November 17, 2016
Today’s Major Developments
Barzani says he didn’t say that. [..]
Daesh attacks a wedding in Ameriyat Al-Falluja; kills 21 & wounds 42. [..]
Daesh attack in Hit repelled by Army, PMFs, citizens. [..]
CTS, Army units consolidating hold on east Mosul despite heavy resistance. [..]
Latest mass grave discovered near Hammam Al-Alil buried 300 policemen. [..]
PMFs take control of airport area south of Tal Afar. [..]
94 killed, 150 wounded in latest Syrian/Russian airstrikes on east Aleppo. [..]
SDF forces now 16 miles from Raqqa, but fighting continues near Ain Eissa. [..]
Opposition militias in Azaz city still shooting at each other. [..]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Responding to Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s statement that Peshmerga will not withdraw from areas they liberate, Prime Minister Abadi’s office issued a statement stating that the agreement with the Kurdish side was clear in saying they would withdraw from all areas liberated during the current Ninewa operations. As for areas lost and recovered during the past government’s era, the constitutional provisions will apply. [ROJ]
The KRG Presidency Office issued a statement saying that the translation of Barzani’s speech was not accurate and Barzani is committed to the deal regarding Peshmerga’s presence in the liberated area. [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. In Iraq, one of the oldest “dodges” for evading accountability for dubious statements is to blame the translator.
In response to a PMF leader’s statement that his militia is heading for Syria after defeating Daesh in Iraq, at the Syrian government’s request, the Prime Minister’s office said through its spokesman Saad Al-Hadithi that Iraq does not interfere in other countries’ internal affairs. [Arabi21]
Several Shia politicians say they oppose some PMF commanders’ statements about the PMFs participating in the war in Syria. [Mada]
The Ministry of Displacement and Migration says it has less than $30,000 dollars in its budget for displaced families. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. This is bad news but otherwise mostly another indication that the bill for displaced families and many other things is being paid for by the Coalition countries and the UN.
The Coalition says it conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq, near Mosul (3), Sinjar (1), and Sultan Abdullah (1); and Hawija (2), Haditha (1), and Rawa (3). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
A local police source says the body of a beheaded woman was found near Al-Nasr Military Industry Establishment north of Taji. [Maalomah]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
An MOI source says two civilians were killed and six wounded by an IED placed near commercial shops in Grai’at, in Adhamiya. [Mada]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MOI source says one civilian was killed and seven wounded by an IED explosion in Dara’iya village, in Mada’in. [Mada]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
A security source says armed men kidnapped a Sahwa member upon leaving his house in Albu Aitha. [Maalomah]
The BOC says 24th army brigade destroyed an IED and found an explosives cache in Khaqarra.
The BOC says 55th army brigade found an ammunition cache in Arab Dawood. [BOC Facebook Page]
West (Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib, etc.)
The BOC says 7th army brigade located an explosives cache in Abu Ghraib. [BOC Facebook Page]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 7 (Includes only incidents reported)
IED incidents reported: 3
ANBAR
Falluja
The Chairman of the Ameriyat Al-Falluja Subdistrict Council says 21 people were killed and 42 wounded by a suicide attack with a car bomb that targeted a wedding in Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [Mada]
Daesh says it killed more than thirty Sahwa fighters and wounded “tens” by detonating a parked car bomb in Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. For Daesh, any Sunni who doesn’t join it is a “Sahwa fighter,” whether a man, a woman or a child. Whatever the cover story, it’s a mass murder of civilians. These incidents show over and over that Daesh fighters are basically a band of killers, notwithstanding the religious veneer provided by their tireless media types.
A more immediate question concerns security in Falluja District. For some time after the government’s victory there, there were no deadly incidents reported from Falluja. Efforts have been made to screen out Daesh fighters among the returnees, but incidents like this will raise fears that Daesh is back in Falluja.
