October 3, 2016
Iraqi Forces in Jazeera Ramadi
Today’s Major Developments
Two Daesh suicide bombers attack civilians in Baghdad. […]
Minister of Electricity alleges top-level corruption in Anbar. […]
Baghdad PC member decries displacement of residents by politically-connected gangs. […]
Battles continue in Jazeera areas of Hit, Ramadi. […]
Daesh shelling falls on central Diyala village already depopulated due to Daesh threats. […]
Ninewa PC security chairman outlines battle plan for retaking Mosul. […]
Ninewa deputy governor publicly acknowledges organized anti-Daesh resistance movement within Mosul. […]
Military activity increases east of Mosul. […]
US suspends Syria ceasefire negotiations with Russia. […]
Senior Al-Qaeda leader in Syria apparently killed by US airstrike. […]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi met in his office with the UK Deputy National Security Advisor Gwyn Jenkins to discuss the preparations for the Mosul battle, according to a statement from Abadi’s office. Abadi confirmed Iraq’s refusal of the presence of the Turkish troops in Bashiqa. [Sumaria]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement condemning the Turkish Parliament resolution to extend the Turkish troops missions in Iraq for another year. [Mada]
Shuttle diplomacy by US envoy Brett McGurk is credited with brokering an oil deal between Iraq and its Kurdish region that was also vital to getting cooperation on the Mosul campaign. The oil revenue-sharing deal sealed in August was critical to getting the central and regional governments to coordinate planning for the push on Mosul, as soon as this month, the sources said.
McGurk shuttled from Erbil to Baghdad and back again from early April to mid-June, culminating in a June 19 meeting in Erbil with KRG leader Masoud Barzani and Iraqi National Security Advisor Falah Fayad. Barzani reportedly told McGurk “We cannot afford Mosul. We need oil and revenues back,” said a high level source close to the Kurds. “If it wasn’t for McGurk, this deal would have never happened.”
A senior western diplomat says the recent improvement in relations between Baghdad and Erbil accelerated the plans for the Mosul liberation. He says the Kurds will keep Peshmerga out of Mosul city and will allow the Iraqi Army to use areas the Peshmerga controls to launch the attack on the city. [SotKurdistan]
The Minister of Electricity (from Anbar) says there is open corruption in the electricity sector in Anbar. He accused politicians, including members of the CoR and the Anbar Provincial Council, of being involved in the corruption. [BasNews]
A PMF spokesman says there are 20,000 PMF volunteers from Mosul, of whom 15,000 will remain in their positions in Mosul after the liberation. [Rudaw]
The Coalition says it conducted 14 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Iraq, nine of them in Ninewa: in or near Mosul (4) and Sultan Abdullah (2), Tal Afar (2) and Kasik (1). The others were around Ramadi (2) Rawa (1), Hit (1) and Baiji (1). [InherentResolve]
Iraq won the Asia U16 Cup (under 16 years old) after beating Iran 4-3 in a penalty shootout in India on Sunday. [Sumaria]
BAGHDAD
A member of the Baghdad Provincial Council says Sunni people have been displaced by gangs that claim to have links to political parties. He says Baghdad Operations Command is not able to stop this, and asks the Central Government to intervene. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. The government can’t say this is a Sunni politician’s propaganda. This Council Member is a Shi’i.
Security-related incidents reported
Northwest (Kadhimiya, etc.)
An MoI source says a Council of Ministers employee was killed when a sticky IED exploded under his vehicle in Hurriya. [Mada]
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
An MoI source says three people were killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded near a popular market in Saba’ Al-Bor. [Mada]
Iraqi Army 45th brigade found an explosives cache in the Um Najm area. [BOC Facebook Page]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
Baghdad Operations Command says Iraqi Army 42rd brigade captured a Daesh emir in the Judaidat area. [Baghdadia]
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
Daesh says one of its Iraqi suicide terrorists attacked a Shia religious gathering in Mashtal with an explosives vest, killing or wounding many people. [DawaAlhaq]
An MoI source says five people were killed and sixteen wounded in a suicide attack with explosives vest near a bus station in Baghdad Al-Jadida. [Mada]
An MoI source says one person was killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded near a café in Ameen. [Mada]
A security source says armed men shot and killed a civilian in Ameen. The source also says armed men kidnapped a 9-year-old girl in Baghdad Al-Jadida. [Sumaria]
Southeast (Mada’in, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and eight wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Nahrawan. [Mada]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
Iraqi Army 23rd brigade defused 27 IEDs and found other explosives in the Madhanik and Khayamiyat areas. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army 25th brigade found 2 explosive caches in the Rushdi Mulla and Abu Habba areas. [BOC Facebook Page]
Southwest (Rasheed, etc.)
