November 22, 2016
Hammam Al-Alil
Today’s Major Developments
US weapons for Syrian opposition allies are quickly diverted to Daesh. [..]
25 more Speicher massacre victims found in the Tigris River. [..]
US confirms airstrike death of senior Al-Qaeda leader in Syria. [..]
Joint Forces reported preparing for Hawija liberation campaign. [..]
Iraqi forces reported in control of 45% of east Mosul, but fierce opposition continues. [..]
Mosul District Council member killed in his booby-trapped house. [..]
Exodus of families under way in Tal Afar. [..]
Turks step up attacks around Al-Bab; support attacks in Manbij area too. [..]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi says security forces stopped several attempted terrorist attacks on Shia pilgrims during the Arba’in Ceremony. [Mada]
A BBC investigative report based on information from Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has uncovered the existence of a corrupt system by which weapons meant for Western-backed rebels in Syria are ending up in the hands of Daesh in Iraq. James Bevan, a team investigator says “To date, the international community has been blind to the fact that weapons are being diverted into conflict affected areas.”
The BBC report followed the team and reported on its detail-oriented investigative techniques. The team works just behind the frontlines in areas recently captured from Daesh. It examines munitions for markings on them, but the empty boxes are the most useful, since they carry serial numbers and batch numbers. For one example, the CAR team found evidence that a church in Qaraqosh had been used as a Daesh weapons factory. However, while Daesh tried to mass-produce weaponry in areas it controlled and set up home-made mortar factories, there is also evidence of materials coming from abroad. Around the church pews in Qaraqosh were bags of an industrial chemical, sold only on the domestic market in Turkey, but large quantities made it into Daesh hands. “When we look at improvised weapons and homemade explosives, we know they buy in massive bulk and they buy primarily on the Turkish market,” says Bevan. “Their procurement networks reach out into southern Turkey and they obviously have a series of very strong relationships with very big distributors.”
The team also found evidence on the source of Daesh ammunition. Initially, most Daesh ammunition was captured on the battlefield from Iraqi and Syrian forces. By the end of 2015, however, ammunition boxes were turning up that were traced back to factories in Eastern Europe. It emerged that the material had been sold – legally – to the governments of the United States and Saudi Arabia. It was then shipped through Turkey. The destination was northern Syria and the opposition groups (which the US and Saudi Arabia supported) fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
The intention was never for the ammunition to find its way to Daesh but somewhere along the way it was diverted. This ammunition was found in Tikrit, Ramadi, Falluja and now Mosul–all places where it has been used to fight the US-backed Iraqi forces. The speed with which Daesh was getting this material was startling – sometimes only two months from leaving the factory. “If you supply weapons and ammunition not only to non-state actors but to non-state actors in a very complex interlocked conflict then the risk of diversion is very, very high,” says Mr. Bevan. [BBC]
DaeshDaily comment. The frightening figure here is “2 months.” The Iraqi government can’t get weapons and ammunition that fast. It actually took them a year or so to get anti-armored vehicle rockets to destroy Daesh vehicle bombs. We ignore and don’t believe the PYD claims that the opposition groups are giving up their weapons to Daesh on purpose, or the claims by Shia politicians that Saudi Arabia is arming Daesh, but we think there needs to be further investigation on the sources of this corruption
Daesh used chemical weapons at least 52 times against enemy forces on the battlefield, according to an analysis released Tuesday. Of the 52 times it has used chemical weapons, 19 of those attacks came in and around Mosul, according to the London-based defense consultancy IHS Jane’s. [Ghad]
The Coalition says it conducted 11 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Iraq, in or near Mosul (6) and Kasik; and Baiji (2) and Al-Qa’im (2). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says one person was killed and nine wounded when an IED exploded near a busy restaurant in Husseiniya. [Mada]
An MOI source says sniper fire targeted a joint Army-PMF checkpoint in Tarmiya, killing two persons and wounding three. [Mada]
BOC says 59th army division found an explosives cache in Tal Masoud during a routine inspection. [BOC Facebook Page]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
Daesh said on Monday it shot and killed a “PMF” fighter and wounded another in the Khtaimiya area in Arab Jubour. [Ana Al-Muslim]
BOC says 23rd army brigade destroyed an IED in Al-Sur during a routine inspection. [BOC Facebook Page]
BOC says 55th army brigade found an explosives cache in Albu Wawi. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southwest (Rasheed, etc.)
