February 10, 2017
Daesh Drone
Today’s Major Developments
Iraq
Daesh stages three suicide attacks in east Mosul. [..]
Syria
SDF captures two more villages northeast of Raqqa. [..]
New CIA Director making important visit to Ankara. [..]
Turkey, Russia have competing self-justifications re: friendly fire airstrike. [..]
Turks, Syrians struggle to advance in Al-Bab. [..]
SDF, Syrian Army reported coordinating in Deir Ez-Zor. [..]
REPORTS FROM IRAQ
NATIONAL NEWS
The Coalition says it conducted 9 airstrikes against Daesh targets in Iraq, near Mosul (4), Kasik (1), Qayara (2), and Al-Qa’im (2). [InherentResolve]
BAGHDAD
Security-related incidents reported
North (Tarmiya, Taji, etc.)
A police source says an IED explosion in Tajiyat killed one civilian and wounded four others. [Sumaria]
Northeast (Adhamiya, etc.)
A police source says the body of a young man was found tortured and shot near the highway in Hay Al-Qahera. [Sumaria]
South (Dora, Yusufiyah, Mahmudiya, etc.)
Daesh says it shot and killed an Iraqi soldier on the road between Yusufiyah and Abu Ghraib. [JustPaste]
A police source says the body of a woman was found stabbed to death in Mahmudiya. [Sumaria]
Southwest (Rasheed, etc.)
A police source says a car bomb exploded near a popular restaurant in I’lam neighborhood, killing 4 civilians and wounding 12 others. [Anadolu]
In the latest count, five people were killed and fourteen wounded in the car bomb explosion in I’lam. [Sumaria]
Daesh’s version says it detonated a parked vehicle bomb in I’lam, killing 19 Shia and wounding 34. [StoreUp]
A police source says an IED explosion wounded three civilians in Suwaib. [Sumaria]
Total Baghdad incidents reported: 6 (Includes only incidents reported)
Total IED incidents reported: 3
ANBAR
Falluja
A Tribal PMF commander in Qarma says army and supporting units found 400 gallons of explosives in Shahabiyat, in Qarma, as well as numerous IEDs planted around the houses of army and security personnel. EODs managed to defuse and remove all of them without incident. [Maalomah]
The Tribal PMF commander says his men are removing 70 IEDs a day on average. [Sumaria]
Rutba
Daesh says it destroyed an Iraqi Army SUV with an IED in the Kilo 160 area east of Rutba, killing the soldiers inside. [A3maq]
SALAHUDDIN
Shirqat
Daesh says a group of its terrorists attacked PMF positions in Ain Sadid village near the Hatra Intersection, killing three fighters and destroying a barracks before returning safely. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. We followed up on some Daesh stories where the terrorists “return safely.” Iraqi soldiers or PMF fighters publish photos and videos after Daesh attacks, and we can definitely say that at least some of the terrorists didn’t return at all.
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions in Mohammad Al-Musa village with 7 mortars. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions in Ain Al-Baidha and nearby areas with 27 mortars and 4 locally made rockets. [JustPaste]
Baiji
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions north of Baiji and on the road between Baiji and Haditha with 39 mortars. [JustPaste]
Tikrit
A local source says fighting broke out among Daesh militants in a part of Mtaibija over vacant leadership positions, after withdrawal of foreign leaders from the area. The quarrel turned into a gun battle that left 2 killed and 4 wounded. [Sumaria]
Eastern Salahuddin (Tooz, Al-Daur)
Daesh says it destroyed a PMF Humvee with an IED east of Al-Daur on Thursday, killing or wounding the fighters inside. [A3maq]
DIYALA
Baquba/Southeast Diyala
A local source says Abu Hudhaifa, the mastermind of Daesh attacks in Al-Waqf basin east of Baquba, died of wounds he sustained in a gun battle. The terror leader, an Iraqi national, was wounded in a failed Daesh attack on a checkpoint near Al-Qubba village. [Sumaria]
In what may be another version of the same story, Daesh says a group of its terrorists attacked a police building in the Al-Qubba area in Abbara subdistrict, wounding three policemen. Daesh says its terrorists captured the building for a few hours before returning safely with captured weapons and ammunition. [JustPaste]
Northern Diyala (Kifri, Khanaqin, etc.)