An MoI source says five people were killed and sixteen wounded in a suicide attack with explosives vest near a busy market and a medical center in Hay Al-Amel. [Mada] [Sumaria]
Daesh’s version says one of its Iraqi suicide terrorists attacked a Shia religious gathering in Hay Al-Amel with an explosives vest, killing or wounding many people. Daesh says at least 100 people were killed in the 2 attacks today. [DawaAlhaq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh justifies the attacks by saying the attack is revenge against the Shia for their alleged hostility toward the Prophet’s wives and Sahaba. The same accusation is repeated on a daily basis by the Wahhabi media and religious institutes. These days you can justify killing as many people as you want, using ready-made fatwas from ignorant and politicized clerics from all sides.
West (Ghazaliya, Abu Ghraib, etc.)
A police source says security forces shot and killed a suicide terrorist in Radwaniya. [Sumaria]
The JOC spokesman says Iraqi forces captured a Daesh cell in Ghazaliya that was planning terrorist attacks on Shia pilgrims during Ashura ceremonies (video). [Sumaria]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 14 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
Iraqi Army 59th brigade found a large cache of weapons and explosives in the Jazeera Qarma area (video). [AIN]
Ramadi
The IWMC says Iraqi forces, supported by the IAA and Coalition planes, captured the Albu Ali Al-Jassem area north of Ramadi, killing 23 terrorists and destroying 64 IEDs. It says two Iraqi officers and six soldiers were wounded in the fighting. [Harbi]
The Anbar Operations Commander says the IAF and the Iraqi Army 10th division artillery targeted Daesh positions in the Albu Ali Al-Jassem area, killing 30 terrorists. [Etejah]
He also says Iraqi forces captured the irrigation station and the police center in Albu Assaf, in Jazeera Ramadi. He says Coalition planes killed 8 Daesh terrorists in the same area. [Zaman]
Hit/Haditha
The Jazeera Operations Commander says Coalition planes targeted a Daesh gathering in Hay Al-Bakr in Jazeera Hit, killing 11 terrorists and destroying 2 machine gun mounted vehicles. [Mada]
He also says Iraqi forces launched a major military campaign in Jazeera Hit, killing 18 terrorists and destroying 4 tunnels with a total length of 2 km, and confiscating 13 rocket launchers and a vehicle bomb factory in the Daniqiya area in west Jazeera Hit. [BasNews]
Daesh says it killed thirteen members of the Iraqi forces in rocket attacks near Hit and northwest Ramadi. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed four Iraqi Army soldiers with a rocket in Hay Al-Jamiya in Hit city. [A3maq]
Daesh says it burned down an ammunition storehouse and captured weapons in an attack on Iraqi forces in the Sakran area in Haditha District on Sunday. [A3maq]
Rutba/Western Anbar
The IWMC says the IAF, in coordination with the Al-Suqoor Intelligence Cell, destroyed a Daesh vehicle bomb factory, an IED factory, and a suicide terrorist guesthouse in 3 different areas in Al-Qa’im District, killing 29 terrorists, including 2 local commanders, and wounding 10. [Mawazin]
Daesh publishes photos and a video of an attack on an Iraqi Army camp north of Rutba. [DawaAlhaq] [A3maq]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
A security source says the Daesh security official of east Shirqat seized $300,000 dollars of salaries without giving any reasons, provoking an internal dispute among the terrorists. [Mada]
Baiji
The IF commander says his troops defused 19 IEDs east of Siniya. He also says they destroyed 3 Daesh vehicles north of Thirthar, forcing the remaining terrorists to flee toward Jazeera Tikrit. [Zaman]
Samarra
The Samarra Operations Commander says his troops raided the Mtaibija area, capturing 17 people wanted on terrorism charges. [Mada]
DIYALA
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
A security source says a Daesh shell fell on Kubba village without causing human casualties. The source says most of the village families have left because of Daesh threats. [Sumaria]
A security source says three civilians, including a child, were wounded by an IED in Kubba village. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. We are following these Diyala stories with alarm. Diyala is supposedly pacified, yet people are being forced to evacuate their homes because the Daesh presence in their area has not been removed. Among all the happy announcements about IDPs returning to their homes, Iraq needs to deal with the people forced to leave their homes.