The BOC says 5th IFP brigade found a weapons cache in Al-Dhubat, during a routine search. [BOC Facebook Page]
West (Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib, etc.)
A security source says two policemen were killed and three others wounded when an IED exploded on their vehicle in the Khan Dhari area of Abu Ghraib. [Maalomah]
BOC says its reconnaissance battalion destroyed an IED and found an explosives cache in Abbas Al-Arsan, in Abu Ghraib. [BOC Facebook Page]
The Military Intelligence Service says it found 52 hand grenades in a bag, in the Yarmouk area. [Ghad]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 10 (Includes only incidents reported)
Total IED incidents: 4
ANBAR
Falluja
A local officials says families of the victims of the terrorist attack on the wedding in Ameriyat Al-Falluja destroyed the houses of the people who planned the attack. [Sumaria]
The Ameriyat Al-Falluja manager says 76 suspects were arrested and 12 cars without proper registration papers were found during a search campaign to clear the subdistrict of Daesh sleeper cells. [Sumaria]
Ramadi
Daesh says it killed seven Iraqi soldiers, including an officer, by detonating a booby-trapped house and an IED in the Albu Farraj and Juwaiba areas of Ramadi District. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed an officer and two Sahwa fighters with an IED in the Madhiq area in Ramadi on Monday. [A3maq]
Iraqi Army 30th brigade found 20 IEDs in the Zangoura area just west of Ramadi city. [MoD Website]
Hit/Haditha
A Haditha Tribal Mobilization commander says a large weapons cache was found buried underground in Wadi Zaghdan, south of Haditha along the Euphrates River. The area was cleared by army troops recently after Daesh fighters withdrew from there to Qa’im. [Maalomah] [Mada]
Rutba/Western Anbar
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army SUV with an IED in the Kilo 110 area, east of Rutba. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of the explosion. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh said on Monday it targeted Rutba city with 5 mortars. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Anbar Provincial Council says unidentified armed men displaced 250 families at gunpoint from Rahaliya village in Nukhaib in eastern Rutba. All displaced families are refugees from Ramadi and Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [Mada]
Iraqi forces captured 6 men wanted on terrorism charges near Rahaliya. [MoD Website]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
Salahuddin Police got information about 2 Daesh terrorists in Hay Al-Asri in Shirqat. The police killed one of the two, who was wearing an explosives vest. The police also killed 2 other Daesh terrorists, who were barricading in a house in Jamila village. [MoD Website]
Daesh says it damaged a PMF Humvee near Khanuqa village, south of Shirqat. [A3maq]
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions east and north of Shirqat with 65 mortars, 5 locally made rockets, and 2 mortar shells. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Daesh publishes 2 photos of targeting PMF positions near Al-Naml village south of Shirqat with SPG9 rockets. [JustPaste]
Tikrit
The Commission for Human Rights says the bodies of 25 Speicher massacre victims were found in the Tigris River in Tikrit. [Mada]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists near the Allas oilfield. [JustPaste]
DIYALA
Baquba/southeast Diyala
The Diyala governor says Daesh has failed during the last year to recruit young people in the governorate because its “media machine” was targeted by security forces. He also says Daesh terrorists have turned to robbery and theft to finance themselves in many areas in Diyala. [Sumaria]
The Chairman of the Security Committee in Diyala Provincial Council says security units have captured many people wanted on terrorism charges who were staying with their relatives as “guests” in different areas in Diyala during the last few months. [Sumaria]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
Districts and Subdistricts Police department says it arrested a Daesh cell in the city working to revive Daesh sleeper cells. The cell of 3 including a woman who entered the city with the waves of IDPs that moved into the city and surrounding area. [Sumaria]
Hawija
A security source in Kirkuk says army, PMF, IFP, and Tribal PMF reinforcements equipped with medium and heavy weapons are positioning around Hawija, pending higher orders to start liberation. [Maalomah]
A Peshmerga commander says there is an agreement that the Iraqi Army and the Peshmerga will both participate in the Hawija liberation, and that the military operation will start soon. He says Daesh has 2,000 men in Hawija. [Sumaria]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” in Masna’a village north of Hawija. [DawaAlhaq]
Southwest
A security source in Kirkuk says a Daesh sniper killed a Peshmerga soldier in Daquq. [Sumaria]
NINEWA
Mosul
Mosul liberation campaign
The Chairman of the Security Committee in Ninewa Provincial Council says Iraqi forces have captured 45% of the east side of Mosul. He says the battles are difficult because Daesh terrorists shaved their beards and are attacking Iraqi forces while hiding among civilians. He also says Coalition planes destroyed five brigades in Mosul.