A security source in Diyala says an IAA helicopter attacked a group of Daesh combatants near Himrin Lake and killed “Abul Samak”, the best known explosives transporter across the Lake, and several others. [Maalomah]
A PMF commander says PMFs rocketed Daesh positions in several areas in Himrin during the last 48 hours killing or wounding many terrorists. He says Daesh killed the local wounded terrorists in order not to be identified by security forces. [Sumaria]
Daesh publishes photos of the results of an ambush on Iraqi forces in the Himrin Hills area in Saadiya. [JustPaste]
KIRKUK
Kirkuk/Dibis
A military source in Kirkuk says Coalition planes destroyed a large storehouse of weapons and explosives near Dibis, killing 7 terrorists and wounding others. [Anadolu]
Hawija (Riyadh, Al-Zab, etc.)
Local source in Kirkuk says unidentified gunmen killed two members of the Daesh hisbah police after attacking their checkpoint near Al-Shajara village in Al-Abbasi subdistrict near Hawija. [Sumaria]
Daesh arrested 12 civilians following the death of 3 of its combatants in battles with Tribal Mobilization fighters near Al-Shajara. The civilians were taken to an unknown location. [Anadolu]
Southwest (Daquq, Rashad, etc.)
A Kirkuk Police commander says a Daesh leftover IED exploded in Bashir, killing one civilian. [Rudaw]
NINEWA
Mosul
Mosul liberation campaign
West Mosul
Sources in Mosul say Iraqi and Coalition planes are attacking Daesh moving targets in west Mosul. A group of Daesh vehicles was destroyed by such airstrikes recently. Local observers say Iraqi army and Coalition forces are gradually exhausting Daesh’s assets by shelling selected targets in the city. [ARA]
The MoD says Coalition planes destroyed a car bomb-rigging workshop in Sheikh Mohammed village in northwest Mosul. [Forat]
The MoD says the IAF destroyed a Daesh HQ and a command center for a Daesh rocket regiment in Badoush, west of Mosul. [Ghad]
1st battalion of Ninewa Police blocked a Daesh attempt to cross to the east side of Mosul using small boats. [Harbi]
DaeshDaily sources say Daesh arrested 10 young men in Hay Al-Jawsaq in the west side of Mosul after accusing them of communicating with Iraqi security forces.
DaeshDaily sources say that in the Friday prayers in Al-Nouri mosque in west Mosul, Daesh threatened people of the east side and called them murtads (people who left Islam) because they cooperated with Iraqi forces. A Daesh cleric in the mosque also said that Daesh had already planted terrorists on the east side to assassinate officials and security personnel and anyone who cooperates with Iraqi forces.
DaeshDaily comment. Another uplifting religious message from the Daesh clergy.
North Mosul
Daesh says it wounded eight Iraqi soldiers and targeted 2 vehicles and 3 Humvees with 9 drones attacks in Al-Ghabat, Al-Qubba, Rashidiya, Wihda, and Maliya. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of a drone attack on an Iraqi Army vehicle in the Al-Ghabat area. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting an Iraqi Army military position in Al-Ghabat with an SPG9 rocket. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted “Iraqi Army and militias” in several areas in Mosul with 14 SPG9 rockets, 3 RPG7 rockets, 2 locally made rockets, 122 mortars, and 8 artillery shells. [JustPaste]
Daesh says its snipers killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded six others in Al-Qubba village and the Faisaliya area. [JustPaste]
DaeshDaily comment. This might be repeated from yesterday.
East Mosul
Daesh staged three suicide attacks in east Mosul:
(1) Daesh says one of its suicide terrorists from Mosul attacked an “Iraqi Army and militia gathering” in Hay Al-Zuhour with an explosives vest.
(2) Daesh also says another terrorist from Mosul attacked an Iraqi forces’ HQ in Hay Al-Noor.