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
A police source says a North Oil Company manager was shot and killed by unknown armed men in Kirkuk. The victim was a son of former Deputy Prime Minister Abd Mutlaq Al-Jubouri, who is from Hawija. [BasNews] [Mada]
Hawija
A Tribal PMF commander says Daesh executed forty-five men from Hawija in the Bakara Military Camp. [Sumaria]
A security source says Coalition planes targeted Daesh’s oil market near Hawija, destroying 12 oil tanker trucks on Sunday. [Harbi]
Daesh issues a video of an alleged Peshmerga fighter who refused to fight Daesh and then joined it in the Hawija area. [A3maq]
A Peshmerga spokesman says Daesh fabricated the video to cover up its recent defeats. He also says the person who appeared in the video is not a fighter from the Kurdistan Freedom Party as claimed in the video. That party is a Kurdish opposition group in Iran fighting with the Peshmerga in the Hawija area. [ARA]
Daesh publishes photos of burning boxes of cigarettes in Al-Zab. [DawaAlhaq]
NINEWA
Mosul
Mosul campaign
The operation to recapture Mosul will be “surprising and overwhelming” according to the chief of Ninewa Governorate Council’s security committee, Muhammad Al-Bayati, who also said that the launch date has not yet been specified. [SotAlIraq]
PMF fighters will surround Mosul but Iraqi Counter-Terrorism troops and Ninewa Police will storm the city in the coming operations to dislodge Daesh, Al-Bayati said. He added that three initial fronts will be opened by Iraqi troops as they attack and others opened as the operations progress. PMFs will be tasked with holding territory as it is taken by the Iraqi troops, according to Al-Bayati. 7,300 fighters of Ninewa’s “tribal mobilization” will also take part in the attack which will be a joint Iraqi-American operation organized from Qayara. The Iraqi 73rd Army Brigade is en route from Ramadi to complete the plan to encircle the city, he added. [AlMirbad]
Meanwhile, the commander of the “Al-Nawadir” fighters of the Al-Shammari tribe announced that PM Abadi has given his troops responsibility for the Western front of Mosul city once operations begin. The tribal force will be responsible for blocking Daesh movement between Raqqa and Mosul. [Ghad]
The Coalition and Iraqi war effort is being conducted in coordination with locally based resistance elements in Mosul, according to Ninewa’s deputy governor, Muhammad Nouri Abd Rabboh. “Iraqi and Coalition airstrikes targeting Daesh are conducted in coordination with the movements” of the resistance inside Mosul. The “resistance” has no “foreign or political agenda” he said. [RT]
According to one report, “many sources” have attested that the resistance movement within Mosul has increased its activity with the breakdown of Daesh’s control structure and the approaching operation to eject it from the city. Daesh is afraid of the resistance movement in Mosul, according to an IDP from Mosul who spoke to ARA. [ARA]
Local sources men from the Mosul resistance shot and killed 6 Daesh terrorists and confiscated their weapons in east Mosul. [BasNews]
A Kurdish commander says Daesh plans to use chemical weapons in the fighting for Mosul, saying some of Daesh’s chemical weapons obtained in Syria have been moved to Mosul. The PUK official made these remarks to Turkish media. [ARA]
Daesh “Caliph” Awwad Baghdadi and three other Daesh commanders in Daesh’s “Shura Council” have been struck ill with “severe poisoning” according to local source in Ninewa who cited intelligence information. The group took ill after eating in one of Daesh’s guest houses on the Iraqi–Syrian border near Baaj, the source said. Daesh reportedly mobilized its members afterward and conducted an arrest campaign in areas Baghdadi had been, in trying to discover how poison had been brought to the leader. [PressIraq] [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment. This seems like another Baghdadi “sighting” with no photo. Believe this report if you wish. Daesh issues photos in profusion, so why none of the long-absent caliph? Just add up all the Daesh photos and videos mentioned in just this Daesh Daily report today. What are the chances that they would issue all those and leave the leader out? Or maybe he was too sick for a selfie?