However, the Chairman says the JOC intends to replace the commander of the Iraqi Army 16th division because of the slow progress of his troops in northern Mosul. (The same commander had faced a similar slow-to-act accusation when the Speicher Massacre happened in mid-2014 and he was the Salahuddin Operations Commander.)
An Arab CoR member from Ninewa says Iraqi Army 15th division will take charge of the west of Mosul military sector instead of the PMFs. He says the PMFs will handle the border areas with Syria. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. The last item seems to indicate that the Ninewa liberation campaign will include all of Ninewa, and that the PMFs will be spread over a wide area in Tal Afar, Sinjar, and Baaj. The details have yet to be released, however.
The MoD says the IAA targeted Daesh in different areas in Ninewa killing 78 terrorists and destroying 11 vehicles, including a vehicle bomb. [Maalomah]
CTS troops are about to liberate the Al-Ikha’ and Muharibin neighborhoods in Mosul, says a CTS commander. He added that two-thirds of these areas are already liberated, in addition to 70% of Al-Khadra. [Etejah]
The CTS says its units entered Al-Zuhour neighborhood in Mosul and captured a hospital and a health center. [Ghad]
A CTS source says Daesh attacked Abbasiya village and Commercial Exchange area north of Mosul with six vehicle bombs. The attack was foiled and all vehicles were destroyed before reaching their targets. [BasNews]
Local sources say a rocket shelling caused the water supply to be cut off in east Mosul. [Karemlash]
PMF intelligence says unknown gunmen shot dead two Daesh terrorists in Al-Nour neighborhood in east Mosul. [PressIraq]
Daesh says one of its Moroccan suicide terrorists killed eighteen “SWAT” members and destroyed an Abrams tank, a Humvee, and a bulldozer in an attack with a vehicle bomb “on the outskirts” of Hay Al-Intisar, in east Mosul. Daesh says it killed more service members and destroyed a bulldozer in in battles after the suicide attack. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it killed four Iraqi soldiers and wounded five in battles near Hay Al-Intisar. [Ana Al-Muslim]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh reports use the term “SWAT,” in reference to the CTS Special Forces. Its definition does not conform to US usage, mostly for police work, but this is Daesh’s term.
Notice that this attack occurred “on the outskirts” of Intisar, which tells you that Daesh has already lost this neighborhood to the government.
