An Update On ISIS Activities

January 6, 2016

January 6, 2016

 

Iraqi Forces

REPORTS FROM IRAQ

 

Today’s Major Developments:

Obama congratulates Al-Abadi for Iraq’s balanced diplomacy in Iran-Saudi crisis.

Iraq forces continue to consolidate gains in Ramadi.

Coalition spokesman says Daesh has lost 2,500 fighters in one month.

Iraqi forces making strong westward push toward Haditha, against heavy opposition.

 

BAGHDAD

Political developments

F16s and the Sukhois of the Iraqi Air Force (IAF) were part of the military parade that took place at the military academy in Rustomaniya, Baghdad this morning. The Minister of Defense, who attended, said that the Ninewa liberation battle will take place sooner than expected. [Mada]

 

Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari has offered to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia. He addressed a press conference in Tehran following his meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister. [Buratha]

 

Prime Minister Al-Abadi (as reported by his office) received a phone call from President Obama in which he expressed appreciation for Iraq’s “balanced” position regarding the tension in the region and its efforts to ease the sectarian tension. Obama also congratulated him on the victory in Ramadi and assured him of the continuing support of the US in the war against Daesh. [Sumaria]

 

At the opposite end of the diplomacy spectrum, Jawad Al-Talibawi, a spokesman in the AAH militia, held Prime Minister Al-Abadi responsible for not submitting to “people’s demands” by executing Saudi prisoners in Iraq and instead submitting to US and Gulf pressure. [Maalomah]

DaeshDaily comment. We thank the gentleman for confirming that Iraq is governed by rational people rather than a mob of sectarian extremists.

The AAH leader, Qais Al-Khazali, says the Iraqi government should use force to kick the Turkish troops outside Iraq. [Sumaria]

 

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Basra today protesting the execution of the Saudi Shia cleric Nimr Al-Nimr and asking the Iraqi government to cut its relationship with Saudi Arabia and boycott Saudi products. [Sumaria]

 

The Arab League today hailed the advances of Iraqi troops in Ramadi. [Maalomah]

 

The Ministry of Interior denied purchasing worn out helicopters from Italy through the Italian Ambassador to Iraq. The rumor said that the French Ambassador strictly refused a similar purchase offer from Iraq. The Ministry said there is no agreement with Italy regarding helicopters or other equipment. [Buratha]

 

Security developments

Daesh lost over 2,500 fighters in Iraq and Syria during the last month, said Steve Warren, the spokesman of the Coalition forces. [PUKMedia]

Daesh lost 20,000-22,000 square kilometers in Iraq recently in addition to 10% of territories it occupied in Syria, said Warren. He added that Daesh foreign fighters are better trained than their local counterparts. [Qurtas]

 

The security committee of the Baghdad Governorate Council says that a vast criminal group operating in Baghdad, with headquarters in Kurdistan, has been arrested and dismantled. The group ran 18 gangs in Baghdad, with 9,014 persons, and has been involved in armed robberies of money exchange offices and trading in antiquities and human organs. There is a political dimension to these groups, the committee said. [Maalomah] The Governorate Council has responsibility for the entire governorate, including the suburban districts outside Baghdad city.

 

Baghdad 7th Rapid Deployment Brigade defused 4 IEDs in the Taji District in northern Baghdad Governorate, Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) media said.  [BOC Facebook page]

 

A terrorist carrying two sticky bombs was arrested today by the 22nd Brigade in Tarmiya District in northern Baghdad Governorate, said the BOC. [BOC Facebook page]

 

55th Army Brigade captured and defused 2 IEDs and several detonators and mortar shells in the Harkawi area of south Baghdad today. [BOC Facebook page]

 

Daesh publishes photos of 3 of its Iraqi terrorists killed in the Baghdad area. [JustPaste] [JustPaste] [JustPaste]

DaeshDaily comment. We can’t take such photos at face value. Many terrorists have faked their death to avoid being pursued.