(3) It says a third terrorist, also from Mosul, detonated his explosives vest on Iraqi forces in Hay Al-Zira’i. Daesh publishes a photo of the terrorist. Daesh says “tens” of Iraqi soldiers were killed or wounded in the 3 attacks. [DawaAlhaq]
In the first incident, a Daesh suicide attack followed by a car bomb explosion near a restaurant in Al-Zuhour neighborhood killed and wounded several persons, a security source says. [Sumaria]
A later report on the incident says 3 were killed and 17 wounded in that attack, the first of a kind since liberation of east Mosul. [ROJ]
Another report says a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant, where top Iraqi officers had their meals several times, at the peak hour, killing 4 and wounding 22 civilians. [Anadolu]
Another suicide attack with an explosives vest in Hay Al-Zuhour didn’t cause any casualties. [BasNews]
In the second incident, a security source says one Iraqi officer was killed and nine people, including six civilians, were wounded in a Daesh car bomb attack on the 35th army brigade in Al-Noor neighborhood east of Mosul. [Buratha]
Military intelligence found a car bomb rigging workshop and a large quantity of raw materials for manufacturing explosives, in Al-Noor. [Harbi]
DaeshDaily sources say one of the suicide terrorists was called Mohanned Hamid and that he was reported to security forces but they didn’t take any action against him.
Daesh issues a video of drone strikes on Iraqi Army vehicles on the east side of Mosul. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed or wounded Iraqi soldiers and militiamen and destroyed several positions by targeting them with 11 SPG9 rockets in Faisaliya, Ghabat, and Yarimjah. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted “Iraqi Army and militias” positions in 4 areas in Mosul with 47 mortars and 4 artillery shells. [JustPaste]
Southeast Mosul
Daesh says it killed five Iraqi soldiers and damaged several vehicles in mortar shillings on Hay Sumer on Thursday. [A3maq]
Human conditions in Mosul
A local source in Mosul says a Daesh mosque preacher in west Mosul cut off the head of a red bear puppet telling the worshippers that this is the “destiny of whoever wants to celebrate the feast of love (St. Valentine’s Day).” The preacher was talking about the “evil things” that happen during this infidel festivity. Red bears are often exchanged on St. Valentine’s Day in Iraq. [Sumaria]
Hammam Al-Alil/ Mosul subdistrict
Daesh publishes 2 photos of targeting a “PMF SUV” with a drone strike in Al-Arij village in Hammam Al-Alil. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it damaged a PMF car and hit a T72 tank with 2 bombs dropped from a drone in Al-Arij. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi Army positions in the Al-Adhba Hills area with 2 SPG9 rockets. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted PMF positions in Al-Muftiya and Al-Khabirat villages with 13 mortars. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it targeted Iraqi Army and PMF positions in Adaya and several other nearby areas with 124 mortars. [JustPaste]
Northwest (Tal Afar, Sinjar)
PMF command says army helicopters destroyed several Daesh machine gun–mounted trucks near Tal Afar west of Mosul. [Harbi]
PMF says Army 92nd brigade artillery destroyed a tunnel containing large quantities of Daesh weapons, in the Mulla Jasim area, at the west entrance of Tal Afar. The same brigade’s artillery joined PMF artillery in shelling a meeting of Daesh local commanders in Kifah neighborhood north of Tal Afar, killing 15 of them including the commander of the suicide attackers’ regiment. [Harbi]
A mosque preacher in Tal Afar dedicated an hour to talking about the victories of Daesh in Sinai, Egypt. He spoke about hundreds of young men joining the group there. [Sumaria]
PMF says its 11th brigade shot down a Daesh drone in Ayn Talawi, west of Tal Afar. [SotIraq]
Daesh says its snipers killed a PMF fighter near the Tal Afar Airport. [JustPaste]
Daesh issues a video of a PMF fighter being targeted by its snipers near the Tal Afar Airport. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of a drone strike on the Domiz Peshmerga Camp west of Sinjar. [JustPaste]
South (Hatra, Baaj)
DaeshDaily sources say Coalition planes targeted the Youth Union building in Hatra, killing 12 terrorists including the Saudi Abu Qatada Al-Asiri, a Daesh mufti. Daesh has been using the building as its sharia court.
