October 20, 2015
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
ANBAR
The Chairman of Anbar GC asks PM Abadi to release the results of the investigations into the fall of Falluja and Ramadi and send the military and security commanders implicated to military courts. [Sumaria]
An MP from Anbar says 5,000 fighters from different tribes of Anbar are participating in the battles in Ramadi. He also says these fighters haven’t received their salaries. [Sumaria]
Falluja
An Iraqi Rapid Intervention unit killed a Daesh terrorist in Hitawiyeen south of Falluja. [BOC Facebook Page]
An Iraqi Rapid Intervention unit killed 3 terrorists and destroyed a vehicle carrying a machine gun in Subaihat village in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
A local PMF commander says Iraqi forces conducted a preemptive operation in Buhairat in Qarma, killing a Daesh sniper officer and 4 of his associates and destroying weapons and explosives hideouts. [Mada]
Baghdad Operations Command troops killed 11 terrorists and wounded 1, and destroyed 5 vehicles and 3 hideouts and defused 3 IEDs in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
An Iraqi commander says security forces defused a car bomb in Ameriyat Al-Falluja center. [Baghdadia]
The Mayor of Ameriyat Al-Falluja says a Japanese organization opened a camp with 500 tents for displaced people in the subdistrict. [Sumaria]
Ramadi
Iraqi forces “advanced” in Albu Farraj and Albu Aitha, killing “dozens” of terrorists and destroying Daesh locations and 6 vehicle bombs. Iraqi forces are also advancing in Jaraishi and the stadium areas (video). [IWMC Report] [MoD Website]
The IFP artillery shelled Daesh in East Hsaiba, east of Ramadi, killing many terrorists including 10 from Arab countries, and destroying 3 construction shovels and a vehicle with a machine gun. [IWMC Report]
The IWMC says the Anti-Terrorism troops destroyed 2 Daesh vehicle bombs and killed the suicide bombers in Albu Chlaib west of Ramadi. [Ghad]
Another source says Iraqi forces supported by the IAA and the Coalition killed 20 suicide bombers and destroyed 17 vehicle bombs in Abu Chlaib and the surrounding area. [Baghdadia]
A Joint Operations Command source says reinforcements from the Golden Division arrived in Ramadi to join with Iraqi forces there to liberate the city. [Maalomah]
The Chairman of the District Council of Khaldiya says 900 more tribal fighters joined the training camp in Habbaniya to participate in the war against Daesh. [Rudaw]
The Chairman also says the Coalition destroyed 6 Daesh vehicle bombs attacking Iraqi forces, in Albu Chlaib and in Albu Farraj and other areas north of Ramadi. [Baghdadia]
The Anbar Operations Commander says Iraqi forces stopped a massive Daesh attack started on Monday morning on areas north of Anbar, killing 30 Daesh fighters and destroying their vehicles while 2 Iraqi soldiers were killed. He also says Iraqi forces advanced in the area after the attack. [Baghdadia]
A security source says Iraqi forces liberated the Al-Tash area south of Ramadi. [Baghdadia]
Daesh publishes a video of its terrorists in Albu Iyada west of Ramadi. [A3maq]
Hit/Haditha
A security source says Iraqi forces liberated Al-Sunjuk in Hit, killing “dozens” of Daesh terrorists and capturing weapons and military equipment. [Baghdadia]
SALAHUDDIN
Baiji
IWMC says Iraqi forces cleared Baiji and Albu Juwari completely from Daesh after defusing IEDs and vehicle bombs. [IWMC Report]
DaeshDaily comment. Iraqi forces should learn not to advance into captured areas while there are still Daesh pockets behind them. This is not the first time Iraqi forces liberated some of these areas in and around Baiji, and they were forced to retreat more than once. The same could be said about Ramadi and Qarma, where we hear every day that Iraqi forces are “advancing,” and the IWMC forgets to mention when they retreat.