 

Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army vehicle on the road between Rashidiya in north Baghdad and Khan Bani Saad in Diyala, killing a soldier and wounding two. [JustPaste]

 

According to security sources:

  • Armed men in a modern car shot and killed two men in a civilian car passing through Shula in northwest Baghdad. The attack weapons were pistols with silencers. [Mada]
  • Two persons were arrested in the Shaab area in northeast Baghdad this morning on terror charges. [Baghdadia]
  • Armed men shot and killed a woman behind the Electricity office in the Mashtal in east Baghdad today, according to a security source. No further details are available. [Sumaria]
  • An IED went off in a popular market in Al-Batoul in the Obeidi area of east Baghdad, killing one person and wounding 6. [Mada]
  • A man and two women were killed when unknown armed men shot them in their apartment in Hay Al-I’lam in south Baghdad. [Sumaria]
  • An IED placed in an Al-Rasheed vegetable market near Dora in south Baghdad killed two civilians and wounded seven others. [Buratha]
  • Another IED placed in a commercial area in Dora went off today, killing 2 persons and wounding 5 others. [Mada]
  • A roadside IED exploded near Arab Jabour in south Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding five others. [Baghdadia]
  • An armed group attacked a Sahwa checkpoint in Arab Jabour, killing two and wounding three. [Mada]
  • An IED exploded on Al-Khayzaran Street in Saidiya in southwest Baghdad this evening, wounding seven civilians. [Mada]

The Coalition conducted 19 airstrikes in Iraq and one in Syria today, including drone attacks.   The Syrian strike was at Raqqa, while Iraq’s airstrikes included Ramadi; Hawija; Mosul, Sultan Abdullah, Al-Kasik, Tal Afar, and Sinjar. [Mada]

 

There were 13 attacks today by the Iraqi Air Force and 24 by Army helicopters taking all operations fronts together.

 

ANBAR

Suhaib Al-Rawi, the Governor of Anbar, said that security troops are heading forward to liberate the eastern parts of Ramadi, that most of Qarma subdistrict in the Falluja District is under governmental control, and that entering Falluja will not be difficult. Possible civilian losses are the main concern of the government, he said. [Qurtas]

 

Daesh executed over 500 persons from the time of its initial occupation of Anbar until the Ramadi liberation. The media advisor to the Governor said that bodies of these people were buried in agricultural lands and public squares. [Maalomah]

 

Ramadi

A flash operation by Iraqi security troops and supporting tribal fighters liberated the areas of Thaila and Sharika east of Ramadi center, according to the Anbar provincial council. [Maalomah]

 

Seven suicide attackers were killed and 35 IEDs defused in clashes between counter-terrorism troops and Daesh east of Ramadi, IWMC said. [Ghad]

 

Steve Warren, the spokesman of the Coalition, said that the Iraqi Army has secured the Iraqi families that were put under siege by Daesh in Ramadi and moved them to safety. [Maalomah]

 

Anbar Operations Command (AOC) said that counter-terrorism troops cleared the Ramadi hospital, the Ramadi playground, and the grand mosque today [Maalomah]

AOC said it broke into buildings surrounding the fully booby-trapped Ramadi hospital and killed 20 terrorists and defused tens of IEDs. Most of the dead were from foreign Arab and other countries. [Maalomah]

 

Abdullah Al-Mohajir, a Syrian national and the media officer of Daesh in Ramadi, was killed along with three associates after clashes with an Army unit clearing areas in Ramadi. The clash took place in a house near Al-Thaila, near the Ramadi hospital. The group was running Daesh’s internet communications in Ramadi. [Mada]

 

The IFP said that its 18th brigade killed two Daesh suicide attackers who approached the defense line in the Al-Rabia area of Ramadi. [Baghdadia]

 

IWMC said today that the 3rd battalion of the 39th Army Brigade had destroyed a Daesh construction shovel operating in an orchard north of Ramadi.  [Ghad]

 

An attack by Coalition warplanes destroyed two bomb-rigged vehicles in Hamidiya, northeast of Ramadi. The two vehicles were part of a plan to attack Army lines in the area, a security source in Anbar said today. [Sumaria]

 