Daesh says three children were killed and five other people wounded by an “American” bombing on Hatra city. [A3maq]
KURDISTAN
A KDP official says 1,300 wounded Peshmerga fighters were treated in Turkish hospitals. He says the treatment of 200 of them was paid for by the Turkish government and the rest by the KRG. He also says some wounded fighters were sent to Europe. [BasNews]
REPORTS FROM SYRIA
Failaq Al-Sham, a Syrian opposition group, says it is postponing its commitments made at the Astana and Geneva talks until the ceasefire guaranteed by Russia is observed and air attacks on Waar neighborhood in Homs stop. [Dorar]
The SOHR says Syrian planes killed six civilians, including 2 children, in its ongoing attacks on Al-Waar neighborhood in Homs. [SyriaHR]
The Coalition says it conducted 14 airstrikes against Daesh targets in Syria, near Raqqa (10), Tadmur (1), Deir Ez-Zor (1), and Albu Kamal (2). [InherentResolve]
Northeast (Hasaka, Raqqa)
Hasaka
A group of militant factions announced formation of “The Congregation of the Sons of Hasaka”. The new group intends to fight PYD, PKK, and other Kurdish factions in Hasaka. [Dorar]
DaeshDaily comment. This sounds like another Turkish plot against the Kurds.
Raqqa
Coalition spokesman John Dorrian says SDF and its allies have liberated 3,410 sq. km of land it its drive towards Raqqa. He says Daesh is putting up light to medium resistance as its command and control systems face difficulties in managing battles in more than one place. He says Coalition planes have destroyed numerous Daesh targets, including weapons, tunnels, vehicle bombs, and fighting positions. [ARA]
SDF fighters captured Ma’aizila village from Daesh after 3 days of fighting, capturing 4 Daesh combatants. The village is 20 km (12.5 miles) north of Raqqa. [Hawar]
The SDF captured the Sanina village northeast of Raqqa, after a battle with Daesh with heavy and medium weapons. [Qasioun]
Observers believe that by capturing Sanina and Ma’aizila, the SDF has totally turned its battles direction to the east, aiming to isolate Raqqa from Deir El-Zor. Observers say that military operations west and north of Raqqa have almost stopped, after being concentrated there previously. [EnabBaladi]
The SDF says it killed 8 Daesh suicide bombers who attacked several positions held by SDF units in the area between the two routes on which SDF units are advancing toward Raqqa. The distance between the two SDF contingents in Makman and Khaniz is about 4 km. [Hawar]
The SDF says it shot down a Daesh drone in Melihan village. [Hawar]
As SDF was advancing, Turkish officials discussed with visiting CIA Director Mike Pompeo the preparation for their own Raqqa campaign and the much-disliked US support for SDF units already advancing towards Raqqa. Turkey says its next target after capturing Al-Bab will be Raqqa and that the plan to isolate and capture Raqqa is already in place. Turkey claims that the Turkey-supported “Free Syrian Army” has over 10,000 fighters ready to “liberate” Raqqa. [Dorar]
DaeshDaily comment. They were ready to liberate Al-Bab too but the results have come a lot more slowly than promised. If verbal posturing were military firepower, the current Turkish government would be all-powerful.