An IFP source says Iraqi forces cleared Al-Hay Al-Asry east of Siniya. The source also says Iraqi forces killed 10 Daesh fighters hiding in civilian houses in Albu Juwari. [Ghad]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source said Iraqi forces defused four booby-trapped buildings inside the Baiji refinery. [Mada]
A PMF commander says 2 Daesh fighters were killed after being trapped house already booby-trapped by Daesh in west Baiji. [Sumaria]
IWMC says the IFP’s Anti-Explosives Unit found a big Daesh car bomb/IED factory within the cement factory in Baiji and defused 6 car bombs and 299 IEDs. [Sumaria]
A Salahuddin Operations Command source says Iraqi forces found 27 car bombs with Syrian plates in east Baiji. [Mawazin]
The Iraqi Ground Troops Commander visits Baiji and meets with the Salahuddin Operations, PMF, and IFP commanders (video). [MoD Website]
Daesh says it destroyed 8 Iraqi Army vehicles and a bulldozer northwest of Baiji. [Dump]
An IFP source says Iraqi forces killed 6 Daesh fighters and destroyed 4 defense locations while advancing in Al-Fatah. [Harbi]
Video of the battles in Al-Fatha. [YouTube]
Daesh published a photo of the bodies of 2 Iraqi soldiers and says they were killed in Al-Fatha. [Dump]
A JOC source says Iraqi forces found three mass graves with 55 Daesh bodies in north Baiji.
A Salahuddin police commander says 300 displaced families arrived in Baiji from Daesh-controlled areas in Msahaq and Salman villages north of Baiji. [Mada]
A PMF source says Iraqi forces found a 700-meter long tunnel between the Baiji refinery and northwest Baiji. There is a video of the tunnel. [Harbi] [YouTube]
A video of the Christian PMFs rocketing Daesh in northern Salahuddin. [YouTube]
A video of an Al-Sumaria TV reporter in Baiji market. [Sumaria]
A video of PMFs confronted by a few Daesh fighters while clearing areas near Baiji. [YouTube]
A video of a captured Daesh fighter in Baiji. [Facebook]
A video of PMFs near the Al-Fatah Mosque in downtown Baiji. They say Daesh booby-trapped the mosque. [YouTube]
Shirqat
Eyewitnesses say Daesh beheaded three people and shot two more, after accusing them of trying to escape Shirqat. [Mawazin]
Samarra
A PMF source says Saraya Al-Salam rocketed a Daesh hideout west of Samarra, killing 3 fighters and destroying 2 vehicles. [Harbi]
Samarra Operations Command troops arrested terrorism suspects and defused 23 IEDs in Sayyed Gharib and Mkaishifa. [IWMC Report]
Daesh publishes photos of rocketing Iraqi forces west of Samarra with Katyushas. [JustPaste]
Elsewhere in Salahuddin
A Badr official says Iraqi forces found a big Daesh suicide bomber guest house, with terrorists from Syria and Mosul, in a compound near Mount Makhoul. [Sumaria]
The Deputy Chairman of Muthanna GC was wounded while fighting with the PMFs in Himrin Hills. [Buratha]
BAGHDAD
A source in Abadi’s office says the Prime Minister appointed Imad Al-Kharsan as the General Secretary of the Council of Ministers. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. Mr. Al-Kharsan is an Iraqi American and was a high ranking official in the Coalition Provisional Authority.