Four bombed vehicles were destroyed and 16 terrorists killed in Samarra junction northeast of Ramadi, following Coalition bombing and an attack by Iraqi land troops, said Anbar Operations Command. [Sumaria]

 

Twelve bomb-rigged Hummer vehicles were defused by the security forces in Al-Tarrah, north of Ramadi, as were several booby-trapped houses in the area, said IWMC. [Harbi]

 

Baghdad Operations Command said armed forces planes and helicopters had detected, attacked, and destroyed a Daesh convoy of seven vehicles in Thirthar to the north. 21 Daesh were killed in the attack. [Sumaria]

 

A video of a Daesh vehicle bomb and its suicide bomber after being hit by an Iraqi helicopter in Thirthar [YouTube]

 

A video of Iraqi soldiers celebrating Iraqi Army Day in Ramadi [YouTube]

 

Falluja

An assault by Baghdad Operations Command (BOC) units in Nuaimiya and neighboring areas killed 11 terrorists and wounded 8 others, in addition to destroying a vehicle and defusing 28 IEDs. One Army officer was killed and 3 soldiers wounded, according to IWMC.  [Ghad]

 

A BOC contingent in the Qarma-Taqsim military sector killed 9 terrorists and wounded 4 others and destroyed rocket launchers and two motorcycles, said IWMC.  [Ghad]

 

Daesh says three children were killed in an Iraqi shelling on Falluja. [JustPaste]

In another report Daesh says 12 people were killed and 33 wounded in the shelling. [A3maq]

 

Daesh says its snipers killed three Iraqi soldiers in Zoba’a. Daesh also says it destroyed an Iraqi Army construction shovel and a Humvee in the same area. [JustPaste]

 

Daesh publishes photos of destroying an Iraqi Army tank in Zoba’a. [ADI]

 

Hit/Haditha

Commander of the 7th Army Division says the cities of Haditha, Barwana, and Al-Baghdadi are safe now, following the failed Daesh attacks on these areas in the past three days. He said that the casualties inflicted on the enemy are very high and that they have been pushed back. [Sumaria]

 

Security troops backed by Army helicopters and Coalition planes liberated the area of Al-Sha’i near Barwana, killing “tens” of terrorists. Security troops are advancing westward now. [Harbi]

 

A mosque near Barwana was taken over by the 14th Brigade of the Rapid Intervention force. A spokesman said there were Saudi and Chinese snipers in the mosque. [Maalomah]

 

Daesh conducted its recent attacks in Haditha and Thirthar in Army uniforms and raised Iraqi flags. This helped them occupy several areas near the Haditha Dam. The sheikh of Albu Nimr tribe said the attackers occupied several villages in Barwana. The fighting is continuing for the fifth day now, adding that despite heavy air cover, their vehicles are too many to destroy instantly. He says Daesh has lost over 250 fighters and 100 vehicles so far in these battles. Similar attacks in Iraqi Army uniforms and with Iraqi flags made for some gains for Daesh in Thirthar, before they were pushed back by the airstrikes, tribal sources said. [Mada]

 

According to the Haditha District Council, Daesh still wants to seize Haditha to compensate for its loss in Ramadi. Its moves against Haditha have been going on for over a year now. [Mada]

DaeshDaily comment. We take this analysis seriously. We said months ago that Haditha would be a likely Daesh target if it lost territory elsewhere.

 

A failed attack by Daesh on a Hit-area defense line of Jazeera Operations Command resulted in the death of “tens” of Daesh fighters and destruction of a machine gun-mounted truck, a shovel, and 11 bombed cars. Two officers and five soldiers were killed and 7 wounded in the attack, said the IWMC. [Ghad]

 

27th infantry brigade defused 4 IEDs in the Al-Sakran area in Haditha today, according to IWMC. [Ghad]

 

Thamer Mohammed Matlob Hussein Al-Mahalawi, the “war minister” of Daesh, was killed in a helicopter strike in Barwana. Three of his associates were also killed. [Etejah]

DaeshDaily comment. Yesterday we reported mistakenly that the Daesh “war minister” was Dohan Al-Rawi. Rawi was another Iraqi terrorist killed in the same airstrike.