Al-Baghdadi is also reported to have given orders to his followers to destroy Mosul and all documents if they are unable to hold the city in the coming fighting, according to a KDP official. According to that official, Daesh has 7,000 to 10,000 fighters in Mosul, the majority of whom are Arabs, along with 135 Danish nationals, Five British nationals, 115 Kurds from the IKR, and 18 Kurds from Iran, while the executive commanders of the group are Chechens and Turkmen in Tal Afar, according to the KDP official. [Zaman]
Daesh’s broadcasting headquarters for its “Al-Bayan” radio station was destroyed in an airstrike, according to multiple reports Monday. However reports conflict as to the identity of the planes that carried out the attack, with some pointing to Iraqi warplanes [Sumaria] and others reporting that Coalition fighters destroyed the station. [Mada]
PressIraq also reports that an editor from Daesh’s Aamaq (often styled online as “A3maq”) agency was also killed. [PressIraq]
The Iraqi MoD confirmed the death of the Daesh commander for south of Mosul, “Ibrahim Muhammad Halil,” also known as “Abu Sulayman.” [AYN]
Conditions in Mosul
A local source says Daesh arrested a high school teacher from his house in Hay Al-Zuhour in Mosul and beat him up publicly before taking him to an unknown location. The source says Daesh accused the man of witchcraft. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. In all areas it controls, Daesh targets Sufi sheikhs by accusing them of witchcraft. Another Wahhabi gift to the Islamic world.
Daesh raided and closed several Internet cafes in Mosul and has tried to gradually restrict access to Internet devices and mobile phones in Mosul, according to local sources. [Mawsleya]
Twelve Daesh members were killed in fighting that erupted Sunday between Daesh members in the Al-Khadr district south of Mosul, according to a PUK media official. [SotAlIraq]
A fight broke out among Daesh members while they were dividing items they had stolen from Mosul University, according to unidentified sources. [PressIraq]
Iraqi airplanes have dropped thousands of leaflets over Mosul publicizing Daesh’s destruction of Ninewa’s ancient historical sites. [MoD Website]
Daesh has revoked the transport passes that it had earlier issued to its fighters in Mosul in a bid to prevent them from escaping to Syria. [Mawsleya]
Five Daesh members were assassinated in various areas of Mosul according to unidentified sources. Two were reportedly killed in the Wadi Hajar neighborhood on the city’s Right (west) Bank and three others in the Sumer neighborhood on the east side of the city. Daesh launched raids after the attacks but was unable to locate the perpetrators. [PressIraq]
Prices of basic goods in Mosul have continued to spike as Daesh faces difficulty moving goods between Syria and Iraq due to the ongoing air campaign, which has made it difficult for Daesh to move goods even on secondary and unpaved roads, according to unidentified sources. [PressIraq]
Daesh has closed the entrances to a neighborhood identified as “Al-Hajr” (presumably Wadi Hajr) after strange graffiti with the Arabic letter “M” (called meem) appeared “heavily” in the area (photo). [PressIraq]
“Tens” of families fled their homes in the New Mosul (Mosul Al-Jadida) neighborhood after one resident found a CD believed to be used by intelligence to guide warplanes to their targets on the ground. The CD was found in a building in a densely populated area to which a Daesh member had moved ten days ago. [IPA]
Daesh says nineteen people, including seventeen children and women, were killed in an “American” airstrike on house in Hay Al-Najjar in Mosul. Daesh issues a video of the results. [A3maq] [A3maq]
Shura/Hammam Alil
Ninewa Operations Command says Coalition planes destroyed a Daesh communications tower in Tal Wa’i village east of Shura, and another one north of Izhailila village southwest of Qayara. [Mada]
Qayara
Ninewa Operations Command says Coalition planes killed the Daesh military commander of south Ninewa in an airstrike on Al-Hawd village. It also says the Coalition destroyed a mortar unit in Makouk village, killing several terrorists. [Mada]
