September 29, 2016
Displaced People From Mosul (Ishraq)
Today’s Major Developments
Al-Abadi, Barzani conclude “successful” major conference in Baghdad. […]
UNHCR’s Iraq director warns of overwhelming Mosul IDP wave. […]
Daesh in Mosul preparing frantically for government attack. […]
Daesh reportedly moving all foreign fighters in Mosul to south of the city. […]
Demonstrating KRG teachers say they are unpaid for 8 months. […]
US-Russia war of words over Aleppo intensifies. […]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
Prime Minister Abadi said in a joint press conference with the KRG President Masoud Barzani that the government supports a decentralized system in Iraq, and supports political stability in Kurdistan. Abadi also says the final stage of Mosul liberation preparations has been reached. He says there is coordination with the Peshmerga because it is part of the Iraqi defense system.
Barzani said his visit shows his full support to Abadi, and that he had good talks with Abadi and he agreed with Abadi in solving all the issues. He also says there is good coordination between Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga to liberate Mosul. Barzani arrived to Baghdad for his first visit in 3 years to discuss the Mosul liberation battle, the relationships between Baghdad and Erbil, and the oil and budget issues. [Mada] [Sumaria] [Mada] [Mada]
Abadi’s spokesman says the meeting was “the most successful so far”. [BasNews]
Barzani also met with President Masoum and with the head of the National Alliance, Ammar Al-Hakim. Barzani said in joint press conference with Hakim that independence is a natural right for the Kurds but it won’t happen without an agreement with Baghdad. [Mada] [BasNews]
The Presidential Envoy to the Coalition, Brett McGurk says he welcomes Barzani’s visit to Baghdad and considers it important. [BasNews]
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Iraq director warned on Thursday that up to one million people could need assistance in the wake of a military offensive to reclaim Mosul from Daesh.
“Mosul has the potential to be one of the largest manmade disasters for many, many years,” UNHCR Iraq director Bruno Geddo said at a press conference in Geneva. “More than a million could be displaced as a result of the forthcoming offensive.” “We are planning for at least 700,000 who will be in need of assistance, shelter, food, water, everything that you need in a situation of humanitarian disaster,” Geddo added.
However, the UN refugee agency does not have sufficient resources to host all those expected to flee the war zone, lacking capacities to offer the necessary humanitarian aid for more than 120,000 people currently. The Iraqi government has said it could provide emergency accommodation for an additional 150,000 people. This leaves a potential 300,000 people getting no help. [DW]
The Coalition spokesman, Air Force Col. John L. Dorrian, briefed Pentagon reporters by video conference from Baghdad, noting that in the past 30 days alone, coalition airstrikes have killed 18 Daesh leaders. Dorrian said 13 of the leaders were part of military, intelligence and communication networks in Mosul. [Defense]
The Governor of Ninewa says in a speech at a conference about Ninewa future that the Iraqi government should open the door for the people of Mosul to enter the Army and the police, and should keep the security issue in Ninewa away from political disputes. [Mada]
DaeshDaily comment. The person who could do the most to keep the security issue in Ninewa away from political disputes is the Governor of Ninewa.
The Coalition says it conducted 10 airstrikes on Daesh locations in Iraq—on or near Mosul (4) and Kasik (2); Ramadi (1), Haditha (1), and Al-Qa’im (1); and Baiji (1). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
Center (Rusafa, Karkh, etc.)
An MoI source says the EOD defused a sticky IED planted under the vehicle of a Passport Department officer, in Karrada. [Mada]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
An MoI source says a police unit shot and killed a suicide terrorist before he could detonate his explosives vest in Hay Ur. [Mada]
Daesh’s version says that an Iraqi suicide terrorist detonated his explosives vest on a Shia gathering in Hay Ur killing or wounding seventeen people. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes a photo of the suicide terrorist. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. Although he is covering his face in the photo, the terrorist is a young boy. Daesh is harvesting young Iraqi boys from its “training” seminars.
