September 28, 2015
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
Before leaving for the United Nations gathering in New York, Prime Minister Abadi announced that Iraq has established intelligence cooperation with several countries, including Russia, to fight Daesh. He noted that the many Russian citizens fighting with Daesh will be threat to Russia if they return. He also says Iraq is cooperating with other countries like Germany and Jordan. A Russian military source said on Saturday that Russia, Iraq, Syria and Iran will establish an intelligence center in Baghdad with military representatives from the four countries. [Sumaria]
A Shia MP, on the parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee says cooperation with Russia will not replace cooperation with the international Coalition. He also says intelligence coordination with Russia and Iran will not include putting their troops on the ground. [Sumaria]
The Chairman of the parliament’s Security and Defense Committee says Russian and Iranian experts arrived in Baghdad to discuss the “Coalition of 4”. [Rudaw]
ANBAR
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command denied the reports about the participation of American artillery and rocket launchers in the battles in Anbar and asks the media to take reports about the battles only from the IWMC. [Mada] The Coalition and the American Embassy in Baghdad also denied the reports. The Commander of the Iraqi 7th Division had said on Sunday that Coalition rocket launchers participated in the battles in Anbar. [Sumaria]
The spokesman of Anbar GC says the government’s help for displaced people is “weak” and asks that it release funds to help them. [Sumaria]
Falluja
Local sources said Daesh launched a major attack on areas near Mazra’a on Sunday, killing or wounding 38 Iraqi soldiers. [Gharbiya]
A security source says American troops arrived at a camp in Mazra’a west of Falluja and started recon operations. [Ghad]
DaeshDaily comment. It’s not clear what the connection is between the Daesh attack and the reported US recon operation.
A source in Anbar Operations Command says the IAA bombed a Daesh house in Falluja, killing a Tunisian commander called Abu Nihad. [Maalomah]
Daesh publishes a video of targeting the Coalition locations at Al-Hadhaba airbase in Habbaniya. [Just Paste]
A PMF commander says Iraqi forces killed a Daesh sniper in Saqlawiya north of Falluja. [Sumaria]
Baghdad Operations Command troops killed a Daesh commander called Abu Osama Al-Sufiani and destroyed 3 vehicles in Qarma. [BOC Facebook Page]
Ramadi
Iraq War Media Cell reports that Iraqi forces, supported by IAA helicopters and Coalition aircraft, advanced north of Ramadi, killing many terrorists, destroying 20 Daesh sites, 6 vehicles, 2 motorcycles and 2 mortars, and defusing 60 IEDs. [IWMC Report]
However, the Army’s Acting Chief of Staff, visiting the Anbar Operations Command, talked about a halt in military operations north of Ramadi. This decision was explained vaguely as intended to provide the “needs” of the Anbar Operations Command and 10th Army Division. [MoD Website] (This perhaps includes weapons and supplies.)
Adding to the confusion, local sources say Iraqi forces were deployed to attack Ramadi center in the coming days. Meanwhile, heavy clashes erupted between the Iraqi forces and Daesh in Albu Dhiab and Hamdhiya, north of Ramadi. [Gharbiya]
The Chairman of Anbar GC says 25,000 Army soldiers and 5,000 tribal fighters will start Ramadi liberation operations soon with support from Coalition airpower. [Sumaria]
A security source says a teen-age girl was killed and 4 other civilians, including 2 children, were wounded in a Daesh rocket and mortar attack on Khaldiya. [Sumaria]
The IFP Commander says the IFP killed a Daesh local commander and 6 of his associates in Al-Madhiq east of Ramadi. He also says they destroyed 2 Daesh vehicles with rockets and killed 5 terrorists in the same area. [Baghdadia]
The Iraqi Army’s 7th Division Commander says IAA helicopters attacked Daesh west of Ramadi killing 9 terrorists. [Maalomah]
IFP troops killed 8 Daesh terrorists in Hsaiba east of Ramadi. [IWMC Report]
A security source says Iraqi forces rocketed Daesh in Albu Bali east of Ramadi, killing 16 terrorists including a local commander. [Ghad]
Hit/Haditha
Local sources say Iraqi forces launched a rocket attack Sunday on Daesh-controlled Kubaisa in Hit District that killed 38 “civilians.” [Gharbiya]
DaeshDaily comment. The report is unclear as to whether the 38 killed were all non-combatants.