Photos of the results of the terrorist attack. Some of the victims are children. [Twitter]
The Anbar Police Chief says security units captured Harith Al-Jubouri, a Daesh terrorist from Dora in Baghdad, who planned Tuesday’s suicide attacks in Falluja city, at a checkpoint in Ramadi. He says the terrorists who conducted the attacks were wearing military uniforms and carrying counterfeit security badges. [Mada]
Hit/Haditha
Hamad Al-Karbouli, a battalion commander in the Tribal Mobilization of Kubaisa, says the Iraqi Army and its tribal allies repelled a Daesh attack on the city. Heavy mortar shelling accompanied that attack, which ended by withdrawal of the attackers to the western desert after heavy losses. Local sources say that the local population played a major role in stopping the attack. Over 17 attackers were killed and two vehicle bombs destroyed. [Sumaria] [Maalomah]
Daesh said a group of its terrorists attacked Iraqi Army and Sahwa positions in Kubaisa city, killing several of them, including army officers, before returning safely. [Isdarat]
Daesh Daily comment. Daesh fighters always “return safely” (even when they don’t).
Rutba/Western Anbar
A Tribal Mobilization commander says Iraqi Army helicopters destroyed two vehicles carrying 7 terrorists of Asian nationalities heading from Syria to Anah. [Maalomah]
Daesh publishes photos of an attack on Iraqi Army positions in the Kilo 70 area north of Rutba. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” in Karabala town near the Syrian border. [Isdarat]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
A security source says fighting with light arms and hand grenades erupted as Daesh attacked a PMF checkpoint near Shirqat junction. No account of casualties is available so far. The fighting turned into close combat and is continuing. [Ghad]
Daesh says it killed six PMF fighters, destroyed a vehicle, and captured weapons in an attack on PMF positions in the Ain Al-Baidha area west of Shirqat. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says the area is south of Shirqat. It also says its terrorists returned safely after the attack. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of the attack. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded another on the outskirts of Shirqat city. [A3maq]
Daesh says its snipers killed a PMF fighter in Shirqat city. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions in Shirqat and south Ninewa areas with more than 150 mortars. [Isdarat]
Baiji
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a PMF vehicle in the Fatha area. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it attacked PMF positions north and west of Baiji with 45 mortars. [Isdarat]
Tikrit
A security source says security measures extended at Tikrit checkpoints after news that Daesh terrorists are mingling with displaced families returning to their areas in the province. [Ghad] [Baghdadia]
Southern Salahuddin
A security source says an IED killed an employee of the Ministry of Electricity while he was performing maintenance of the power grid in Balad. [Etejah]
DIYALA
The Diyala Operations commander says 17 people wanted on terrorism charges were arrested in various parts of the province. [Sumaria]
Diyala Provincial Council says 12 liberated villages are witnessing the phenomenon of “fighting farmers,” forced to carry arms to protect their villages from Daesh attacks. [Sumaria]
Baquba/southeast Diyala
Daesh says it killed two Iraqi Army service members and destroyed their vehicle in the Bizayez area in Buhriz subdistrict. [Isdarat]
The Security Committee in Baquba says the men who carried out the car bomb attack on Shafta have been arrested. [Ghad]
Southern Diyala (Balad Ruz, Mandali)
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army Humvee in Mandali in southeast Diyala with an IED, killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it destroyed a PMF vehicle with an IED in the Dayniya area in Balad Ruz. Daesh also says it damaged a PMF vehicle in the Nida area in Balad Ruz, wounding the fighters inside. [Isdarat]
KIRKUK
Hawija
A tribal PMF commander says Daesh captured 75 civilians who were trying to escape Daesh controlled areas in Hawija, and accused them of trying to “leave the caliphate land.” [Sumaria]
Southwest
Daesh says its snipers killed two Peshmerga fighters near Murra village in Riyadh subdistrict. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of beheading four “spies” in Kirkuk province. [DawaAlhaq]
NINEWA
A report by several relief organizations says that 59,000 people have left Ninewa so far since the Ninewa liberation campaign started. [Anadolu]
A CTS commander says 80% of civilians in Mosul are still in the city. [Rudaw]
The MoD says the IAA conducted 800 attacks on Daesh during the Ninewa Liberation Operation, killing hundreds of terrorists. [Baghdadia]