East (Sadr City, New Baghdad, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and six wounded when an IED exploded near a commercial area in Niariya. [Mada]
An MoI source says two people were killed when armed men shot at a civilian vehicle using silenced guns in Jamila Wholesale Market. [Mada]
A police source says the bodies of two unknown men were found shot in the Hamidiya area in Sadr City. [Sumaria]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
An MoI source says two people were killed and seven wounded when an IED exploded targeting a popular café in Hay Al-Sihha, in Dora. [Mada]
Iraqi Army 25th brigade found an explosives cache in the Sadr Al-Yusufiyah area. [MoD Website]
Daesh publishes 2 photos of detonating an IED on an Iraqi Army patrol in Arab Jubour. [DawaAlhaq]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 10 (Includes only incidents reported)
ANBAR
Falluja
There were 45 houses and an IED cleared in the Hassi area and 30 IEDs in the Falahat area. 206 families returned to their houses in the Hassi and Nassaf areas. [MoD Website]
The MoI spokesman says security forces found an ammunition cache hidden in underground barrels in Qarma. [Maalomah]
Ramadi
The Anbar Operations Commander says Iraqi forces captured Jazeera Albu Dhiab, and raised the Iraqi flag on its buildings. [Mada]
Coalition planes destroyed a Daesh hideout, tunnels, and a pickup vehicle in the Albu Dhiab area, killing 20 terrorists. [MoD Website]
Iraqi forces destroyed more than 60 IEDs in the Albu Dhiab area. [Harbi]
The IAA killed 9 Daesh terrorists and destroyed a hideout and a vehicle in the Albu Ali Al-Jassem area in Jazeera Ramadi. [MoD Website]
Daesh publishes photos of destroying an Iraqi Army bulldozer with a guided missile near the Zaidan factory north of Ramadi. [DawaAlhaq]
Hit/Haditha
Jazeera Hit. A Tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces killed 25 Daesh terrorists, including a Syrian doctor, while clearing the Safaqiya area in Jazeera Hit. [Maalomah]
The Jazeera Operations Commander says Coalition planes killed 6 Daesh terrorists in Jazeera Hit. [Sumaria]
A tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces stopped their military operations to recapture the remaining areas in Jazeera Hit in order to hold the ground in the already liberated areas, and also because of the bad weather.
A Tribal PMF commander says Iraqi forces stopped a Daesh attack in the Zawiya area, west of Haditha, killing “tens” of terrorists and destroying several vehicles. He says the terrorists took advantage of the bad weather to attack Iraqi forces in the area, and the battles are still ongoing. [Maalomah]
A security source says a school headmaster and another civilian were wounded when an IED exploded near a school in Baghdadi. [Sumaria]
Rutba/Western Anbar
An Anbar Operations Commander says the IAA targeted 6 Daesh positions in the industrial area in Anah, killing 33 terrorists. [Rudaw]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
Daesh publishes photos of battles near Shirqat city. [DawaAlhaq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh shows the photos of 2 Iraqi suicide terrorists. The same terrorists were mentioned in a Daesh post about Tilul Al-Baj 2 days ago.
Tikrit
A security source says security forces captured 32 Daesh terrorists in Tikrit and south Baiji who were trying to sneak back into the area with displaced families. [Mada]
Daesh says it killed four Iraqi soldiers and wounded five with an IED in Jalam, in Al-Daur District. [A3maq]
DIYALA
Baquba/southeast Diyala
The Diyala Police spokesman says Police Emergency units captured 2 men wanted on terrorism charges in a security operation in several areas north of Baquba. [Mada]
The Diyala police chief says police’s EODs defused a sticky IED planted under the vehicle of a military intelligence officer near Baquba. [Sumaria]
Muqdadiya/Abu Saida
A security source says two civilians were killed when an IED exploded near a medical center in Muqdadiya city. [Maalomah]
Northern Diyala (Kifri, Khanaqin, etc.)
The chairman of the Udhaim subdistrict council says Tribal PMF units were formed in 26 villages in the subdistrict to secure the area and allow the displaced families to return. [Sumaria]
The manager of Udhaim subdistrict says 150 families have been forced out of Kirkuk and arrived in Udhaim so far. [Sumaria]
Daesh says three Iraqi Intelligence personnel were killed and two others wounded in an IED explosion in Udhaim subdistrict. [A3maq]
Southern Diyala (Balad Ruz, Mandali)
Iraqi forces found an IED and explosives cache in the Jazeera area on the Diyala river. The explosives were intended to attack Shia pilgrims. [BOC Facebook Page]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk
The Kurdish Asayesh says it captured a man wanted on terrorism charges in Laylan. The man was responsible for several attacks including a vehicle bomb. [Sumaria]
Hawija
A security source says Iraqi planes bombed a Daesh gathering in tunnels in Hawija, killing the Daesh wali of Hawija and 13 of his associates. [Mada]
A tribal leader says Daesh captured 50 young men in Hawija who were planning attacks on Daesh. He also says 250 tribal fighters finished their military training and headed to the Himrin Mountain area in order to participate in the upcoming Hawija liberation battle. [Mada] [Mada]
A local source says more than 10 women married to Daesh terrorists fled Hawija during the last few months. He says the women are afraid of retaliation after Hawija’s liberation. [Sumaria]
DaeshDaily comment. This doesn’t seem like such an irrational fear.
