since Daesh’s media is filled with anti-Kurdish Baathist propaganda.
Daesh issues an infographic about its Sunday attacks in Baghdad [A3maq]