A security source says Jazeera Operations Command destroyed a Daesh hideout and killed the terrorist inside in Jubba near Baghdadi. [Baghdadia]
Daesh said it shot down a Coalition drone in Baghdadi. [Isdarat]
A local source says Daesh destroyed the Abdullah Bin Al-Mubarak Mosque in Hit using bulldozers claiming it’s “pagan and polytheistic”. [Baghdadia] Photos of the destroyed mosque [BasNews]
DaeshDaily comment: Within the takfiri theology, any mosque that has writings on the walls, like Quranic verses, is pagan. Sometimes they destroy the whole mosque, especially if it has a grave, and sometimes they just destroy the walls and the writings.
Elsewhere in Anbar
A source in Anbar Operations Command says unknown armed men attacked a group of Daesh terrorists in a popular Al-Qa’im market, killing 6 of them before escaping. The source says military intelligence suggests a tribal revolution has started against Daesh in Al-Qa’im. [Mada]
The spokesman of the Iraqi 14th Emergency Battalion says the Coalition bombed a Daesh convoy of 8 vehicles coming from Syria to Rutba, killing 16 terrorists and destroying all vehicles. [Baghdadia]
Daesh published a video on Sunday of an attack on an Iraqi border station on the Jordanian border. [Isdarat]
SALAHUDDIN
Baiji
A source in the Iraqi JOC says the Coalition bombed a Daesh hideout near a Baiji city market, killing “dozens.” [Ghad]
Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack in Al-Tameem in Baiji, killing 2 terrorists. It killed 3 more and destroyed a vehicle in nearby Tal Abu Jarad. [IWMC Report]
A security source says the IAA targeted Daesh in Zuwiya in northern Baiji District, killing 8 terrorists. [Maalomah]
A security source says Daesh terrorists have started to use motorcycles to move between Shirqat and Baiji, fearing the IAA helicopters. [Maalomah]
Tikrit area
A security source says unknown armed men kidnapped 30 civilians from the Albu Tu’ma Village north of Tikrit. The source says the armed men clashed with a PMF force in the area and the clashes are still going on. [Sumaria]
Dijla Operations Command killed 2 Daesh terrorists and wounded 6, and seized 5 IEDs and 4 motorcycles near Himrin Hills within Salahuddin. [IWMC Report]
IWMC says an Iraqi helicopter fell because of a technical problem west of the Speicher base, but the crew was rescued by a second helicopter. [Mada] A security source had said earlier that the helicopter was shot down. [Mada]
Daesh publishes a video of what it says are the remnants of the “shot down” helicopter. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment: It’s not obvious from the video that the remnants belong to a helicopter.
Samarra
The IFP commander says Samarra Operations Command artillery destroyed 5 Daesh vehicle bombs in addition to 2 vehicles carrying machine guns west of Samarra. [Baghdadia]
Saraya Al-Salam publishes a video of its operations in west Samarra. [YouTube]
BAGHDAD
“The Death Squads” publish a video saying they released the Turkish workers kidnapped in Baghdad earlier after the Turkish government “issued orders” to Jaish Al-Fatah in Syria to stop the siege on Shia towns in Idlib Governorate. [YouTube]
A member of the Human Rights Committee in the Iraqi CoR says the Committee visited several prisons in Iraq and documented many human rights abuses, including getting confessions under torture. She also says some people have been under arrest for 4 years or more without court orders. [Erem]
DaeshDaily comment: This information is not surprising at all. It is dangerous to be an inmate in many Iraqi prisons despite ongoing efforts to clean up the system. Abuse of prisoners is also counter-productive. It is well established by now that life in Iraqi prisons has radicalized many men, some later prominent in Al-Qaeda and Daesh, and the Iraqi government hasn’t done a lot to address this problem.