An informed source says five people from the same family were killed and two wounded when a Daesh IED exploded on them while they were trying to escape Hawija. [Baghdadia]
A Peshmerga captain says his troops captured 3 Daesh terrorists who were trying to sneak into Kirkuk city with displaced families from Hawija. [BasNews]
Daesh says a Peshmerga fighter surrendered to its terrorists in Hawija. [A3maq]
NINEWA
Mosul
Mosul campaign
Daesh has built earthen berms along Baghdad Street in front of a nearby power plant to separate the Shuhada neighborhood in Mosul, providing only one entrance to the area, through a Daesh checkpoint. Daesh’s tunnel digging operations are also ongoing. Daesh’s tunnels reportedly run near Tel Kaysoum southeast of Mosul, near the Sahaji Road to the north of the city, by the village of Al-Huwaish to the west, and close to the village of Al-Jurn to the south. Inside the tunnels Daesh has been constructing underground bunkers and storage areas.
Unidentified warplanes reportedly targeted three Daesh vehicles inside Mosul, one of which was carrying anti-aircraft cannon, destroying the vehicles and killing those inside. [PressIraq]
Two Daesh members were killed in an airstrike in the Baladiyat neighborhood in eastern Mosul, a Ninewa security source said. [Mada]
A video shows a Coalition airstrike destroying a Daesh IED factory near Mosul on September 15. [CJTF]
Iraq’s “Second Elite” division has been reorganized at Camp Speicher in Salahuddin in preparation for the Mosul battle, according to the 2nd Elite commander, Maj. Gen. Maan Al-Saadi. [Ghadeer]
Rayan Al-Kildani a commander in a Christian PMF has said that his fighters are ready to participate in the battle for Mosul. He added that his PMF would treat any Turkish troops operating in Iraq in the same way as it would treat Daesh. [Maalomah]
Kata’eb Al-Mosul says its fighters shot at a Daesh hisbah patrol in Hay Al-Sukkar, killing or wounding 3 terrorists. [KM Facebook Page]
Many former Iraqi Army officers remain in Daesh custody, the source added. Daesh has meanwhile been saying that all residents of Mosul who have not pledged allegiance to it are “cowards” and “infidels” and “apostates” and Daesh has been broadcasting Quranic verses and hadiths related to combat and war to steel its ranks for battle. [Ghad]
Daesh issues a video of an “American” recon drone it shot down in Huqoul village northwest of Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh has been moving “all” of its military vehicles and hardware to Mosul’s Right Bank, a source in the city said. The source speculated that this was an attempt to shift the upcoming battle to the Right Bank in order to keep the escape route to Syria clear on the Left Bank. [Mawsleya]
Conditions in Mosul
Daesh has begun displaying its military vehicles in civilian areas in a bid to prevent raids on its military hardware and to frighten Mosul’s population into obedience, a local source in Mosul has said. [Mawsleya]
Daesh members and their families are preparing to flee the city of Mosul for fear of what will happen to their children after the fall of Daesh in Mosul, local sources said. [Mawsleya]
A contingent of Syrian-national Daesh hisbah officers arrived in Mosul and were deployed immediately to the streets, where they have been harassing civilians, sources in Mosul said. The sources speculated that the new hisbah patrols are an attempt to sow fear in residents as the battle nears to dislodge Daesh from Mosul. [Mawsleya]
A local source says a Daesh Iraqi IT expert disappeared in Mosul. The source says the expert has files containing information about Daesh leaders in Iraq and Syria and used to have an office in Mosul University. The source also says Daesh has deployed its security members looking for him. [Sumaria]
A local source says Daesh threatened shop owners in Mosul with execution if they obeyed Ninewa Operations Command curfew. The Command has issued a statement asking the people of Mosul to stay in their houses and raise white flags on their houses. It also said it would issue a curfew when the liberation operations start. [Mada]
Daesh has been stopping private vehicles in the streets to convert their number plates from Iraqi plates to Daesh-issued plates. This is an apparent bid to prevent residents from using their vehicles to flee the combat area in the anticipated fighting for Mosul, a source in Mosul said. The fees for converting the plates also generate funds for Daesh. Many Mosul residents have taken to using other means of transport while leaving their cars at home, full of fuel, in anticipation of a possible emergency escape from the area, the source explained. [AYN]