PM Abadi meets with General Dunford, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Abadi’s office issued a statement saying the General congratulated Abadi on the recent victories in Baiji and Anbar. [Rudaw]
The Iraqi Minister of Defense meets in his office with General Joseph Dunford and the American Ambassador to Iraq. Both parties stressed strong relationships and the military cooperation between the two countries. [MoD Website]
The Foreign Affairs Minister meets with a Gorran delegation to discuss the political situation in Kurdistan and ways to solve the current crisis. [Baghdadia]
The Minister of Interior meets with a PUK delegation to discuss the security situation in Kirkuk. [Etejah]
The Commission on Integrity says 2 more arrest warrants were issued for the Minister of Trade and several other high ranking officials in the Ministry for corruption charges. [Sumaria]
An MP from Badr says Iraq needs both the International Coalition and the Quadripartite Coalition but Russia seems more serious about fighting Daesh because of its thousands of Russian and Chechen terrorists. [Buratha]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a Saraya Al-Salam vehicle in Yusufiyah killing 2 of them and wounding 2. [JustPaste]
According to security sources:
- A civilian was killed and 7 wounded when a sticker IED exploded under a small bus in Bub Al-Sham in north Baghdad. [Mada]
- Three civilians were killed and 7 wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Hamamiyat in Taji in north Baghdad. [Mada]
- A roadside IED exploded in Meshahda in north Baghdad killing a civilian. [Sumaria]
- Two civilians were killed and 4 wounded when an IED exploded near a popular market in Hay Al-Wihda in central Baghdad. [Maalomah]
- Two civilians were killed and 5 wounded when an IED exploded near a popular market in Al-Amin in east Baghdad. [Mada]
- Two civilians were killed and 6 wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Tal Mohammed in east Baghdad. [Mada]
- Unknown armed men shot 3 prison guards in a civilian car on the Mohammed Al-Qassem Highway in east Baghdad, killing one of them and wounding 2. [Mada]
- Unknown armed men attacked a Sahwa checkpoint in Dari’ya in Mada’in in south Baghdad killing 2 Sahwa fighters and wounding 5. [Baghdadia]
The Baghdad Operations Commander holds another reconciliation conference for tribes in south Baghdad. [BOC Facebook Page]
The IAA conducted 10 sorties and the IAF 2, including a Daesh gathering west of Sinjar. [IWMC Report]
The PMF Media says the IWMC is trying to “promote” the Coalition’s role in Salahuddin at the expense of the PMFs. [BaghdadTimes]
A member of the Energy Committee in the CoR says the Iraqi government will not rehabilitate the Baiji refinery, finally liberated from Daesh, because it would cost so much that it might be better to build a new refinery. [Buratha]
DIYALA
Baquba
A police source says 3 persons were arrested for possible roles in the assassination attempt on the Diyala Governor yesterday. [Mada]
Daesh claims responsibility for the attack on the Diyala Governor and says its terrorists attacked his convoy with hand grenades, wounding him and killing one of his bodyguards and wounding 2. [Dump]
Muqdadiya
A local source says 2 mortar shells fell on a house in Mukhaisa, wounding 4 civilians. [Sumaria]
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed 2 Sahwa fighters in Hay Al-Askari in Muqdadiya. [Baghdadia]
A security source says a farmer was killed when an IED exploded in a village in Abu Saida. [Baghdadia]
KIRKUK
A local source says Daesh executed 18 people in Hawija, accusing them of communicating with Iraqi security forces. The source says Daesh dragged some of them alive behind vehicles on the streets until they died, and hanged the bodies of others on electricity poles. [Sumaria]
A security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh near the Al-Safra airbase in Rashad, 65 km (40 miles) south of Kirkuk, killing 4 terrorists and wounding 7. [Mada]
Daesh says it detonated an IED on a PMF vehicle near Daquq, killing 5 PMFs. [JustPaste]
A Kirkuk police commander says the police arrested 15 suspects in the terrorist attacks on Dibis. [Ghad]
NINEWA
A security source says Daesh burned 25 people alive in Mosul after accusing them of cooperating with the security forces. [Arabi21]
President Masoum confirms Nawfal Al-Aqoub as the new Governor of Ninewa. [Buratha]
A Kurdish security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh in the Shakhouli village in Al-Khazer killing 10 terrorists. [Mada]
A PUK official says the bodies of 4 Daesh commanders killed in Siniya arrived at the Forensics Department in Mosul. [PUKMedia]