 

The Mayor of Haditha says tribal fighters captured a Daesh Syrian leader after heavy clashes north of Barwana. [Sumaria]

 

A video of a 20 year old Syrian Daesh terrorist caught by tribal fighters in Haditha [Facebook]

 

West Anbar

74th Army Brigade of the 15th Army Division destroyed 6 IEDs in the Zor Albu Hishma area in the Anbar desert today, said IWMC. [Ghad]

 

14th Rapid Deployment Brigade said an airstrike destroyed 12 Daesh vehicles including two water tankers in Rawa in west Anbar, killing 40 terrorists including Arab and foreign leaders according to a Brigade spokesman. [Maalomah]

 

SALAHUDDIN

Baiji

The IFP said its troops in the Makhoul Mountains destroyed two machine gun mounted trucks and killed its crews. [Baghdadia]

 

The 1st armored brigade of IFP destroyed a machine gun-mounted vehicle in Makhoul Mountains north of Salahuddin today, according to IWMC.  [Ghad]

 

1st battalion of the 13th IFP brigade destroyed a truck carrying a 120mm mortar gun and a Daesh crane into the Army’s defense line, in Masoud village in Salahuddin, per IWMC. [Ghad]

 

Five Daesh terrorists—two Syrians and three Saudis—were arrested by the PMF west of Baiji in Salahuddin today, a security source said. [Maalomah]

 

Tikrit

PMF blocked a major attack by Daesh terrorists in the Mkaishifa area in Salahuddin, aiming at the Strategic Line area to the west. 9 terrorists were killed and several vehicles destroyed. The attackers withdrew towards the desert of Jazeera. [Harbi]

 

Iraqi Army helicopters targeted a Daesh convoy in Ain Al-Faris south of Tikrit, destroying 8 vehicles including 2 bomb-rigged ones, and killing 30 terrorists, a security source said. [Harbi]

 

A PMF rockets brigade destroyed a Daesh headquarters near Falluja Bridge today, PMF media sources said. [Harbi]

 

Samarra

IFP 17th Division attacked the Jalam area in Samarra, destroying a weapons cache and communication towers, as well as machine gun-mounted vehicles, the IFP said. [Baghdadia]

 

The Iraqi Air Force destroyed a vehicle west of the Strategic Line area on Watban Street, near Ajjaj graveyard, in addition to a bombed vehicle in Albu Hajji village, and killed 13 terrorists and destroyed two vehicles and 3 bombed cars near Albu Hantoush school, said IWMC. [Ghad]

 

Elsewhere in Salahuddin

Air strikes by Army helicopters near the Thirthar Dam area and west Strategic Line destroyed four Daesh vehicles and an anti-aircraft gun behind the public hospital, according to a Joint Operations Command statement.  [Mada]

 

Daesh publishes photos of battles near Samarra Dam. [JustPaste]

Daesh publishes photos of battles west of Samarra. [JustPaste]

Daesh publishes a video of battles in Salahuddin. [ADI]

 

DIYALA

Muqdadiya/Abu Saida

A joint patrol of Army, police, and PMFs located a large weapons and explosives cache as they were patrolling the villages of Bablan, Jazeera, Tawakul, and Hamdaliya near Muqdadiya. Another cache found included generators, computers, and communications equipment, and fuel was also found. [Sumaria]

 

KIRKUK

Kirkuk police arrested four Daesh suspects in the city today. Among them is the person responsible for mosques and recruitment, while the other 3 are explosives specialists from villages in Daquq in southwest Kirkuk. [Sumaria]

 

Bodies of two men shot dead were found in Qazan, in Laylan District east of Kirkuk. One was the chairman of the Energy Committee of the provincial council. [Mada]

 

A security source says the body of a young man was found beheaded in Khidhir Bik village in Laylan. [Sumaria]

 

NINEWA

Mosul

Daesh executed three sheikhs of the Al-Jubour tribe in Qayara, on charges of cooperation with security and national mobilization troops, a Ninewa police source said.  [BasNews]

 

Usama Al-Nujaifi, ex-vice president, said today that participation of PMFs in the liberation of Mosul is unacceptable, and that Mosul should be liberated by its own sons. He added that Iraqi Army, coalition forces, and the Peshmerga are the main parties to cooperate in such liberation. [Karemlash]

DaeshDaily comment. Given the leading Nujaifi family role in the absurd three-way plot involving the separatist National Mobilization Forces, the Turkish troops in Bashiqa, and KRG President Barzani, the best advice to the Iraqi government is to avoid taking any advice from anyone even distantly related to the Nujaifis. Perhaps he is thinking that Ninewa should be liberated by its own sons because it was betrayed by its own sons?