Daesh says it killed five “SWAT” members and wounded three by detonating a booby-trapped house “on the outskirts of” Hay Al-Tahrir, in northeast Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says its snipers killed four PMF fighters near Hay Al-Tahrir and Bawiza. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of Iraqi soldiers being targeted by its snipers in Hay Al-Tahrir. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi forces in east Mosul and in areas east of Mosul with 200 mortars, 3 locally made rockets, and 12 mortar shells. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Other military developments in Mosul
The Sunni Endowment says its Chairman, Abdullatif Al-Humaim, survived a sniper attack during his visit to the front lines in Mosul. [Sumaria]
A Sumaria TV crew survived a Daesh ambush in Hay Al-Samah in Mosul. [SotIraq]
Ninewa Provincial Council says Daesh transferred prisoners from a hospital in east Mosul to unknown locations as CTS forces approached. [Sumaria]
Elsewhere in Mosul
IWMC says an air strike by the IAF destroyed two vehicle bomb factories and killed “tens” of terrorists in Wadi Okab on the west side of Mosul. [Mada]
Turkish Anadolu news agency says Coalition warplanes killed Abu Ehab, a Daesh commander, in an airstrike in Mosul. [Ghad]
16th army brigade found the Beit Al-Mal (Daesh treasury office) near the Dijla tourist resort north of Mosul. [Mawsleya]
Shura/Hammam Alil/Mosul subdistrict
The IFP says it captured six hills near Hammam Alil and is closing in on strategic Tilal Albu Saif. [Buratha]
The IFP Commander says tens of Daesh tunnels were destroyed by the 9th Army in Salamiyah and Humaira villages on the Hamdaniya side of the river, which were liberated on Monday. He also says that Daesh keeps attacking IFP positions, mostly with vehicle bombs, but without achieving results. [PressIraq]
The PMF says it destroyed a vehicle bomb that approached its forces in Um Hijara Al-Ulya village, in southwest Mosul subdistrict near the Tal Afar border. [PressIraq]
Further south, Daesh says it killed twelve PMF fighters and destroyed an SUV in an attack near Tal Abta, in far southwest Mosul subdistrict near the southeast corner of Tal Afar. [A3maq]
Daesh also says it shot down an Iraqi forces recon drone near Tal Abta. [A3maq]
Qayara
A security source says an army captain was killed and five soldiers wounded while searching a booby-trapped house in Qayara. [BasNews]
The Ministry of Oil says it has put out the fires started by Daesh in oil well #72 in Qayara. [IraqPress]
Nineveh Plain
Hamdaniya
Daesh says it killed twenty Iraqi soldiers and destroyed 4 vehicles in a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb conducted by a Syrian terrorist and battles near Salamiyah village, east of Hammam Al-Alil across the Tigris in Hamdaniya. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq] [But see IFP story on Salamiyah under Shura/Hammam Al-Alil above.]
Daesh said on Monday a group of its terrorists infiltrated Jadida village southeast of Mosul and destroyed an Iraqi Army military position. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Diagrams found in Hamdaniya show the distribution of Daesh camps in Iraq, Syria, the Caucasus, Aden in Yemen, and Hejaz in Saudi Arabia. [IraqPress]
Bashiqa
A source in Ninewa Police says an explosion in Bashiqa killed Khadr Hassan, a Yazidi member of the Mosul District Council, who was visiting his house. Daesh had booby-trapped the house before their withdrawal from the city. [Ghad]
Daesh says it killed three PMF fighters with a mortar shell near Bawiza, just northeast of Mosul. [A3maq]
Tel Keif
Daesh says it killed fifteen Iraqi soldiers, destroyed 3 vehicles, and captured weapons and ammunition in an attack west of Tel Keif. [A3maq]
Daesh said it captured the “oil area” and the “perimeter” of the Free Trade Zone. [A3maq] [StoreUp]
Daesh publishes photos of the battles. [JustPaste]
Daesh issues a video of areas it “controls” west of Tel Keif. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Several civilian bystanders, including children, appear in the video at a battlefield location. This is a liberated area, so the attack might have been conducted by a group of terrorists who were posing as civilians. Iraqi forces can’t figure out a way to deal with this difficult situation as they cannot hold thousands of people prisoner in liberated areas. If they lose their guard even for a few hours, Daesh could attack them using “civilians.” Meanwhile, the real civilians are still at risk in these places.
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
The Chairman of the Ninewa PC says 4,000 families have begun leaving their houses in Tal Afar District for Baaj and the road to Syria because of Daesh and PMF shelling.