Daesh has suddenly forbidden the return of bodies of those it has executed to their families and is instead burying the corpses in unmarked graves, according to a local source in Ninewa. Arguments have erupted between Daesh and families of executed people in various areas of Mosul as a result of the new order, the source added. [Sumaria]
Several Moslawi youths set fire to a Daesh media office in the Aden district in eastern Mosul, prompting Daesh to mobilize members to conduct an arrest campaign inside the city. [Mada]
A member of Daesh’s “Cubs” armed youth organization killed his emir in Mosul one day after the emir married the boy’s mother, according to a local source in Ninewa. The boy shot the Daesh member, a prominent trainer in the Daesh “cubs” group, in the head with a pistol in his house in the Al-Tahrir neighborhood on the east side of the city, the source said. The boy has since fled to an unknown location. [Sumaria]
A Daesh member known as Abu Marwa Aqdam massacred his family with a sword on Thursday in his home in the Al-Zuhour neighborhood of eastern Mosul, a local source in Ninewa said. The source added that the circumstances were still unclear but that Daesh had taken the perpetrator into custody. [Knooz]
Shura/Hammam Alil
Daesh has dispatched all of its foreign fighters to Mosul’s Hammam Al-Alil subdistrict, south of the city, according to a source inside Mosul. [Ghad]
Qayara/Makhmur
Iraqi forces destroyed a vehicle bomb and several IEDs planted on the main road between Ninewa and Baghdad. [MoD Website]
IFP troops, supported by the IAA, stopped a Daesh attack and destroyed 5 vehicle bombs. [MoD Website]
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army armored vehicle with a guided missile in Al-Nassr village west of Makhmur. [A3maq]
Nineveh Plain
A prominent Daesh commander in Tel Keif has been killed by Peshmerga special forces artillery fire on the front near Mosul Dam, according to a JOC statement citing intelligence information. The slain Daesh member Irshad Salih Ahmed Salih Al-Obeidi, known as Abu Hisham and as Abu Jarrah, from the village of Albu Saif, was reportedly a Daesh military official for the Nineveh Plain. [PressIraq] [BasNews]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
A former Australian MP says he filmed a battle between the Peshmerga and Daesh terrorists in Domiz last week. He says he was visiting the area when a group of 15 Daesh terrorists attacked (video). [SBS]
The Mayor of Sinjar (KDP) says he will go to the International Court if the PKK refuses to leave Sinjar. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” and its hisbah operations in the Hassan Koy area in Tal Afar. [JustPaste]
KURDISTAN
Thousands of teachers and other government employees demonstrated in Suleimaniya demanding their salaries that they say have not been paid for more than eight months now. [Mada]
SOUTHERN IRAQ
Basra
The Zubair District Mayor says a child was killed when an IED exploded in a residential area in Zubair. [Sumaria]
REPORTS FROM TURKEY
The strains in relations between Baghdad and Ankara that first appeared when Turkey dispatched troops to Bashiqa in December 2015 have been escalated further with talk of Ankara possibly following up on its Euphrates operation with one in Mosul. In the very midst of this tension, Iraqi Ambassador Hisham Al-Alawi has voiced his opposition to any operation that Turkey might stage. Al-Alawi, who was appointed to Ankara four months ago, has spoken for the first time to Cumhuriyet.
Full translated interview here
Daesh Daily comment. We thank our friend in Turkey for translating this interview.
Turkish media sources say Turkey finished building 200 km (125 miles) of the concrete wall that separates Turkey from Syria and will finish the remaining 700 km (435 miles) within 5 months. [ZamanAlwasl]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Russian officials accused the U.S. on Thursday of siding with “terrorists” in Syria, in a sign of escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington amid the battle for the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby’s warning that the collapse of U.S.-Russian cooperation in Syria could lead to a rise in extremism and potential attacks against Russia drew Moscow’s anger.
The Russian Foreign and Defense Ministries both cast it as U.S. encouragement of terror attacks on Russia. “We can’t assess those statements as anything else but a call, a directive for action,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that Washington is “on the verge” of ending Syria talks with Moscow because of days of deadly bombings of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian planes.