The SOHR says that SDF lost at least two fighters in their recent battles northeast of Raqqa. It also says Daesh executed two men in Khaniz during a counter–attack on the village. [SyriaHR]
Daesh says a group of its terrorists attacked the SDF in Khaniz village near Tal Al-Samen north of Raqqa and killed six SDF leaders and another person before returning safely. [DawaAlhaq]
The SOHR says Daesh is counter–attacking in more than one area east and northeast of Raqqa in an attempt to recover areas it lost to the SDF. There are reports of heavy battles and several casualties on both sides. SDF shot down a Daesh recon drone in the northern sector of Raqqa. [SyriaHR]
Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group of local activists, says Daesh is preparing for the upcoming Raqqa battle by forcing people in the city to pay for sand barriers in front of their houses and shops. Daesh also brought in pipes in order to fill them with oil and burn the oil to block the visibility of Coalition pilots. Daesh also hid large quantities of wheat in underground locations inside the city, preparing for a long siege. [BasNews]
Daesh publishes a photo of one of its Syrian terrorists who might have been killed in Raqqa. [JustPaste]
Kimberly Taylor, 27, licensed in Mathematics, is the first female Briton fighting in the ranks of the YPG. Taylor told the Guardian she believes in what she is fighting for, and ready to die for it. Taylor told Sky News that her priority now is to eliminate Daesh. [ARA]
Daesh publishes photos of the “normal life” in Al-Sahal west of Raqqa. [JustPaste]
Northwest (Aleppo, Idlib)
Aleppo/Idlib
It was reported that the SDF handed over several villages to the Syrian government with a commitment by the government to have state offices operating in these villages and allow return of refugees to their homes there. Russia held a meeting between Syrian military and Kurdish representatives, where 6 agreements were signed to that respect. [ZamanAlWasl]
An SDF commander then refuted this report about the SDF handing over areas north of Aleppo to the Syrian Army. [ARA]
Russian planes continued shelling of villages and towns east and west of Aleppo and Idlib killing four civilians and wounding tens of others. Russian supply helicopters made more weapons and ammunition drops to government forces under siege in Fawaa and Kefraya north of Idlib. [ARA]
Opposition forces shelled Fawaa and Kefraya with rockets, causing several injuries among Syrian Army troops and supporting groups. The government responded with airstrikes on several areas controlled by the opposition, wounding several combatants. Opposition gunman also killed four Syrian soldiers near Fawaa in an ambush. [ARA]
Daesh says it killed two Syrian soldiers by detonating an IED in Umm Arkilah village southeast of the Kowaires Airbase. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Syrian Army positions near Al-Salem village east of Khanasir. [JustPaste]
Al-Bab
Russia and Turkey exchanged accusations about the incident in which 3 Turkish soldiers were killed in a Russian airstrike. Russia says Turkey provided the coordinates for targets to Russian planes, and the soldiers should have never been there. Turkey says it passed the soldiers’ coordinates to the Russians before the attack. [ARA]
More recent reports say Turkey deemed Russian apologies and explanation as “satisfactory.”
Turkish coalition vs. Daesh
Turkey-supported opposition units made advances in west Al-Bab after capturing Al-Hikma Hospital and the Zamzam neighborhood, while Daesh is still holding out in some governmental offices. Opposition forces are getting heavy air support from Turkish aircraft, which also attacked Qabasin and Baza’a. [ARA]
Turkey says its artillery shelled 154 Daesh targets in Al-Bab city, while Turkish planes initiated 11 airstrikes, killing 23 Daesh combatants. [Anadolu]
Turkish planes killed 27 civilians and wounded 30, while 20 others are reportedly still under the wreckage, in its attacks on Al-Bab today. [Hawar]
Daesh publishes photos of battles with the Turkish Army and opposition groups in west Al-Bab. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it stopped 2 Turkish Army and opposition groups’ attack on the northern and northwestern areas of Al-Bab city, killing or wounding several soldiers and fighters.
It also says one of its Syrian suicide terrorists detonated his vehicle bomb on Turkish Army armored vehicles east of Al-Bab, killing or wounding several soldiers. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh publishes photos of battles with the Turkish Army and opposition groups in east Al-Bab. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh issues a video of a suicide attack with a vehicle bomb on the Turkish Army and opposition groups in east Al-Bab. As usual, the video shows a charging vehicle bomb, then an explosion from a distance. [A3maq]