A Sunni COR member from Ninewa says the PMFs will participate in liberating the west side of Mosul city. [Sumaria]
A Canadian army officer said Canadian Special Forces have engaged Daesh directly several times recently with light arms and anti-armor weapons. Such battles were either in self-defense, or in defense of Ninewa or Kurdish citizens. [Baghdadia]
A Canadian commander told CBC News that Canadian Special Forces who are training the Peshmerga had destroyed 3 Daesh vehicle bombs using anti-armored vehicle missiles because the Peshmerga didn’t have such missiles. He says the Canadian troops don’t have any combat role in the battles, but sometimes they use force to help the Peshmerga or to protect civilians. [Mada]
Mosul
Ninewa liberation campaign
The CTS command says it liberated the 30th of July neighborhood in east Mosul and entered the Muharibin neighborhood. It says it’s a matter of hours before reaching central Mosul. [PUKMedia]
Mosul Operations announced that CT units liberated Al-Tahrir neighborhood east of Mosul and raised the Iraqi flag over its buildings. [Mada]
Photos of Iraqi forces in Hay Al-Tahrir and Hay Al-Adel. [Sumaria]
A security source says CTS troops killed 2 Daesh Tunisian commanders in Hay Aden. [Maalomah]
IWMC says army units are now moving into the Al-Intisar, Jadidat Al-Mufti, Al-Salam, Younis Al-Saba’awi, and Palestine neighborhoods in southeast Mosul, while CT units are clearing the neighborhoods of Aden, Khadra, Al-Bakr, Al-Qadisiya Al-Oula, and Tahrir. [IraqPress]
A Ninewa liberation commander says Iraqi forces killed 20 Daesh terrorists, including 5 suicide bombers and 3 snipers in the east side of Mosul. [BasNews]
Ninth Army division spokesman says its troops killed 3 terrorists, including one suicide attacker, who tried to enter Al-Intisar neighborhood east of Mosul. [Rudaw]
Daesh says a group of its suicide terrorists sneaked into PMF positions near Hay Al-Intisar in east Mosul and killed four fighters. [A3maq]
Daesh says its snipers killed four SWAT members near Intisar, Arbajiya, and Tahrir. [A3maq]
Daesh says its snipers killed four SWAT members near Hay Al-Zahra in east Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed twelve SWAT members and destroyed a Humvee and damaged another near Hay Al-Zahra. [A3maq]
Here Daesh says one of its suicide terrorists from Mosul attacked an Iraqi Army headquarters with a vehicle bomb near Hay Al-Zahra with a vehicle bomb, killing twelve service members and wounding others, and destroying a Humvee and damaging another. Daesh also says its snipers killed nine Iraqi Army service members, wounding others in east Mosul. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi forces in east Mosul and in areas west of Mosul with 106 mortars, 2 locally made rockets, and 4 artillery shells. [Isdarat]
Mosul Operations says 100 Daesh operatives have been arrested so far by security personnel. [Baghdadia]
Other military developments in Mosul
Kata’eb Al-Mosul says its fighters shot and killed a Daesh military commander from Diyala near the car market on the west side of the city. [KM Facebook Page]
Kurdistan24 Kurdish TV says one of its reporters was shot in the leg by a Daesh sniper in Mosul. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of one of its media members from Mosul who was killed in battles. [Isdarat]
Conditions in Mosul
People of Mosul are burying the dead bodies of family members in their houses because they are unable to leave due to Daesh shelling. [Rudaw]
Local sources say the demand for cigarettes in the liberated parts of Mosul has spiked. Daesh banned cigarettes sales in the area under its rule in Ninewa. [Karemlash]
Daesh publishes 3 photos of the “normal life” in Mosul. [DawaAlhaq]
Shura/Hammam Alil
Human Rights Watch says the bodies of 300 policemen were found in a mass grave in Hammam Al-Alil. [Ghad]
The IFP says its forces killed 24 terrorists and destroyed 8 vehicle bombs in Adhba 12 miles south of Mosul and northwest of Hammam Alil, adding that its troops are heading towards Aqrab checkpoint south of Mosul. [Ghad]
In another report, the IFP commander says his troops killed 85 Daesh fighters while clearing Adhba village. [Sumaria]
Here Daesh says it stopped a “PMF” attack near Adhba village northwest of Hammam Al-Alil. Daesh says one of its suicide terrorists from Mosul attacked the “PMFs” with a vehicle bomb, killing 15 fighters and wounding others, and destroying 2 Humvees. Daesh also says it destroyed a T72 tank with a missile. [Isdarat]
DaeshDaily comment. Notice the subtle appeal to sectarian hatred in calling the Iraqi units “PMFs”. The IFP military units are responsible for Hammam Al-Alil, while most PMFs are fighting to the west, now in Tal Afar. It’s the same dreary propaganda theme that Daesh is the protector of Sunnis, attacking the Shia on their behalf. By now, there can’t be too many people in Mosul who consider Daesh its protector.