A PUK official says Daesh attacked Iraqi forces in Al-Hawd village with 5 vehicle bombs. He says 3 vehicles exploded near Iraqi forces’ trenches, while 2 were destroyed by Coalition planes. He says Iraqi forces stopped the attack and trapped several terrorists. [PUKMedia]
The Ninewa Operations Command says Iraqi Army 91st brigade shot down a Daesh drone in Rakka village in Qayara subdistrict. [Mada]
Iraqi troops shot down a drone in Qayara on Monday which Daesh was using to observe Iraqi Army positions, the Iraqi Army 92nd Brigade commander announced. [AlMasalah]
Troops of the 17st Brigade of the Iraqi 15th Division repelled a Daesh attack on Monday near Qayara, killing “tens” of Daesh fighters and destroying four vehicles, according to Ninewa Operations Command. [Mada]
Daesh says it killed fourteen Iraqi soldiers and wounded ten in an attack near Qayara. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army tank, 4 Humvees, and a personnel carrier in an attack near Qayara. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting an Iraqi Army BMP armored vehicle with a guided rocket near Qayara. [DawaAlhaq]
Nineveh Plain
A fresh detachment of Turkish ground troops arrived in Bashiqa on Monday to support the Turkish troops already stationed there, according to unverified reports. [SotAlIraq]
A Shabak CoR member says Turkish artillery in Bashiqa killed two children and wounded four other civilians and destroyed 8 houses in Fadhliya village. [Sumaria]
Peshmerga fighters began targeting sites at the eastern entrance of Mosul city, shelling Daesh positions in the village of Gogjali, and also shelling Bartella to the east of the city in Hamdaniya, according to remarks by a Peshmerga commander. [Mangish]
A Peshmerga commander says his troops intensified their shelling on Bartella, and are planning to capture the city. He says the areas that were targeted are free of civilians. [ARA]
A Ninewa Police commander says Coalition planes targeted Daesh positions in Hamdaniya, killing 11 terrorists and destroying 3 checkpoints and 2 police vehicles. [BasNews]
Ten Daesh members were reportedly killed in an airstrike by unidentified planes in Hamdaniya. [PressIraq]
Two Daesh commanders were killed in a sticky IED attack on their vehicle in Hamdaniya, according to a Ninewa security source. [Maalomah]
Iraqi Army troops arrived Monday to take up positions adjacent to Peshmerga lines in Al-Khazer, Hamdaniya, according to a media report. [SotAlIraq]
A video of Iraqi forces in Al-Khazer [Rudaw]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
The Yazidi Spiritual Council issued a statement condemning the recent murders in Sinjar. Two men from Dahuk were killed on Sunday, raising the number of victims to eight during the last few days. Tension escalated in Sinjar after KDP officials called on the PYD to leave. [Sumaria]
The two victims were Peshmerga volunteers. The PYD in Sinjar issued a statement condemning the attack. [ROJ]
South (Baaj, Hatra)
A security source says Daesh arrested 75 civilians near Baaj after accusing them of “leaving the caliphate land.” [Sumaria]
KURDISTAN
Hundreds of teachers continued their demonstrations in Suleimaniya, protesting the delay in paying their salaries. [ROJ]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Najaf
The Babel Police says it captured a man wanted on terrorism charges in Najaf city in coordination with Najaf Police. [Mada]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement on Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept. 9 deal to halt the violence and deliver humanitarian aid to besieged communities.
“The United States is suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia that were established to sustain the cessation of hostilities,” U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement. [Reuters]
The Pentagon has confirmed that an airstrike in Syria targeted a prominent Al-Qaeda member but said no details about the member’s identity will be released until an assessment of the strike’s success is concluded.