Ahrar Al-Sham publishes photos of its fighters preparing for battles against Daesh in the Al-Bab area. [DawaAlhaq]
Daesh says it conducted a suicide attack on Turkish Army opposition groups west of Baza’a town, killing or wounding soldiers and fighters and destroying a tank. [A3maq]
Daesh says it destroyed an opposition group’s machine gun–mounted vehicle with a rocket and killed two fighters east of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh issues a video of the attack. [A3maq]
Daesh says it damaged a Turkish Army tank with a rocket east of Al-Bab. [A3maq]
Daesh says it targeted Turkish Army and opposition group positions on Aqil Mountain west of Al-Bab with 7 mortars. [JustPaste]
Daesh says it stopped a Turkish Army and opposition group’s attack on the west side of Al-Bab city, killing or wounding several soldiers and fighters. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting a Turkish Army tank with a rocket in east Al-Bab. [JustPaste]
Syrian Army vs. Daesh
Battles raged between government’s forces and Daesh in Abu Taltal village south of Tadif, less than 3 km south of Al-Bab. On the northwestern side of Al-Bab, the Turkey-backed opposition is still facing stiff Daesh resistance as battles continue. [Hawar]
A later report says Government forces are now in full control of Abu Taltal. [Qasioun]
The SOHR says a militia leader fighting alongside government forces was killed today in battles with Daesh near Tadif. [SyriaHR]
Daesh says it targeted Syrian Army positions with 55 mortars, in addition to tank shells in Rasm Al-Sarhan and Al-Batoushiya villages south of Al-Bab. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Syrian Army positions in Al-Batoushiya and Rasm Al-Sarhan with mortars. [JustPaste] [JustPaste]
Daesh says its snipers killed five Syrian soldiers in Al-Batoushiya village and on the village’s hill south of Al-Bab city. [A3maq]
Afrin
In the process of building its separating wall between Kurdish areas in Turkey and Syria, Turkish Army entered 300 meters inside the Dikmadash village in Sharran subdistrict. 6 tanks and armored vehicles as well as construction equipment entered the area, uprooting 500 olive trees in the process. [Hawar]
Manbij
YPG sources say Turkey-supported opposition units and Turkish artillery and mortars shelled Arayma and Kawkali villages in Manbij. [Hawar]
Central and West (Homs, Hama, etc.)
For the fourth day in a row, Government forces and unspecified opposition elements exchanged artillery and rocket fire in Homs city. Civilian casualties and material damage were reported. [ARA]
Government forces made an advance near T4 airport by capturing the strategic western hills near Jahar junction after inflicting heavy casualties on Daesh forces. Russian planes were effective in providing air support. [Qasioun]
Syria says its planes killed 9 Daesh combatants near Jahar junction and that it extended its circle of control in the areas surrounding Jahar and Hayan gas factory east of Homs. [SyriaNow]
Daesh issues a video of Syrian Army positions it captured near Al-Baidha Intersection east of the T4 Airport on Thursday. [A3maq]
Daesh says it killed six Syrian soldiers with three drone strikes on Tiyas Mountain northeast of the T4 Airport. [JustPaste]
Syrian government says its forces destroyed a Daesh machine gun–mounted truck north of Qaryatayn east of Homs, and killed several Daesh combatants. [SyriaNow]
The SOHR says Daesh shelled Aqarib Al-Safia, 28 miles east of Hama. [SyriaHR]
East (Deir Ez-Zor)
Izvestia, the Russian daily, says SDF and Syrian Army are coordinating attacks on Daesh in Deir Ez-Zor. The paper says that the Kurds and Syrians discussed several issues under Russian auspices, and reach agreements to coordinate in several areas including Deir Ez-Zor. Most of the SDF concentration is now turned to the Raqqa operation, however. [Qasioun]
Battles continued between Daesh and government forces south of Deir Ez-Zor airport while Russian planes attacked Daesh targets south of Tharda and Maqaber. Syrian Army artillery shelled Al-Ma’amel, held by Daesh in the city, while Daesh responded by shelling the Al-Joura and Al-Qusour neighborhoods. [Qasioun]
Syrian forces claimed advances in Maqaber and Tharda fronts south of Deir Ez-Zor, saying its artillery destroyed a Daesh explosives storehouse in Ma’amel. It says planes destroyed 2 vehicles and 5 Daesh defensive positions near the 17th hill in Tharda. [SyriaNow]
The SOHR says clashes between opposition factions and Daesh are continuing east and west of Qalamoun, amidst artillery bombardment from both sides. [SyriaHR]
Daesh says it destroyed a Syrian Army heavy machine gun southeast of the Deir Ez-Zor Airport. [A3maq]
Daesh publishes photos of “normal life” in Al-Hamdan village near Albu Kamal. [JustPaste]
South (Rif Damashq, Suwayda, Daraa, etc.)