Daesh publishes photos of the attack and the suicide terrorist. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Iraqi forces vehicles with rockets near Shura and Hammam Al-Alil. [DawaAlhaq]
Joint Operations Command says the IFP repaired the drinking water pumping station in Hammam Alil and is currently repairing the power station. [Buratha]
Nineveh Plain
Hamdaniya
Daesh says on Wednesday it stopped an Iraqi Army attack on Tal Akoub, north of the Zab River near Nimrud. Daesh says an Iraqi suicide terrorist attacked with a vehicle bomb, then other terrorists attacked Iraqi forces. Daesh says six Iraqi service members were killed and others wounded, and a Humvee and a BMP armored vehicle were destroyed. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it killed six Iraqi Army service members and wounded others, and destroyed a BMP armored vehicle in a suicide attack near Al-Abbas village in the Nimrud subdistrict on Wednesday. [A3maq]
Bashiqa
A military source says the Iraqi Army found a mass grave containing 35 Daesh victims, mainly young men in Bawiza. [BasNews]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
The PMF is clearing the Tal Afar Airport after liberating it yesterday, according to the Ninewa Operations Command. The PMFs eliminated Daesh’s so-called Chechnya squad at the airport. [Sumaria] [Mawazin]
The PMF Press also reports that PMF units are still clearing Tal Afar Airport and searching for Daesh terrorists. It says because of the vast area of the airport (18 sq. km, 7 sq. miles) it would take at least two days to clear the airport. It also says the PMFs cleared Al-Abra village near the airport, destroyed 2 vehicle bombs, and shot down 3 drones. [Ghad]
A security source says PMF forces destroyed two vehicle bombs and shot down a Daesh drone in Abra village near the airport. [Mada]
PMFs found several Daesh tunnels at the airport perimeter, and destroyed a vehicle bomb that attacked security forces. The PMF organization also announced the downing of three Daesh drones over Tal Afar airport, as well as the liberation of Abra village. [Ghad] [Ghad] [Buratha]
An Iraqi Army officer says the JOC issued orders to defuse IEDs in Tal Afar Airport instead of destroying them, in order to keep the remaining infrastructure. [Rudaw]
Joint Operations Command says Army helicopters killed 10 Daesh terrorists and destroyed 3 vehicles near Tal Afar airport. [Baghdadia]
IWMC says PMFs liberated the villages of Tal Al-Sawan, Tal Shian, Tal Azu, and Hamra. [IraqPress]
A source in Ninewa Provincial Council says the PMF forces are handing over the liberated areas in Tal Afar to the 15th Army division, as its units are heading out to liberate further areas. 16 villages have been turned over so far. [Sumaria]
PMF says that lack of engineering support is becoming a problem and that service ministries should provide more in terms of opening roads and other technical support. Adding that coordination with Operations command is excellent. [Sumaria]
Daesh says it stopped a PMF attack on Tal Afar Airport. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an Abrams tank and damaged another with 2 rockets on the outskirts of Tal Afar Airport. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video allegedly from inside Tal Afar Airport. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of “battles” near Tal Afar airport. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. The video just shows a bunch of Daesh terrorists shooting. Several terrorists in both videos didn’t speak Arabic.