Kirby, asked Wednesday what the consequences would be for Russia if cooperation with the U.S. in Syria collapsed, said “that extremists and extremists groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there … which will include, no question, attacks against Russian interests, perhaps even Russian cities, and Russia will continue to send troops home in body bags.” [CBSNews]
The PYD President, Saleh Muslim, says the Russian airstrikes saved Syrian lands from the “new Ottomans.” [BasNews]
The Coalition says it conducted 8 airstrikes on Daesh locations in Syria—in or near Mare’ (3), Manbij (1), Raqqa (1), Albu Kamal (2) and Deir Ez-Zor (1). [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
The SOHR says Daesh targeted SDF positions in Azzawi village south of Shaddadi. [SyriaHR]
Raqqa
The SOHR says Daesh cut off the hands of 2 of its members in Raqqa city after accusing them of “stealing Islamic State money.” [SyriaHR]
The SOHR says 2 SDF fighters were wounded by a Daesh land mine near Atshana village west of Ain Eissa. [SyriaHR]
Daesh publishes photos of training its civil defense units in Tabaqa city. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes photos of its “call for Islam” activities Karama area in Raqqa. One of the photos shows young children in one of the seminars. [JustPaste]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Al-Bab
Jaish Al-Thuwar, a Syria Democratic Forces faction, says SDF units stopped a Daesh attack on Um Al-Qura and Um Hawsh villages, killing 7 terrorists. It also says two SDF fighters were killed. [Hawar]
Daesh says a woman and her three children were killed by an “American” bombing on their house in Haj Kousa village southeast of Al-Ra’i. [A3maq]
The Turkish Army says, opposition groups, backed by ground and air support from the Turkish Army, recaptured Talaar village, then captured Zayadiya and Ghurur villages southwest of Al-Ra’i. It says four opposition group fighters were killed and fifteen wounded in battles in Ayoubiya village southeast of Al-Ra’i while Turkish troops didn’t sustain any casualties. It also says its artillery shelled 50 Daesh targets, and Turkish planes destroyed 2 buildings and a machine gun-mounted vehicle. [ARA]
Opposition military sources say opposition groups also captured Awilin and Khalila villages southwest of Al-Ra’i. They say that by capturing Zayadiya the opposition groups are only 7km away from the strategic (Kurdish) village of Akhtarin in Azaz. [Dorar]
Azaz
Daesh says it killed five opposition fighters with a rocket in Ghurur village. [A3maq]
Turkey backed opposition groups made an announcement to Sawran, Dabiq, Ihtaimlat, Akhtarin, and Turkmen Bareh military areas and asked people to leave their houses. A local activist says Turkish planes and artillery have started to target Daesh locations in those villages, killing or wounding more than 20 terrorists. [ARA]
Daesh says it killed twelve “PKK” armed men when they were trying to advance on Wahshiyah and Hasiya villages south of Mare’. [A3maq]
A civilian was severely wounded by an opposition group leftover land mine in Kafr Naseh village, in Tal Rifaat subdistrict in Azaz. [Hawar]
Afrin
The YPG says the Turkish Army targeted Tal Saria village with heavy weapons, wounding three civilians. [Hawar]
Aleppo
Local sources say twelve civilians, including eight from the same family, were killed by Syrian airstrikes on east Aleppo city. They also say two more civilians were killed and several others wounded when opposition groups targeted the government-held Hay Al-Siryan with locally made rockets. Opposition group snipers also wounded several civilians in west Aleppo. [Hawar]
Other Northwest Syria
A local civil defense official says twenty civilians were killed and twenty four wounded by Syrian airstrikes on Idlib. [Anadolu]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
Syrian planes launched extensive airstrikes on Daesh positions and convoys near Sha’er Oilfield east of Homs, destroying “tens” of machine gun mounted vehicles and killing the terrorists inside. [SyriaNow]
The SOHR says battles continued between the Syrian Army and allied militias on one side, and Daesh on the other side near Jazl and Sha’er oilfields. Syrian troops, supported by warplanes, are advancing in the area. [SyriaHR]
The Syrian Army and allied militias’ artillery killed or wounded several Daesh terrorists in the Martibiya area, in West Qalamoun. [SyriaNow]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
The SOHR says Daesh arrested 25 people from Al-Sabha village, west of Deir Ez-Zor, after 3 New Syria Army fighters surrendered to Daesh. Daesh had published yesterday the names of fifteen young men it executed in the same village. [SyriaHR]
Syrian troops killed several Daesh terrorists who tried to infiltrate the eastern barrier of the Deir Ez-Zor airport. [SyriaNow]
The SOHR says a woman was wounded in clashes between 2 Syrian Army allied militias in Hay Al-Joura in Deir Ez-Zor city. [SyriaHR]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
More than 30 Daesh terrorists were killed and 50 wounded by airstrikes on their positions in Bir Al-Afa’i and Naqab in the Dhumair area. [SyriaNow]
DaeshDaily comment. We don’t really know the validity of Syrian government reports. The Assad media and Daesh media come from the same Baathist background.