An Arab CoR member from Ninewa said on Sunday that there is a deal between Iraq and Turkey, brokered by the US, to have the Iraqi Army liberate Tal Afar city while the PMFs capture the airport and the surrounding the district. [Sumaria]
The PMF organization says the fourth stage of its operations has started. This stage includes total siege and isolation of the city of Tal Afar. [Mada]
PMF spokesman says the PMFs don’t intend to enter Tal Afar and they will surround the city to allow the Iraqi Army and local fighters to enter. [Rudaw]
The PMF says it liberated Al-Sharia Al-Janoubia and Al-Sharia Al-Shimaliya villages near Tal Afar. [Sumaria] [Waradana]
PMFs entered Ain Al-Hissan Al-Janoubia village west of Tal Afar airport and killed two Daesh snipers in the village. [Ghad]
The PMF organization says its forces have liberated Kharaba Juhaish village southwest of Tal Afar, pushing Daesh terrorists to the city. [ROJ]
The PMF says it’s very close to cut off the strategic Tal Afar-Sinjar road. PMF reconnaissance drones have noticed a large-scale withdrawal of Daesh fighters towards Syria. [Ghad]
A Peshmerga local commander says that while PMF troops are closing on Tal Afar, Daesh terrorists are escaping towards Syria. He added that Daesh has only Baaj and Qayrawan left to defend, and when they fall, the road to Raqqa will be completely cut. [Rudaw]
Daesh is already using alternative country roads to connect to Raqqa, say security sources. The new roads are on difficult terrain and are difficult to detect without air coverage. One of these roads leads to Baaj, into Hasaka, and then to Raqqa. [Karemlash]
Daesh says it killed three PMF fighters and wounded twelve with a mortar shell in Suban village, south of Tal Afar. [A3maq]
KURDISTAN
The Turkey Military Command says its planes lunched airstrikes on PKK positions in the Avshin and Zab areas, killing five fighters and destroying two hideouts. [Ghad]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Security sources say Istanbul Counter Terrorism units captured two Daesh suicide terrorists, an Uzbek and a Tajik, in the city. They also say 36 foreigners who were accused of having links to Daesh will be deported. [ARA]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The UN says it will start airdropping foodstuffs and relief materials everywhere in Syria except for east Aleppo, which is under siege. [Dorar]
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said on Tuesday a US airstrike on November 18 killed Abu Afghan Al-Masri, a “senior al Qaeda leader,” near Sarmada, in northwest Idlib, near the Turkish border.
Cook told reporters that Al-Masri, an Egyptian, originally joined al Qaeda in Afghanistan and later moved to its Syrian affiliate, Al-Nusra. [Reuters]
Zaman Al-Wasl had reported on Nov 18 that a Coalition drone tracked and destroyed a vehicle belonging to Fath Al-Sham (Nusra) group, killing three of its members north of Idlib.
ARA reported at that time that senior Al-Qaeda leader Abu Al-Afghan Al-Masri and two other people were killed in the airstrike.
The Coalition says it conducted 13 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria, on or near Raqqa (7), Ain Eissa (3), Albu Kamal (2), and Manbij (1). [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
Daesh says it killed or wounded five SDF (“PKK”) members with an IED on Corniche Street (= street by the river), in Hasaka. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. For Daesh, anyone in Kurdish areas in Syria is a PKK member. That includes not only PYD, YPG, SDF, and MMC members, but also all civilians. Daesh has thus cleverly appropriated the Turkey government’s designation of the Syrian Kurdish forces as PKK, for its propaganda value.
A land mine went off in the Corniche neighborhood in Qamishli, slightly wounding two persons in a passing car. [Hawar]
150 new Iraqi refugees arrived at the Rajm Sulaibi border crossing, escaping the fighting in Mosul. The families were received by the Kurdish Red Crescent, for inspection before admission to Al-Hawl camp. [Hawar]
A refugee from Raqqa told SDF forces that Daesh forced him to flog his 9 year old daughter for not wearing a head covering. [PUKMedia]
YPG admitted losing two fighters in a battle with Daesh in Shaddadi. [Hawar]
The Turkish Army entered Syria north of Hasaka and occupied the historic Roman Bridge. [SyriaNow]
Raqqa
SDF forces in Ain Eissa receive 3,000 displaced people from Raqqa District areas liberated from Daesh.