Here Daesh says it stopped an Iraqi Army and PMF attack on Tal Afar Airport, killing or wounding several service members and destroying an Abrams tank and damaging another. It also says it targeted Iraqi forces with more than15 mortar and artillery shells, forcing them to retreat. Daesh also says it destroyed a PMF Humvee and another vehicle near Sin Al-Dhaban village, southeast of Tal Afar, and Subban village, south of Tal Afar. [Isdarat] [A3maq]
A PMF commander says several ministries are not providing logistical help for the PMFs, especially concerning its engineering requirements. He also says Coalition planes didn’t participate in the battles west of Mosul and only Iraqi warplanes are bombing. [Sumaria]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Babel
The Babel Police chief says security units captured 3 Daesh terrorists in north Babel who were planning to attack Shia pilgrims. [Baghdadia]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The Coalition says it conducted 7 airstrikes on Daesh positions in Syria; four near Ain Eissa, the others near Shaddadi, Deir Ez-Zor, and Tadmur. [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
130 Iraqi refugees have arrived at the Al-Hawl refugee camp, which is hosting 8,500 refugees so far. The refugees were admitted in groups after spending long hours of waiting in Rajm Sulaibi to cross the Iraq-Syria border. [Hawar]
Daesh says Coalition planes conducted 4 airstrikes, mistakenly targeting “PKK” positions west of Shaddadi. [A3maq]
Raqqa
A local activist says heavy battles erupted between the SDF and Daesh terrorists south of Ain Eissa. He also says Coalition planes targeted Daesh positions in the area, killing more than 20 terrorists, wounding others, and destroying 4 machine gun-mounted vehicles. He also says SDF fighters destroyed 2 Daesh vehicle bombs in the area. [ARA]
After capturing Khaneiz, SDF forces are now only 26 km (16 miles) away from Raqqa. Battles are continuing in the Ain Eissa area near Tal Al-Saman village. Hawar]
Daesh says several shops were destroyed by Coalition airstrikes in Hazima town north of Raqqa. [A3maq]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Aleppo city
Civil defense sources say 94 civilians killed and 150 wounded in the past two days as a result of intense air bombing by Russian and Syrian warplanes. In return, the opposition shelled Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo killing seven civilians. [Rudaw] [BasNews]
Idlib
Russian warplanes attacked opposition (mainly Nusra) positions in Idlib and Hama, killing over 30 persons including several leaders. [ARA]
Al-Bab
Coalition spokesman Col. John Dorrian says Coalition warplanes are not providing air support to the Turkey-linked opposition forces in their advance towards Al-Bab. [ARA]
Turkey shelled 60 Daesh and 3 SDF targets in its support for the opposition forces.
An opposition commander says opposition groups captured Kandarliya village east of Al-Bab, killing or wounding several Daesh terrorists and destroying a heavy machine gun. He also says the opposition defused a Daesh vehicle bomb in the village. [ARA]
Later, an opposition group commander says the opposition recaptured Qabasin town from Daesh. [ARA]
The PYD’s Military Council of Al-Bab area received over 6000 refugees from Qabasin who escaped following Turkish shelling on that village. The refugees were received in Jubb Al-Dam and Qawaqly villages, controlled by the Council. [Hawar]
Daesh recovered Qabasin after a fierce attack with vehicle bombs, forcing opposition forces to retreat despite Turkish artillery support. Opposition forces recovered the city back after a few hours of Daesh control. [ARA]
Turkish artillery shelled Al-Bab city with tens of bombs, while Daesh is keeping city hospitals for hospitalizing its fighters only. [Hawar]
Turkish backed opposition kidnapped 4 members of the PYD-established local council from Noman village liberated by the SDF earlier. [Hawar]
Daesh says one of its Tunisian suicide terrorists attacked an opposition group’s position in Olan village north of Al-Bab with a vehicle bomb, killing six fighters and wounding others, and destroying or damaging 8 machine gun-mounted SUVs. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of the attack and of the suicide terrorist. [Isdarat]
Daesh issues a video of the attack. First the video shows a vehicle moving, and later on it shows an explosion from a remote distance [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles with opposition groups in Olan village. [Isdarat]
Daesh says it destroyed a Turkish Army tank with a missile near Hazwan village west of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting the tank. [Isdarat]
Azaz
The Azaz local council issued a statement asking all opposition groups to leave the city in order to protect the lives and properties of civilians. [ARA]