The Chairman of the Security and Defense Committee in the CoR says his Committee sent reports to the PM, the MoD and to the Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council about some corrupt and ineffective military and security commanders but nothing has been done so far. [Gharbiya]
A Shia MP refutes the reports of a coup attempt on PM Abadi. Reports appeared in Iraqi and Arabic media about a coup after the government announced Monday as a holiday. [Sumaria] [Iraq Press] [Erem]
The Iraqi Intelligence Service says it raided several hideouts belong to Daesh’s “South State” in south Baghdad and found weapons and explosives. [Mada]
According to security sources:
- A civilian was killed and 5 injured when an IED exploded in a small bus in Sadr City in east Baghdad. [Mada]
- Two civilians were killed and 7 injured when an IED exploded in a commercial area in Hay Ur in northeast Baghdad. [Buratha]
- An IED exploded in the industrial area in Basmaya in southeast Baghdad, killing 2 civilians and injuring 6. [Gharbiya]
- An education supervisor was killed when a sticker IED exploded under his car in Hay Al-Amel in south Baghdad. [Gharbiya]
- A civilian was killed and 7 wounded when an IED exploded near a popular restaurant in Saidiya in west Baghdad. [Baghdadia]
- Eight civilians were injured in an IED explosion in Ghazaliya in west Baghdad. [Etejah]
Several clashes suddenly erupted in western Baghdad Governorate.
Baghdad Operations Command troops defused a booby-trapped house and destroyed a Daesh vehicle with machine gun in Albu Sawda. [BOC Facebook Page]
The Iraqi Army 60th Brigade killed 6 Daesh terrorists and wounded 8 in the Ubaid area. [BOC Facebook Page]
The Iraqi Army 38th Brigade attacked a Daesh gathering in the Albu Khanfar Village, killing 1 terrorist and wounding 3. [BOC Facebook Page]
Iraqi Army 14th Division destroyed a Daesh oil tanker bomb attacking them in Al-Maqbara. [BOC Facebook Page]
DaeshDaily comment. Military clashes in this area have been few, so why now? A Daesh effort to weaken government pressure on Falluja just to the west is one speculative possibility.
Overall in the past 24 hours, the IAF conducted 19 sorties and the IAA 24.
The Coalition conducted 29 sorties, killing many terrorists and destroying 4 vehicles and 39 Daesh sites. [IWMC Report]
DIYALA
The Chairman of the security committee in Diyala GC says no PMFs migrated to Europe and the people whose photos were published on social media are not official PMF fighters. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment: Some people published “Before and After” photos online of some Iraqis migrating to Europe and claimed they were PMFs.