 

The anti-Daesh Kata’eb Al-Mosul chased and killed Ferman Hussein Ali Al-Jebouri, a member of Daesh security, and Tala Hameidi, a Daesh informer, in the Al-Shamsiyat area near the Tigris River this afternoon. [KM Facebook Page]

 

Nineveh Plain

The Daesh wali (governor) of Bashiqa and 4 of his military associates (of Arab nationalities) were killed in a Coalition airstrike on Bashiqa and Fadhliya today [BasNews]

 

Other Governorates  

KURDISTAN

Germany announces it will send 50 more soldiers to train the Peshmerga, added to the 100 soldiers already in the IKR. [Mada]

 

SOUTHERN IRAQ

As reported above hundreds of PMFs demonstrated in Basra today over the execution of the Saudi Shia cleric Nimr Al-Nimr, demanding that the government cut relations with Saudi Arabia. [Sumaria]  [Sumaria]

 

REPORTS FROM SYRIA

 

Northeast

Turkish border guards have fired heavy machine guns on grain silos in Tal Abyad amid clashes between Daesh and the Syria Democratic Forces in the area, seemingly without reason and with no casualties reported from the gunfire, according to a local official. [Welati]

 

Daesh detained and then publicly executed Lina Qasim, a 35-year old woman who worked in the postal service in Raqqa, without announcing any charges against her. [ARA]

 

The man shown executing five victims in a recently released video in which Daesh threatens to invade Britain has been identified as British engineer Siddartha Dar, also known as Abu Rumaytha, who traveled to Syria and joined Daesh. [Aawsat]

 

The Syria Democratic Forces have accused Daesh and Al-Nusra Front of forced conscription in areas they control. [Hawar]

 

A photo and profile (in Arabic) of the “Beth Nahrain Forces,” composed of female Assyrian fighters. [Hawar]

 

Daesh publishes a video of the Water Company building in Raqqa after it was bombed by the Coalition. [A3maq]

 

Northwest

Pitched battles are ongoing between Daesh and Syrian Army troops in the countryside east of Aleppo, a local activist says. Syrian aircraft launched multiple raids on Daesh-held centers in the area, concentrating on Al-Bab city where, after three raids, a Daesh command center was destroyed.

In heavy ground fighting Daesh seized the village of Al-Najjara, where it had attacked Syrian positions starting two days ago. Syrian forces remain in villages around Al-Bab, one of Daesh’s biggest positions in the area east of Aleppo. [ARA]

 

Daesh launched assaults Wednesday in areas around the Tishrin Dam from two different axes of attack. Daesh advanced on Abu Qalqil northwest of the dam and at the Qaraquzaq Bridge over the Euphrates at the same time on Wednesday, while attacking with “tens of tanks,” according to a YPG source and local sources.  The Syria Democratic Forces repelled the assaults and held the strategic dam, which Daesh recently lost.

The YPG said in a statement that the attack on Qaraquzaq came after Daesh fighters crossed the Euphrates and infiltrated YPG-held territory two days earlier, adding that operations were still ongoing and Daesh losses had not been determined yet. Daesh also clashed with the YPG in the eastern Aleppo countryside near Maskana, Qasioun reports without further details. [Qasioun] [Hawar] [Welati] [ARA] [Hawar]

 

Daesh says several of its terrorists attacked YPG fighters in Qaraquzaq village north of Sarin and clashed with them for hours, killing many of them. Daesh says Coalition warplanes mistakenly bombed the YPG while all its terrorists returned back safely (photos). [JustPaste]

DaeshDaily comment. Daesh doesn’t say why the photos show the terrorists leaving and not coming back. 

