September 16, 2015
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
ANBAR
Falluja
A source in the Iraqi 1st Rapid Intervention Division says Iraqi forces killed 10 Daesh fighters and wounded 5, and defused 10 IEDs in Nuaimiya, just south of Falluja. [Etejah]
The Coalition bombed 3 Daesh trailers carrying rockets and weapons at Al-Salam Intersection southwest of Falluja, killing 5 terrorists. [IWMC Report]
Baghdad Operations Command says its troops killed 13 Daesh terrorists and wounded 2 and defused 10 IEDs in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
Anbar Operations Command troops destroyed a Daesh truck carrying a rocket launcher in Ameriyat Al-Falluja. [IWMC Report]
A PMF commander says security Iraqi forces found booby-trapped cooking pots in some houses in Saqlawiya north of Falluja. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment: We wonder if this is linked to the booby-trapped chicken we reported some weeks back.
Ramadi
The Mayor of Ramadi says 200 more American soldiers arrived at Habbaniya base. He also says the American troops have started to patrol beyond the base. This led him to think they were preparing to bring US Special Forces to participate in the battles. [8th Day]
DaeshDaily comment: Now we know why some Iraqi sources thought US troops were coming to fight in Anbar.
The Anbar Operations Commander says there are no Coalition troops fighting on the ground in Anbar. He also says it is impossible for the tribal fighters to liberate Anbar without the Iraqi Army and the PMFs, even if supported by the Coalition. [Buratha]
A security source says Daesh shelled Khaldiya with mortars, killing 4 civilians and injuring 20. [Gharbiya] Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on Khaldiya. [Just Paste]
Iraqi forces supported by Iraqi airpower stopped a Daesh attack on Al-Madhiq east of Ramadi. Iraqi forces are still advancing on Ramadi from all sides. [MoD Website]
DaeshDaily comment. This optimistic claim seems to be true in general, but it would be more reassuring if they were not “advancing” so often in the same places.
IWMC says the IAF bombed a Daesh gathering near the Ramadi stadium, killing “dozens” of terrorists. [Buratha]
The IFP destroyed a Daesh hideout in Tal Masoud in Hsaiba east of Ramadi, and stopped a Daesh attack and killed 4 terrorists in the nearby Siddiqiya area. [IWMC Report]
A security source says the IFP Commandos stopped a Daesh attack in Tal Masoud, killing 10 Daesh fighters and destroying 2 trucks carrying machine guns. [Ghad]
The IFP commander says his troops rocketed a Daesh hideout in Hsaiba, killing Daesh’s emir for the area and 4 of his associates. [Baghdadia]
Hit/Haditha
Jazeera Operations Command says its troops attacked Daesh in Jubba near Baghdadi, killing 3 terrorists, destroying a rocket launcher, and defusing 16 IEDs and a booby-trapped house. [Ghad]
Jazeera Operations Command says IAA helicopters targeted Daesh in Al-Dolab in Hit, killing 23 terrorists and destroying several vehicles. It also says its artillery shelled Daesh in the same area, killing 4. [Maalomah]
Western Anbar
A security source says Daesh killed 4 young men by throwing them from the top of a hill, and beheaded another in Al-Qa’im, accused of collaborating with Iraqi security forces. [Baghdadia]
A security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh locations and a gathering in Rutba, killing 20 terrorists and wounding 11 and destroying several vehicles and hideouts. [Baghdadia]
The spokesman of the Iraqi 14th Emergency Battalion says 500 tribal fighters finished their training at Ain Al-Assad Base and will join the IFP forces. [Baghdadia]
SALAHUDDIN
Baiji
The Iraqi Special Operations Commander says Iraqi forces are advancing slowly in Baiji because of the IEDs planted by Daesh and because they are operating in residential areas. [Buratha]
A PMF source says PMF artillery shelled Daesh in north Baiji, killing 9 terrorists and destroying 3 vehicles. [Maalomah]
Daesh says 70 civilians were killed or wounded in a Coalition airstrike on nearby Siniya. [A3maq]
A video of the fights in Albu Jarad near Baiji [YouTube]
A video of the AHH in Baiji [YouTube]
Tikrit
A security source says IAA helicopters attacked 4 Daesh locations near Al-Salam Village between Tikrit and Baiji, killing “dozens” of Daesh fighters. [Ghad]
IWMC says the IAA attacked Daesh gatherings in Al-Maslakha area in the Makhoul Mountains, killing “dozens” of Daesh fighters and destroying their vehicles. IWMC says Iraqi troops killed 2 Daesh terrorists from Arab countries and destroyed a booby-trapped hideout in Baiji. [Maalomah]
A source in Salahuddin Operations Command says Iraqi forces stopped a massive Daesh attack in Owainat, 20 km (12.5 miles) south of Tikrit, killing “dozens” of Daesh terrorists and destroying 10 vehicles. [Baghdadia]
The body of a young man was found shot in south Tikrit. [Mada]
BAGHDAD
The security committee in Basra GC says 2 of the Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad were released blindfolded near the Turkish hospital under construction in Basra. Sistani issued a statement on Saturday repudiating the kidnapping and calling it an aggression against Shia principles and rule of law. [Mada]