Daesh says a Syrian soldier surrendered to its terrorists in the Bir Al-Qassab area east of Damascus. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of its terrorists near Yelda town. [DawaAlhaq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
North Africa
Egypt
Egyptian media sources say the Deputy General Attorney survived an assassination attempt when a parked car bomb exploded on his convoy in east Cairo. [Anadolu]
A security source says four policemen were wounded when ABM terrorists attacked a security barrier in the Sadout area, in Rafah. The sources also say an ABM terrorist was killed in the attack. [ElWatan]
A security source says ABM snipers shot and wounded two policemen at a security barrier in the Wali Lafi area, south of Rafah. [ElWatan]
A security source says a 52-year-old woman was wounded when an IED exploded south of Rafah. [ElWatan]
Local sources say a shell fell on a school in Shaibana village, south of Rafah, causing damage. [VetoGate]
Daesh claimed responsibility for killing three policemen in Hay Al-Masa’id in Arish. [A3maq]
DaeshDaily comment. Daesh forgot to mention that it also killed the taxi driver who was transporting the policemen as was reported in local media yesterday.
Libya
Central coast
American Army sources told Fox News they expect that President Obama will extend the airstrikes on Daesh in Sirte for another month. [Wasat]
A military source say Libyan planes conducted 9 airstrikes on Daesh positions in Sirte. [Wasat]
Daesh says it destroyed a GNA Military SUV with an IED on the road between Sirte and the Buerat Al-Hassoun area. [A3maq]
Other countries
Yemen
A security source says Counter Terrorism units captured Radhwan Qanna, the Daesh emir and military commander in Yemen, in a raid on house in Aden. [ArabicPress]
Daesh publishes photos of detonating an IED on a taxi carrying a Yemeni security officer in Aden. [DawaAlhaq]
Afghanistan
Daesh issues a video about the “American” drone airstrike on 3 houses in the Shadal area in Nangarhar yesterday. Daesh says the drone hit 3 houses where people were celebrating their return from the Hajj in Mecca. Daesh said yesterday that the airstrike killed fifteen people and wounded ten. [A3maq]
SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA
A new image shared by an Arabic-language US State Department Twitter account shows a man with a masked face behind the words “No! I will not partake in the killing of innocents!” Below the image are the words “I will not be a tool in the hand of Daesh” The image is one of several shared by the DOS with similar anti-Daesh messages.
Iraq
With the passage of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) in the US, some Iraqis have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #JASTA_IRAQ to call for criminal prosecution of Saudi Arabia for allegedly sponsoring terrorism in Iraq. See for example this tweet by a pro-PMF Twitter user. [Twitter]
Video purports to show the return of a young man to his family in Shirqat after he fled the city when it was in Daesh control. [Twitter]
Followers of the Shia cleric Mahmoud Al-Hasany Al-Sarkhi, whose followers have had several violent clashes with the Iraqi government and with followers of rival Iraqi Shia movements since 2003, have taken up the hashtag “Al-Sorkhi_Smashes_Daesh’s_Thinking” (in Arabic) over the last few days, using it to share images and quotations from the cleric which criticize Daesh. [Twitter]
DaeshDaily comment. This “cleric” has a very violent and dedicated group of followers. He was the one who ordered the first attack on the Coalition in Kerbala that led to massive demonstrations by residents who wanted to kick him out. He kept up his attack against the Iraqi forces until the government raided his headquarters in 2014 and forced him to flee. He changes his position from time to time, including previous outright support for Sunni armed groups and denying the existence of Daesh. This seems like one of his flip-flops.
Syria
Video of children in Manbij going back to school for the first time since their city was freed from Daesh rule. [Twitter]
Video released by Sultan Murad Brigades purportedly shows fighting with Daesh in the northern and eastern Aleppo countryside. [YouTube]
OTHER DAESH MEDIA
Daesh issues a propaganda video about its wounded terrorists who want to rejoin the battles. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes infographics about the results of its operations in north Sinai during the last 11 weeks. [A3maq]