Baquba
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a police major in his car on the road between Sabtiya Village and Baquba. [Baghdadia]
A security source says an IED exploded in Abbara subdistrict north of Baquba, killing 2 civilians and wounding 5. [Baghdadia]
Muqdadiya
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a mosque imam in Wajihiya south of Muqdadiya. [Baghdadia]
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed 2 civilians in an ice cream shop in Muqdadiya. [Baghdadia]
Northern Diyala
A security source says unknown armed men shot and killed a college professor in Qara Tapa. [Baghdadia]
KIRKUK
A security source says the IAA targeted a Daesh group heading from Hawija to Mosul, killing 14 and destroying their vehicles. [Maalomah]
A Turkmen MP says the Turkmen welcome any troops that liberate the areas under Daesh control in Kirkuk as long as they come with approval from Baghdad. [Sumaria]
A member of Salahuddin GC says the Badr militia launched a major military operation on Daesh in areas between Diyala and Kirkuk, killing “dozens.” [Maalomah]
A security source says an unknown man’s body was found tied and beheaded in Laylan, 20 km (12.5 miles) east of Kirkuk. [Mada]
NINEWA
A security source says the Coalition bombed Daesh locations in Hardan, 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Mosul, killing or wounding 14 terrorists. The source also says the Coalition bombed Daesh in Qayara south of Mosul, killing or wounding 26, including Daesh’s police commander for the area. [Ghad]
Daesh executed 3 men from Mosul, accusing them of cooperating with Iraqi security forces. [Karemlash]
A local source says Daesh decreased the study years in the college of medicine in Mosul University from 6 years to 4 years and changed the curriculum. [BasNews]
A KDP official says Daesh prohibited gatherings of more than 3 people in Mosul, fearing a popular uprising. [Sumaria] He also says Daesh arrested 265 people for taking selfies. [Karemlash]
A local source in Mosul says Daesh arrested 50 young men for wearing jeans and trimming their beards. [Mada]
A source in Ninewa police says an IED exploded on a Daesh “police” patrol between Sinjar and Tal Afar, killing 8 terrorists. [BasNews]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
The YPG forces advance toward Al-Hawl after heavy clashes with Daesh, in which 12 Daesh fighters were killed. [BasNews]
The YPG stops a Daesh attack on Abdul Aziz Mountain, killing 2 Daesh terrorists and confiscating an armored vehicle. [Hawar]
A Syrian military source says Russian jets conducted 20 recon sorties over Deir Al-Zor. [Fars]
Local activists say military jets bombed Al-Mayadeen town in Deir Al-Zor, causing many casualties including civilians. The sources say the jets might have been French or Russian. [ARA]
A local Jabha Shamiya commander says the Coalition bombed Daesh in Aleppo’s northern countryside. He also says the JS attacked Daesh and captured numerous military posts in Harbal. [ARA]
Daesh says it detonated a car bomb on Syrian Army soldiers on the road between Tadmur and Homs, killing 4 and wounding others. [Isdarat]
Daesh publishes photos of executing men from other Syrian armed groups. [Muslim News]
REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Saudi Arabia. The Saudi MoI says security forces killed 2 suspected Daesh members and arrested 3 in Riyadh and Dammam. [Erem]
Videos of a Daesh Saudi cell of five that was killed (2) and/or captured (3). One of those killed was caught in Iraq earlier and delivered to the Saudis who released him after 3 years. [Islam Memo] [YouTube]
DaeshDaily comment: Three years in prison doesn’t seem like an adequate sentence for killing Iraqi citizens. This guy just waited out the time and joined Daesh. Giving light punishment to terrorists and then letting them go back to their countries can be counter-productive.
Egypt. Daesh says it detonated an IED on an Egyptian police truck, killing or wounding 15 policemen. [Isdarat]
Unknown armed men shot and killed a soldier and wounded an officer and another soldier in Giza. [Youm7]
Tunisia. Security sources say a group of 15 terrorists raided a town in El Kef and stole food supplies before running back to the mountains. [Tunisien]
Mauritania. Mauritanian terrorists join Daesh. [AfriGate]
Afghanistan. Daesh says it targeted the car of an Afghan MP with an IED, wounding him and 2 of his bodyguards in Nangarhar. [Isdarat] Daesh also says its terrorists attacked 2 Afghan Army barracks and killed 9 soldiers in Nangarhar. [Isdarat] Daesh says it attacked another Afghani barracks and killed 50 soldiers and captured 2, then beheaded the commander of the barracks. [Isdarat]
Bangladesh. Daesh claims responsibility for killing an Italian citizen in Dhaka, using guns with silencers. [A3maq][Twitter]
Uzbekistan. Daesh publishes a video message from its Uzbekistan terrorists to the Taliban. [Archive]
A collection from Daesh’s Dapiq magazine [Dump]
SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES
Facebook Page of the Day
An anti-Daesh group from Al-Qa’im page.
Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day
https://twitter.com/abu_sohaib_26
https://twitter.com/abdallahabdo116
https://twitter.com/ritagonze30
https://twitter.com/Kaatab199912