SOHR says a drone attack occurred on the outskirts of Raqqa. No mention of the source or of casualties was reported. [SyriaHR]
Daesh issues a video of its religious seminars for children in Raqqa. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh’s ability to mobilize suicide terrorists so quickly comes from such seminars. The first thing Daesh does is to teach the concepts of “wala’ and bara” (loyalty and enmity) which are basically used by Daesh to show that only takfiris like Daesh are true Muslims and everyone else should be annihilated.
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Aleppo city
Opposition groups based in Bustan Al-Basha in east Aleppo shelled the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood using mortars and gas cylinders. [Hawar]
Local activists say government helicopters and warplanes killed over ten civilians and wounded many others in Hay Qadi Askar east of Aleppo. [ARA]
Opposition forces targeted governmental forces in the Nabul and Al-Zahra areas north of Aleppo with Katyusha rockets. [Qasioun]
Government helicopters killed nine civilians in the Maadi neighborhood in Aleppo, using explosive barrels, while inflicting material damage to the Al-Sakhour neighborhood. [Qasioun]
Syrian warplanes destroyed seven Daesh gun-mounted vehicles in Tel Al-Sous near the aviation academy east of Aleppo. [SyriaNow]
Al-Bab
Turkey’s President Erdogan says that opposition forces supported by his country are about to enter Al-Bab and will move afterward to Manbij. He says Turkey has no intentions in Manbij except for eliminating PYD and YPG threats. [Qasioun]
The Turkish Army says it targeted 93 Daesh positions in and around Al-Bab, destroying vehicles, defensive positions, and command centers. [Anadolu]
Daesh says two people were killed and seventeen wounded, including women and children, in Turkish Army tanks’ shelling on Al-Bab city. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes a video of the results of the shelling. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed or wounded opposition fighters who were advancing towards Qabasin, by detonating 5 IEDs. [A3maq]
Daesh also says it destroyed an opposition group BMP armored vehicle, that was trying to advance toward Qabasin, killing the fighters inside. [A3maq]
Daesh says it stopped a “PKK” attack on Nairabiya village, west of Al-Bab, killing three “PKK” fighters. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Turkish Army and opposition groups with mortars and heavy machine guns near Daghilbash village northwest of Al-Bab. [DawaAlhaq]
Afrin
Afrin mourned eleven SDF fighters killed in Turkish air and artillery attacks in north Aleppo. [SyriaNow]
Manbij
For the second day, Turkish artillery shelled three villages near Manbij, wounding several civilians. [Hawar]
A Turkish raid on a village west of Manbij killed six civilians. [Hawar]
Turkish warplanes were observed doing surveillance over the city of Manbij and surrounding areas. [Hawar]
Manbij Military Council says it destroyed a second Turkish tank today. [Hawar]
SOHR says Turkish artillery has continued to shell the Sheikh Nassir and Arayma villages west of Manbij, causing extensive damage. [SyriaHR]
Other Northwest Syria
Daesh publishes photos of publicly executing a man in Maslama city after accusing him of being a Syrian Army spy. [DawaAlhaq]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Daesh killed 13 government soldiers and wounded 30 in fierce battles in Huwaisis and Tal Al-Sawana east of Homs, according to the A3maq news service of Daesh. [Qasioun]
Daesh’s own version says it stopped two Syrian Army attacked on the Huwaisis and Tal Al-Sawana areas, east of Homs, killing thirteen soldiers, wounding thirty and damaging a tank. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of Syrian soldiers escaping from the Huwaisis area after the attack. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles near the Huwaisis area. [DawaAlhaq]
SOHR says Syrian warplanes attacked Lahaya, north of Hama. [SyriaHR]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Daesh sent a fact-finding mission to the prisons of Kasra, Tabani, and Maadan after news that local Daesh leaders in Deir Ez-Zor were making hundreds of arrests for personal motives. Tens of prisoners were released and several Daesh local leaders were punished and dismissed for misuse of power for personal or tribal reasons. [ARA]