 

A Daesh assault on the city of Mare’ north of Aleppo was repelled by the Islamic Brigades militia and other opposition factions, according to an IB fighter. [ARA]

 

Daesh publishes photos of the results of the bombing on the Sarhan area northeast of Kowaires airbase. [JustPaste]

 

Daesh says its terrorists attacked YPG locations in the villages near the Tishrin Dam, after initial shelling, and killed 10 YPG fighters and wounded 30 before returning safely. [ADI]

 

According to an engineer who was present during Daesh’s occupation of Tishrin Dam, the extremist group used the site to train teenagers in its beliefs and tactics (photos/video). [Hawar]

Central and West

Daesh publishes photos of executing a man publicly in the Homs city area, accusing him of murder. [ADI]

 

East

Daesh has executed two men charged with homosexuality by throwing them off a building in Deir Ez-Zor countryside. [Qasioun FB Page]

 

REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES

 

Daesh audio newsletter for today in English. [Archive]

 

Kuwait. A Kuwaiti court has found five Kuwaiti citizens innocent of allegations they provided funding to Daesh and Al-Nusra Front. [Erem]

 

Egypt. The Egyptian military has announced the death of at least 40 militants in its code-named “Martyr’s Right” campaign in North Sinai in the last two days. Eleven militants were killed in operations on Wednesday, according to the Army’s spokesman, who earlier announced the killing of twenty-nine “takfiris” of the Daesh-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis organization in a campaign south of Sheikh Zuweid, adding that four of those killed were commanders in the organization. [VetoGate] [Aawsat]

 

Daesh says it detonated an IED on an Egyptian Army bulldozer on the road between Arish and Sheikh Zuweid. [JustPaste]

 

Egyptian police, acting on intelligence information, have uncovered a large cache of weapons in a desert area near the city of Nakhl in the interior of Sinai, a security source said. [VetoGate]

 

Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility for the abduction and murder of photojournalist Alaa Selim. Selim was abducted in Arish in August before his body was found in the Tawil village east of Arish a few days later bearing bullet wounds. [VetoGate]

 

A would-be “Daesh cell” in Egypt’s western desert has failed, according to statements of a captured member, identified as “Mahmoud,” to Egyptian interrogators, as reported to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper. The group failed to attract new members in the border area between Egypt and Libya and failed to infiltrate Libya to connect with the Daesh organization there for combat training. Egyptian troops have staged raids on remaining members of the group, acting in large part on intelligence gathered from “Mahmoud.”  [Aawsat]

 

Libya

There are an estimated 10,000 Daesh fighters located in Libya, the Libyan Center for the Study of Terrorism has announced in a report, among them an estimated 3,200 Tunisians, 699 Malians, 455 Sudanese, and 111 Egyptians, among other Arab and African nationalities. [AkhbarLibya]

 

Sidra attacks aftermath

The Libyan Army is in control of the petroleum facilities at Sidra, the military said in a statement. The Facility Guards spokesman has also stated that the petrol facilities are under Libyan control, and has denied reports circulating on Daesh websites claiming that the extremist group controls a facility in Sidra, saying that the video used to support such claims is over a year old. [AfriGate] [AfriGate] [AkhbarLibya]

 

Reports are still circulating of dangerous fires burning in an oil reservoir at Sidra and firefighters working to combat the blaze. At this time the extent of the conflagration and degree of containment is unclear. [AkhbarLibya] [AkhbarLibya]

 