“We can confirm that we targeted a prominent al-Qaeda member in Syria, and we are assessing the results of the operation at this time,” said Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
Unconfirmed reports on social media suggested that the target of the U.S. airstrike was Abu Al-Faraj Al-Masri, a senior Al-Nusra commander. [ABCNews]
Al-Nusra confirmed on its Twitter account that Al-Masri was killed by a Coalition airstrike west of Idlib. [ARA]
Enab Baladi says Masri was killed by a guided missile that targeted his vehicle in Jamiliya village near Jisr Al-Shughur in Idlib. [EnabBaladi]
DaeshDaily comment. The 60-year-old Egyptian was a senior Al-Qaeda leader and was with Zawahiri in Afghanistan. He appeared in the video when Al-Nusra leader, Jolani, announced the “split” from Al-Qaeda.
The YPG issues statistics about its operations during the month of September. It says it killed 81 Daesh terrorists and captured 4 others. It says it lost fifteen of its fighters during this same month. It also says the Turkish Army launched 26 attacks. [Hawar]
The Coalition says it conducted 20 airstrikes on Daesh targets in Syria in one day, far larger than the normal day. These focused heavily on the Mare’ area in Azaz (7), and also hit Manbij (1), Raqqa (5), Al-Shaddadi (3), Deir Ez-Zor (3), and Albu Kamal (1). [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
The director of Health Commission in Jazeera District says 25 people were killed and 80 wounded when a suicide terrorist blew himself up at wedding in north Hasaka. [Hawar]
Daesh says one of its terrorists attacked a “PKK armed men gathering” with a machine gun and an explosives vest, on the outskirts of Hasaka. [A3maq]
Local sources say later the number of victims increased to 30 dead and 90 wounded. [Anadolu]
The YPG says Daesh targeted its positions near Abu Fas village in the Shaddadi area with mortars and heavy artillery. [Hawar]
Raqqa
Daesh publishes photos of children in a school in Raqqa. [DawaAlhaq]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Aleppo city
A local activist says Russian planes targeted civilian areas in east Aleppo, killing ten civilians and wounding tens. Oppositions groups shelled and rocketed government controlled areas in Aleppo, wounding five civilians in addition to killing or wounding several Syrian soldiers. [ARA] [ARA]
The SOHR says the largest hospital in east Aleppo was destroyed and three of its maintenance workers killed by a Russian airstrike. [BasNews]
Jarabulus
A pro-Turkey opposition commander says clashes erupted between opposition units and the YPG south of Jarabulus, without giving more details. [ARA]
Al-Bab
Daesh said on Sunday that three women and a child were wounded by an “American” airstrike on Aziziya village, southwest of Al-Ra’i. [A3maq]
Azaz
Syria Democratic Forces factions stopped a Daesh attack on Um Hawsh, a Kurdish village in Azaz. The attack was accompanied by extensive shelling on the village. [Hawar]
A Turkey backed opposition group commander says the groups are advancing toward Dabiq town and they will capture it within the next 48 hours. He says their advance was slowed because of the large numbers of IEDs and land mines. He says fifteen opposition fighters were killed in the battles on Sunday. [IraqPress]
Daesh says five people from the same family were killed by an “American” airstrike on their house in Dabiq. [A3maq]
Local sources say planes, thought to be Turkish, targeted 3 villages in Tal Madhiq Plain, killing a woman and her two children and wounding nine other people. [Hawar]
Daesh says the Turkish Army targeted Akhtarin and several nearby villages with artillery and rockets. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the Turkish Army rocketing Akhtarin. [A3maq]
Daesh said on Saturday that nine people from the same family were killed in an “American” airstrike on Ghaitun village east of Mare’. [A3maq]
Afrin
The Turkish Army is shooting at farmers, preventing them from harvesting their olives near border areas in Afrin and Idlib. People in in displacement camps are harvesting the olives of these farms. [Hawar]
Other Northwest Syria
Daesh publishes photos of targeting the Syrian Army in Kafr Saghir village near the Industrial City in Aleppo with mortars. [DawaAlhaq]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Daesh says 3 of its suicide terrorists detonated themselves near a Baath Party headquarters and a police center in Hama city, killing or wounding “tens” of people. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it destroyed a Syrian Army T-72 tank northeast of Hammam. [A3maq]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