The internecine battle for control of Azaz is continuing between two opposition groups, i.e. Ahrar Al-Sham and Al-Jabha Al-Shamiya. The battle has been going on for several days. [Hawar]
A car bomb destroyed an opposition weapons cache near Azaz, killing 10 persons. No party has claimed responsibility so far. [Rudaw]
Manbij
The second batch of YPG and YPJ forces withdrew from Manbij to participate in the liberation of Raqqa and handed over Manbij to the Military Council of the city. The forces however announced readiness to return whenever needed. [Hawar]
6 Villages controlled by Daesh are actually under siege amidst the advance of SDF forces west of Manbij. [EnabBaladi]
Turkey’s Prime Minister says that SDF should withdraw from Manbij or prepare to be expelled therefrom by force. [Anadolu]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists targeting Syrian Army positions in the Huwaisis area with artillery and heavy machine guns. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it killed or wounded several Syrian Army soldiers near Al-Muhr oilfield, west of Tadmur. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of attacking the Syrian Army in East Bari in Hama province. [Isdarat]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Syrian army killed 26 terrorists east of Deir Ez-Zor airport. [SyriaNow]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Several shells fell over Damascus without reports of details of casualties. [SyriaHR]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
A security source says ABM terrorists kidnapped a policeman near his house in Arish. [ElWatan]
Local sources say armed men kidnapped two civilians from two different areas in Arish after accusing them of cooperating with security forces. [VetoGate]
A security source says two civilians were wounded when an IED exploded on the coastal road in Arish. [ElWatan]
Daesh says it attacked an Egyptian Army patrol on Al-Bahr Street in Arish city with light and mid-sized weapon, damaging a Humvee. [Isdarat]
Daesh also says it targeted an Egyptian Army Humvee with an IED on the same street. Daesh says ambulances arrived to the area after the attack. [Isdarat]
Libya
Northeast
A Libyan National Army (LNA) commander says the Qawarsha area is completely under the control of the LNA. He also says Daesh terrorists are trapped in the Qanfouda area. Six LNA service members were killed in the battles.
An LNA spokesman says their troops stopped a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb near the customs area west of Benghazi, killing the suicide terrorist. Another LNA commander says his troops captured 2 Daesh terrorists near the European Hospital near Qawarsha. He also says his troops found a Daesh prison, a vehicle bomb factory, and a field hospital in the area. The UN envoy to Libya praised the LNA victory in Benghazi. [Wasat]
The LNA spokesman says 13 LNA soldiers were killed and 30 wounded during the last week west of Benghazi. He also says the LNA will clear all the areas west of Benghazi in the coming days. [AfriGate]
The LNA spokesman says Libyan warplanes launched 24 airstrikes on the Qanfouda and Qawarsha areas during the last few days. [Libya24]
An LNA Special Forces spokesman asks citizens not to enter the Qawarsha area yet, and to wait until the EOD clears the area from landmines and IEDs. [Wasat]
Daesh says its snipers killed one LNA soldier and wounded another in the Benghazi area. [Isdarat]
Central coast
A GNA military commander says his troops captured 23 more buildings in Hay Al-Giza and found the dead bodies of 15 Daesh terrorists. [Wasat]
A Misrata Hospital source says three GNA soldiers were killed and thirty wounded in battles in Sirte on Wednesday. [Wasat]
A military source says GNA troops secured and evacuated three women–from Iraq, Tunisia, and Syria– and their children, from the Giza area. [Wasat]
A GNA commander died in a hospital in Tunisia from wounds he sustained from a Daesh sniper in the Giza area two weeks ago. [Libya24]
AFRICOM says it killed more than 50 Daesh terrorists and bombed 23 targets in Sirte during the last 5 days. [AfriGate]
Local sources say Daesh terrorists who escaped from Sirte establish temporary checkpoints from time to time south of Sirte city. [Wasat]
Daesh says it damaged a GNA military vehicle with an IED on the coastal road, 40 km (25 miles) west of Sirte, wounding the soldiers inside. [A3maq] [Isdarat]
SOCIAL MEDIA
Iraqi forces captured a house in the Mosul area where Daesh had filmed a wedding (photos). [Twitter]
A Facebook page of a Daesh terrorist from Anbar [Facebook]
Videos of the Day
A photographer from Mosul reuniting with his family for the first time in 2 years [Sumaria]
Iraqi forces in east Mosul [Sumaria]
A school in Mosul deserted because of Daesh [Sumaria]
Wounded Iraqi soldiers discussing the inadequate care provided by the government [Sumaria]
OTHER DAESH MEDIA
Daesh audio newsletter for today [Bayan]
Daesh publishes a new issue of its Naba magazine. [Isdarat]