Controversy has erupted concerning the actions of the Libyan air forces during the recent Daesh attacks on Sidra and nearby oil facilities. Muhammad Manfour, commander of the Benghazi air operations room has said that he received orders from Gen. Hafter, the commander of the Libyan armed forces, for his aircraft not to intervene in the recent fighting around Sidra, according to reports in the London-based al-Hayat newspaper. However, Col. Mustafa Al-Shirkasi, the spokesman of the Libyan Air Force, whose position is housed within the office of the Chief of Staff in Tripoli, has said that Libyan aircraft departed from Misrata airbase and conducted several raids on Daesh yesterday near Sidra, forcing Daesh fighters to retreat towards Bin Jawad. For its part the Office of the Chief of Staff has issued a statement saying it is in full coordination with the Facilities Guards. Col. Muhammad Munawwar Al-Munfi, commander of Benina Airbase and of the Air Forces Operations Room has also denied rumors on social media that the Libyan Air Force had been ordered not to participate in the battles by Gen. Hafter. Meanwhile the Libyan Defense Ministry has claimed that Libyan airplanes targeted Daesh in the fighting for Sidra. [AfriGate] [AfriGate]

 

Five people wounded in the fighting at Sidra arrived at Benghazi’s Al-Jalaa Hospital on Monday, along with several other wounded individuals from fighting in other parts of Libya. [AfriGate]

 

The speaker of the Tobruk parliament, Aguila Saleh Issa, through his spokesman, has called for the lifting of restrictions on arming the Libyan Army in light of the war with Daesh. Issa condemned the Daesh attack on Sidra and offered condolences to the families of guardsmen and soldiers killed in the clashes. [AfriGate] [AkhbarLibya]

 

Federica Mogherini, the EU’s Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security has expressed concern over Daesh’s expansion in Libya and its recent attacks on Libya’s strategic oil ports near Sidra, saying in remarks to the press that the attacks underscored the need for Libya to form a national unity government as soon as possible, and adding that the EU was in constant contact with Fayez Al-Sarraj, the PM-designate of Libya’s Government of National Accord. The UN Secretary General’s special representative to Libya Martin Kobler struck a similar note in remarks on Wednesday, calling for national unity in light of the growing Daesh threat. [AfriGate] [AfriGate] [AkhbarLibya]

 

Daesh-held areas

Daesh has posted circulars in Sirte city instructing all civil servants to appear at a legitimacy course it is organizing next Tuesday at 5pm in the Waqaduqu administrative complex, threatening that those who do not attend will be held “accountable,” activists report. The flyers bear the name of “Public Services Center of Wilayat Tripoli,” using Daesh’s name for its territory in Libya. [AfriGate]

 

The Patriotic Popular Libyan Movement has called for international and regional human rights organizations to assist the people of Bin Jawad, the coastal city seized by Daesh two days ago, from the brutality that Daesh is inflicting on the city. In a statement released Wednesday the movement said that 200 citizens have already been arrested, food and water are lacking, and services are not functioning. [AfriGate]

 

Daesh publishes 2 photos of destroying a Libyan Oil Facilities Protection vehicle in Sidra. [ADI]

Daesh says it targeted Libyan OFP forces with several Grad rockets. [JustPaste]

 

Daesh says it terrorists planted an IED in the car of a Libyan armed group member in Shabiyat Ghazi in Derna and destroyed the car. [JustPaste]

Daesh terrorists detonated another IED near a rocket launcher factory in Derna, causing severe damage. [JustPaste]

 

Daesh publishes a video of its terrorists in Bani Jawad. [A3maq]

Daesh publishes two photos of burning cigarettes in Bani Jawad. [JustPaste]

 

Mohammed Al-Zuwi (aka Tamtam), the emir of the Mujahidin Council in Ajdabiya, pledged allegiance to Daesh. [A3maq]

 

Daesh publishes a video of the Libyan warplane shot down in Benghazi on Monday. [A3maq]

 

Algeria. Algerian police arrested a man on suspicion of attempting to join Daesh as he attempted to board a flight to Paris from Boumedienne Airport using a forged passport. [Erem]

 

Other countries

Afghanistan. Afghanistan has formed a military unit of 750 fighters to combat Daesh in eastern Nangarhar Province, according to the country’s Deputy Minister of Defense. [ARA]

 

SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES

 

Facebook Page of the Day

Kerbala Satellite TV Channel page

 

Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day

https://twitter.com/abo_m_71

https://twitter.com/33d3md3m1

https://twitter.com/Assad3213

https://twitter.com/gwMKobqcLj1Pqr8

https://twitter.com/TheEngineerAu

 

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