Security sources opened an investigation to see how the kidnappers could transport the men from Baghdad to Basra with all the checkpoints on the road. The Turkish Ambassador to Iraq says the 2 men were in good health and all the others are in good condition. Other sources suspect that the 4 unidentified bodies found in Kut (see story below) belong to some of the kidnapped workers. [Iraq Press]
According to security sources:
- The body of an Iraqi soldier was found shot in Taji in north Baghdad. [Maalomah]
- Five civilians were wounded when an IED exploded near a parking lot in Husseiniya in north Baghdad. [Mada]
- Unknown armed men shot and killed 2 women, one in Meshahda in north Baghdad and one in Abu Dsheer in south Baghdad. [Sumaria]
- The body of an unknown man was found shot in Zafaraniya in southeast Baghdad. [Mada]
- Two civilians were killed and 6 injured when an IED exploded near a popular restaurant in Jurf Al-Naddaf in south Baghdad. [Mada]
- Unknown armed men attacked a joint checkpoint in Arab Jabour in south Baghdad, killing 2 policemen and 2 Sahwa fighters. [Baghdadia]
- A sticker IED exploded under a civilian car carrying 5 Iraqi soldiers in Mada’in in south Baghdad, killing one and wounding the other 4. [Mada]
The IAF conducted 4 sorties and the IAA 23. (Results reported elsewhere herein)
The Coalition conducted 13 sorties, killing “dozens” of terrorists, and it destroyed 30 vehicles, 3 rocket launchers, and 33 Daesh “locations.” [IWMC Report]
Daesh media publications in north Baghdad. [Just Paste]
DIYALA
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed 2 employees of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on the road between Balad Ruz and Baquba. [Baghdadia]
A security source says 2 unknown bodies were found in Al-Hasawiya village in Abu Saida, west of Muqdadiya. [Baghdadia]
KIRKUK
A security source says Daesh moved 500 of its fighters to Rashad district, 65 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, preparing to launch an attack on the Peshmerga to regain the ground they just lost. The source also says Daesh intends to burn “black oil” in Zegyaton Valley to create smoke and distract the Iraqi and Coalition pilots. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. This is yet another Saddam trick. In Kuwait, Iraq set fire to oil wells to create smoke and impede coalition pilots. For supposedly foreign jihadis, Daesh’s tactics have a remarkable resemblance to those of Saddam’s army.
A police commander says his forces and the Asayesh conducted a search in Daquq center, arrested 12 people wanted on terrorism charges, and confiscated weapons and vehicles. [Sumaria]
A security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh in Al-Zab subdistrict, 75 km (46.5 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, killing 11 Daesh terrorists and destroying 2 vehicles. [Sumaria]
A security source says the Coalition has cut off Daesh supply lines in Hawija completely after destroying 2 bridges linking the district with the Al-Zab and Al-Abbasi subdistricts.
Daesh publishes a video of the destroyed bridge between Hawija and Ninewa. [A3maq]
The governor of Kirkuk says 240 displaced families from Daquq arrived in Kirkuk after the fighting between the Peshmerga and Daesh there. [BasNews]
A Peshmerga commander says Daesh shelled the Kurdish forces west of Kirkuk and the Peshmerga responded by shelling Daesh locations. The Coalition bombed Daesh in the same area, killing 6. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of its media center in Al-Zab. [Gulfub] [Gulfub]
DaeshDaily comment: Daesh uses these centers to spread its propaganda, especially among young men, and to recruit people. In addition, by publishing these photos they want to show that life is going on as usual in their areas.
NINEWA
A PUK official says 15 Daesh members were killed in clashes with the Jabour tribe in Qayara south of Mosul. [Sumaria] He also says Daesh started a search campaign for books in Mosul houses and burned 5 private libraries. [Sumaria]
A PUK official says the Coalition bombed 10 Daesh locations in different areas in Ninewa, killing “dozens” of Daesh terrorists. He also says Daesh shelled the Peshmerga in Al-Khazer, wounding 4 Kurdish fighters; but the Coalition bombed Daesh in the area, killing 18 members and destroying vehicles and weapons. [Karemlash]
A source in Ninewa police says Daesh executed 5 Kurds in Mosul on Tuesday, accusing them of giving information to the Peshmerga. [BasNews]
A medical source from Mosul says Daesh executed another mosque imam in the city. He was arrested in July with his son. [Karemlash]
Daesh executes 4 men in Mosul, including 3 religious leaders, because they refused to pledge allegiance. [Karemlash]
A source in Ninewa police says 8 Daesh members were killed when an IED exploded on a Daesh police convoy near Mosul airport. [BasNews]
A local source says Daesh closed 7 medical centers in Mosul without giving any explanation. [Karemlash]
OTHER GOVERNORATES
Kurdistan
A KDP official says the Rojava Peshmerga, Syrian Kurd fighters trained by the KRG, will return to Syria. This announcement followed the meeting between the KRG President Barzani and the PYD leader yesterday.