A Daesh leader was killed by an airstrike on the Hamidiya area in Deir Ez-Zor. [Qasioun]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
A local activist says Daesh attacked opposition groups in East Qalamoun on Sunday. He says the opposition stopped the attack, killing or wounding more than 15 terrorists and destroying a vehicle. Daesh is trying to reach the Lebanese border. [ARA]
Opposition sources say 3 Daesh terrorists were killed by a land mine in East Qalamoun. [Qasioun]
Daesh publishes photos of battles in East Qalamoun. [DawaAlhaq]
Ahrar Al-Sham issues a video of the battles against Daesh in East Qalamoun. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says a group of its terrorists graduated from a training camp in the Al-Hajar Al-Aswad area. Daesh published photos of the training in the camp, which seems to be an abandoned school. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh issues a video of a reconciliation session it sponsored between two tribes in Shahil town, in Deir Ez-Zor. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of fuel barrels dropped by Russian planes to the Syrian Army, but which fell on Daesh controlled areas in Deir Ez-Zor. [A3maq]
Daesh says two children and a man were killed and four other people wounded in opposition shelling on Shajra village in the Yarmouk Basin. [A3maq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Daesh says it ambushed and killed five Central Security personnel in the Sadd Al-Qadi area, in Arish. [DawaAlhaq]
Security sources say five Central Security members were in a taxi when terrorists shot and killed them in south Arish on Saturday. [VetoGate]
Four electricity workers were killed when an IED exploded on their official vehicle near Arish city entrance. [VetoGate]
Security forces launched a campaign in different areas in Arish after the attack, and captured 85 suspects. [ElWatan]
The body of a man was found wearing Daesh’s execution suit and beheaded in Arish. [VetoGate]
Security sources say Counter Terrorism forces killed 10 ABM terrorists after heavy battles near the Sheikh Zuweid police station. [ElWatan]
Security sources say a policeman was severely wounded when an IED exploded on his patrol near Joura village south of Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
The bodies of two young men who were abducted by ABM terrorists last week were found beheaded in Abu Tawila village south of Sheikh Zuweid. [VetoGate]
The body of a 30-year-old man who was previously abducted by the ABM was found beheaded in Rafah on Saturday. [VetoGate]
A policeman was wounded by a sniper at a checkpoint in Rafah. [VetoGate]
A child was severely wounded when armed men shot at him in Rafah on Saturday. [VetoGate]
Nine policemen were wounded when an IED exploded on their armored vehicle near Masoura village in Rafah on Saturday. [VetoGate]
A 75-year-old man was shot and wounded by armed men in the same village on Sunday. [VetoGate]
Security forces stopped an attack on a security barrier in the Sadout area in Rafah, killing five Takfiris. [VetoGate]
Security sources say ABM terrorists kidnapped four Sufi sheikhs, a school teacher, and two other civilians in Shabana village south of Rafah. The sheikhs had previously criticized the kidnapping and killings of civilians. In a later report, the terrorists released the seven men after negotiating with their tribes. [VetoGate] [VetoGate] [VetoGate]
Libya
Northeast
The Libyan National Army (LNA) says the commander of its Rapid Intervention Battalion was killed by a land mine in the Chinese Buildings area in Qawarsha on Sunday. [AfriGate]
Libyan planes launched extensive airstrikes on several areas west of Benghazi. [Libya24]
Libyan Counter Terrorism says it captured a Daesh “dangerous” terrorist in Shahhat city (Cyrene). [AfriGate]
Central coast
AFRICOM says it conducted 201 airstrikes on Daesh in Sirte so far. It also says it destroyed 4 vehicle bombs and 20 other Daesh targets during the last few days. [AfriGate]
The Government of National Accord (GNA) military says its troops, supported by Libyan and Coalition planes, killed around 80 Daesh terrorists in the Giza area on Sunday. It also says it stopped a Daesh surprise attack from the back lines in the area. [AfriGate]
Misrata Hospital says eight GNA fighters were killed and fifty wounded. [Wasat]