Battles between Daesh fighters and government’s army backed by artillery and air force are gaining on in several areas in and around Deir Ez-Zor. Most heated battles were in the areas of Hay Al-Jufra and Sina’a inside the city, which left casualties on both ends. [ARA]
Syrian army killed four Daesh terrorists near Al-Tharda Mountain. [SyriaNow]
SOHR says Daesh is forcing the male population in Mayadin city to buy Pakistani outfits for 6,000 liras and use them. This is the formal Daesh outfit. [SyriaHR]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Daesh publishes photos of its “educational activities” for school children in the Yarmouk Camp. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on Nusra Front fighters in the Lajat area, wounding several of them. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Daesh says its snipers killed an opposition fighter near Yelda, south of Damascus. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Daesh publishes photos of its hisbah activities in the Yarmouk Basin. [JustPaste]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Two young girls were shot and wounded by unknown armed men while they were playing near their house in Mallahi village in Rafah. [VetoGate]
An Egyptian soldier was wounded when an IED exploded on his patrol on the Mahdiya road south of Rafah. [ElWatan]
Libya
Northeast
A military source says Libyan National Army (LNA) troops secured a resort and several buildings in the Qanfouda area. [Libya24]
Daesh says its snipers killed an LNA soldier in the Busnaib area west of Benghazi. Daesh also says it damaged an LNA SUV with midsized weapons in the same area, killing or wounding the soldiers inside. [Ana Al-Muslim]
Counter Terrorists in east Libya say they captured the wife of the head of the AQIM, the Algerian Mukhtar Bel Mukhtar, in Derna. The woman informed the investigators that her husband is still alive. The terrorist has been reported killed several times. [AfriGate]
Central coast
A Government of National Accord (GNA) military source says 14 Daesh terrorists surrendered to GNA troops in the Giza area. [Libya24]
The GNA military says it found the bodies of 22 terrorists in the cleared areas in Giza. [AfriGate]
A medical source says four GNA soldiers were killed and ten wounded in battles in the Giza area. [Wasat]
A GNA military commander says GNA troops captured 30 houses in the Giza area on Monday and killed 30 Daesh terrorists. [Wasat]
Daesh says it killed or wounded eleven GNA soldiers in battles in the Giza area in Sirte. [A3maq] [DawaAlhaq]
Here Daesh says it killed or wounded thirty GNA soldiers in battles in the Giza area on Monday. [A3maq] [Top4Top]
Tunisia
The Tunisian Ministry of Interior says security units captured a takfiri young man who pledged allegiance to Daesh after he tried to run over a security member with his car in Sousse. [Wasat]
Other countries
Yemen
Daesh publishes photos of assassinating an Aden International Security colonel in Aden using a silenced gun. [DawaAlhaq]
Pakistan
A senior police official says at least three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were killed and five others wounded a roadside bomb blast in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning. [DunyaNews]
Daesh says it killed six border guards and wounded five by detonating an IED on their vehicle in Peshawar. [A3maq]
SOCIAL MEDIA
Daesh supporters issue a warning that the local police have started a search campaign in Ramadi [GooglePlus]
Videos of the Day
Iraq
Counter Terrorism General Abdul Al-Wahhab Al-Saidi personally helping to secure families who are under fire in Mosul. [Facebook]
Iraqi forces destroying Daesh vehicle bombs in east Mosul [Sumaria]
Families escaping their houses in Bawiza near Mosul because of Daesh shelling [Mawsleya]
The Suleimaniya demonstrations [YouTube]
A young boy telling the story of how Daesh recruited him for its Ashbal Al-Khilafa [Sumaria]
Libya
A video from the Giza area in Sirte [K24]
DAESH MEDIA
Daesh audio newsletter for today [Bayan]