Another KDP official says efforts are ongoing to let in the 3,000 Syrian fighters who are deployed now near Mosul but the PYD is putting up obstacles. [BasNews] A PYD official says there is still no agreement about these forces, citing differences regarding its leadership. [Welati]
DaeshDaily comment. This is all about the complicated politics of the Syrian mess. Turkey does not want to work with the PYD because of its PKK connection, and worries that an emerging Kurdish jurisdiction in Syria will strengthen separatist sentiment among Kurds in Turkey. It has no issues with the KRG-trained Syrian Kurds. The US Coalition has militarily supported the YPG, however, providing heavy air support. The meetings yesterday included the US Ambassador. Barzani is caught in between, trying to stay on the good side of Erdogan and distancing the KRG from the PYD, but also trying to help Kurds in Syria. A force of 3,000 men is significant and potentially valuable on the ground, but the YPG does not want an anti-Daesh force it does not lead and Barzani does not want to put his trainees under the YPG. If all this does not make sense, it’s not our fault.
A Daesh media publication in Kurdish [Archive]
Southern Iraq
A security source says 4 unknown bodies were found north of Kut. [Ghad]
Babel Operations Command arrested 4 men wanted on terrorism charges in Mwailha north of Hilla. [IWMC Report]
Rafidain Operations Command arrested 3 men wanted on terrorism charges in Al-Laj between Baghdad and Wasit. [IWMC Report]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Daesh publishes a video about the immigrants to Europe. [Isdarat] And it sends them a video message asking them to go to Daesh controlled areas. [Archive]
The Legislative Council, part of the Self-Management Administration in Al-Jazeera, says it issued a law to confiscate the properties of the displaced families and put them to public use. Its avowed purposes are to discourage people from leaving the area, stop the “financial bleeding,” and preserve the properties. The Council says the owners will have the right to get back their properties when they return. The “law” was opposed by many members of the Council, especially Assyrians. [BasNews] Kurdish legal experts say this “law” violates both international and local law. [Welati]
The PYD Asayesh found an oil truck loaded with 2 tons of explosives in Hasaka. Daesh attacked Hasaka with 3 car bombs in the last 2 days, killing 35 people, mostly civilians. [Welati]
A YPG source says the Kurdish forces stopped a Daesh attack on a village southwest of Kobane, killing 4 terrorists. [PUKMedia]
A civilian was killed when a Daesh mine exploded in Kobane countryside. [BasNews]
Local activists say Daesh kidnapped a Kurdish family of 8, including 5 children, near Al-Bab. [BasNews]
A local source says the Kurdish forces managed to destroy a truck bomb and kill its driver in Tal Abyad countryside. [BasNews]
Daesh says it stopped a Syrian Army attack on Therda Mountain in Deir Al-Zor, killing 30 soldiers. [Dump]
A local activist says a car bomb exploded in the Al-Zahra neighborhood in Homs, killing 11 people and injuring 20, mostly civilians. [ARA News] Daesh says one of its Syrian suicide bombers detonated a car bomb in Al-Zahra, killing and wounding “dozens” of Alawites. [Dump]
Daesh publishes another video about capturing Tadmur. [Archive]
REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Saudi Arabia. The spokesman of the Saudi MoI says security forces arrested the members of 2 Daesh cells, in Riyadh and Dharma. [Sumaria]
Saudi authorities publish photos and a video of the suspects and the weapons. [Islam Memo]
Egypt. The Egyptian Army says its troops killed 6 terrorists, arrested 22 wanted people, defused 81 IEDs, and destroyed 21 hideouts and 14 vehicles in the 10th day of its operation in Sinai. An Egyptian soldier was killed. [Youm7]
The Egyptian MoI says unknown armed men in a civilian vehicle shot and killed a Central Security Service general in Sinai. [Youm7]
Daesh publishes a video of its operations in Sinai. [Archive]
Libya. Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists on the east coast in Derna. [Just Paste]
Tunisia. Tunisian authorities arrested 8 suspects wanted for terrorism charges in Mahdia. [Tunisien]
DaeshDaily audio newsletter in French [Archive]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
Iraqi Ministry of Defense page.
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