He also says the Coalition bombed Daesh in two Ninewa areas, killing 15 and destroying 7 vehicles. [PUKMedia]
OTHER GOVERNORATES
KURDISTAN
General Joseph Dunford, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives in Erbil for an unannounced visit. [Sumaria]
President Barzani and General Dunford met in Erbil to discuss cooperation between the Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga and preparations for Mosul’s liberation. [Mawazin]
The head of the Peshmerga ministry, from the Gorran party, says the current problems in Kurdistan will not affect the Peshmerga’s ability to fight Daesh. He also says the Peshmerga and the KRG are ready to coordinate with the Iraqi forces to fight Daesh anywhere. [Mawazin]
The KDP wants to take the Kurdish positions in Baghdad away from Gorran, including the Chairman of the Kurdish Alliance in the CoR. Goran reps say “we won’t remain silent if that happens” and the Islamic Union says it would divide the Kurdish Alliance in Baghdad. [Rudaw]
A Gorran MP in the CoR says KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani’s visit to Baghdad is “partisan” and doesn’t represent the KRG. [Sumaria]
Barham Salih, the Second Deputy of the PUK Secretary-General and former KRG Prime Minister, meets with the British Ambassador and says the system for governing in Kurdistan needs to be revised. He says democracy in Kurdistan needs to be protected. [Rudaw]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
A Babel police source says 2 IEDs were found and defused in Iskandariya north of Hilla. [Mada]
The Intelligence Service in Najaf says 4 people were arrested trying to smuggle a gun shipment to Najaf. [Mada]
A security source says a member of the Kerbala GC, a Badr commander, was wounded in the fighting in Salahuddin. [Maalomah]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Local sources say Russian and Syrian planes dropped leaflets on Al-Bab threatening Daesh fighters and telling them to surrender. [Welati]
A military source says a Daesh IED exploded on a YPG vehicle in Tal Tamr in Hasaka, killing 3 fighters. [BasNews]
Three more people were wounded in a Daesh landline explosion in Kobane countryside. [Welati]
Local sources say the Turkish military is planting land mines on the Syrian side of the border in Afrin. [Hawar]
The YPG says their troops stopped several Daesh attacks on Ain Eissa and Sarrin. [Hawar]
Field sources say the Syrian Army killed 3 Daesh fighters east of Deir Al-Zor. It also destroyed several Daesh vehicles near Deir Al-Zor airbase. [SANA]
Daesh publishes a video of the Syrian bombing on Tal Sabeen in Aleppo’s northern countryside. [A3maq]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the Turkish police have had their hands tied by the government, which in turn has thwarted efforts by investigators to crack down on the Daesh network in Turkey. [Cihan]
Ömer Faruk Eminağaoğlu, the President of the Turkish Judges’ Union, filed a complaint against the Turkish PM, Interior Minister, Ankara Governor, the National and Ankara Police Department chiefs and other officials, on six separate charges including misconduct, premeditated murder due to a negligent act, and public officers’ favoring perpetrators. [Cihan]
REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Daesh audio newsletter in English for today. [Archive]
Daesh publishes more videos to the people of Jerusalem. [Archive] [Archive]
Egypt. Daesh says it stopped an Egyptian Army attack south of Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai, killing or wounding many soldiers and destroying 4 vehicles. [Dump]
Libya. Eyewitnesses say they identified one of the 3 people killed and crucified publicly in Sirte by Daesh an 84 years old Sufi mosque imam who had been bedridden for ten years. Daesh raided the imam’s farm, removed his family, seized his farm, then killed him for alleged sorcery (photo). [AkhbarLibya24]
Eyewitnesses say an unknown drone bombed Daesh east of Sirte, killing 3 terrorists. [LibyaAkhbar]
Daesh says it rocketed Libyan armed groups in Laithi in Benghazi. [JustPaste]
A Libyan commander says 5 civilians were killed, including children, when a random shell fell on Laithi. [AkhbarLibya24]
Afghanistan. Daesh says more terrorists graduated from its training camp in Afghanistan (photos). [JustPaste]
Daesh says it detonated an Afghani police vehicle in Nangarhar, killing or wounding the policemen inside it. [JustPaste]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
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An anti-Daesh Iraqi page.
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