A GNA military source says its troops stopped a Daesh attack in the Sawawa area 7km (4 miles) east of Sirte, killing 30 Daesh terrorists and capturing one. [Wasat]
Daesh says it launched a surprise attack on Government of National Accord (GNA) troops in the Sawawa area, east of Sirte, and another attack near the Sirte Port, killing fifteen GNA fighters and wounding fifty. [DawaAlhaq]
A Daesh Libyan terrorist who was captured in Sirte says there are only 180 Daesh terrorists remaining in Sirte. He says 22 of the terrorists lost limbs and were assigned to drive vehicle bombs and conduct suicide attacks. [Wasat]
A sniper fatally shot a Dutch journalist in Sirte Sunday. Jeroen Oerlemans was with a team that clears mines in a part of the city freed from Daesh control. The Dutch national broadcaster Nos and Belgian publication Knack reported the story. Fellow journalist Joanie de Rijke of Knack was reporting with Oerlemans in Libya. Oerlemans was abducted and wounded in Syria in 2012 with British photographer John Cantlie, and freed a week later. Cantlie was later abducted again, and is believed to still be in captivity. [Guardian]
Morocco
The Moroccan Ministry of Interior says it arrested a cell of 10 Daesh female terrorists in different cities and confiscated chemical materials. The Ministry says the cell was planning suicide attacks in the Kingdom. One of the women’s brothers conducted a suicide attack in Iraq early this year. [AfriGate]
DaeshDaily comment. Many countries felt it was a good thing when they got rid of their radicals who left for Iraq in 2003 and after. Now the same countries see that the fire will eventually get back to where it was lit.
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Iraq
As the annual Shia Muslim observance of Ashura approaches, which commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, Twitter users linked to the Shia-oriented PMFs have been tweeting with the hashtag (In Arabic) “Mobilization In Hussein’s Footsteps,” [Twitter] displaying images and texts that link the mission of the PMFs with Shia imagery or messages. See for example this tweet which links the military images, Shia slogans, and the concept of the PMFs. [Twitter]
An Anti-PMF Twitter user shares a clip of a CNN Arabic report showing a female PMF member who attests that she has cut off and cooked (sic) the heads of Daesh members, voicing his concern over the apparent lawlessness of the PMFs and the power they will have over Iraq. He ventures into sectarian territory calling the woman “a graduate of Sistani’s school.” [Twitter]
With the fresh renewal of Turkish–Iraqi tensions over the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil comes a new hashtag (in Arabic) “The PMFs Terrify the Turks” [Twitter]. Pro-PMF Twitter users have used that tag to share memes disparaging Turkey and its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and linking them to Daesh, such as this photoshopped image of Erdogan embracing Baghdadi [Twitter] or this one linking Daesh, Erdogan, and the CIA. [Twitter]
Daesh supporters issue a video of hacking anti-Daesh (Shia and Alawite) devices. [YouTube]
Video of a Daesh cell apprehended in Baghdad which had been planning attacks on Shia faithful during Ashura. [Twitter]
Photos of American troops targeting Daesh with HIMARS rocket artillery near Haditha on September 8th. [CJTF]
Photo purports to show Mosul airport after Daesh placed concrete blocks on the runway to make it inaccessible to planes. [Twitter]
Video of Ninewa’s Governor visiting Qayara. [MawsleyaFB]
Syria
Jund Al-Qasa, a Salafi jihad group designated as a terrorist organization by the US, published a video and photos of executing a 13-year-old boy after accusing him of blasphemy. [Twitter] [Twitter]
DaeshDaily comment. This might have been a punishment against the kid’s family. The execution was in public and it was based, of course, on an order from a “judge.” Considering the backgrounds of the “judges” in such groups (the Daesh main “judge” in Mosul was a honey seller), we can see how the Assad regime makes use of such crimes for its propaganda. Assad’s accounts claimed the boy was executed by the “moderate opposition.” Interestingly, Al-Nusra accounts condemned the execution.
Turkey
Erdogan photos and Turkish flags are all over the place in Jarabulus, Syria. The city hospital reports to the Turkish Ministry of Health, and local officials hold their meetings under the Turkish flag and photos of Ataturk on the walls. [Twitter] [Twitter]