Daesh says its affiliate, the Khalid Army, destroyed an opposition bulldozer near the Sahm Al-Jolan Dam in the Yarmouk Basin. [A3maq]
OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORTS
Neighboring countries
Iran
The Iranian attorney-general says a Daesh group was captured in Iran. He says the group was planning attacks during the celebrations of the revolution. He says he will provide more details in the coming days. [Sumaria]
North Africa
Egypt
Daesh publishes photos of executing five young men in Central Sinai after accusing them of spying for the Egyptian Army. [JustPaste]
A medical source says the body of a 40-year-old man was found shot in Hay Al-Rasm west of Rafah. [ElWatan]
Daesh says it destroyed a Syrian Army SUV with an IED on the Sea Road north of Arish. [JustPaste]
Daesh publishes photos of an Egyptian soldier being targeted by its snipers at the Al-Haradin security barrier south of Arish. [DawaAlhaq]
Libya
Northeast
A Libyan National Army (LNA) spokesman says the LNA found hundreds of old books and manuscripts, stolen by terrorists from the University of Benghazi, in the Qanfouda area (photos). [AfriGate] [AfriGate]
Central coast
A local official says 500 families returned to their houses in Sirte in the second group of returnees. [Wasat]
Northwest
Libyan security officials say Daesh terrorists have shifted to desert valleys and inland hills southeast of Tripoli as they seek to exploit Libya’s political divisions after defeat in their former stronghold of Sirte.
The terrorists, believed to number several hundred and described as “remnants” of Daesh’s Libya operation, are trying to foment chaos by cutting power and water supplies and trying to identify receptive local communities, the officials said.
They are being monitored through aerial surveillance and on-the-ground intelligence, but Libyan officials said they cannot easily be targeted without advanced air power of the kind used by the US on Jan. 19, when B-2 bombers killed more than 80 militants in a strike southwest of Sirte. Ismail Shukri, head of military intelligence in Misrata, says the threat is focused south of the coastal strip between Misrata and Tripoli, arcing to the southeast around the town of Bani Walid and into the desert south of Sirte. He also says one group of 60-80 militants is operating around Ghirza, 170 km (105 miles) southwest of Sirte, another group of about 100 is based around Zalla and Mabrouk oil field, about 300 km southeast of Sirte, and there are reports of a third group present in Al-Uwaynat, close to the Algerian border. [Reuters]
REPORTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Yemen
Daesh publishes photos of targeting Houthi positions in the Qifa area with heavy machine guns and mortars. [DawaAlhaq]
Afghanistan
Daesh publishes 2 photos of its terrorists in the Mamand area in Nangarhar. [JustPaste]
Pakistan
Daesh says it killed three Pakistani soldiers by detonating an IED in Bajaur in north Pakistan. [A3maq]
SOCIAL MEDIA
Photos of the damage from the suicide attacks in the east Mosul restaurant. The owner of the restaurant, Nasser Al-Uhaideb, grabbed the terrorist and died with him. [Twitter]
Social media sources close to Nusra say that Liwa’ Al-Aqsa, formerly known as Jund Al-Aqsa, captured Kafr Zita 2 days ago, and started blocking Nusra fighters from passing through check points. The sources say Jund Al-Aqsa has actually divided into 3 groups, one of which left the battles and stayed home, and one of which joined other groups, while the third faction, which is in Hama, call themselves Liwa’ Al-Aqsa, publicly pledged allegiance to Daesh, and captured military positions of opposition groups allied with Nusra. According to the sources, Nusra, under its new umbrella Tahrir Al-Sham, has the right to fight them now. [Ana Al-Muslim]
DaeshDaily comment. This group is one of the most radical groups in Syria. There have been previous reports about it pledging allegiance secretly to Daesh. It attacked Ahrar Al-Sham a couple of months ago, and when Ahrar threatened retaliation, Jund said it joined Nusra. However, days later, Nusra said it was not in control of Jund and it has nothing to do with them.
Videos of the Day
Iraq
The IAA targets Daesh positions in west Mosul [MoD]
A charging Daesh vehicle bomb being missed by a rocket, but fortunately flips over after crossing a sand barrier, then explodes [Facebook]
Iraqi forces run security checks for people on the east side of Mosul and capture suspects [Sumaria]
Daesh documents are found at Mosul University [Mawsleya]
Syria
Opposition enter Al-Bab city [Twitter]
DAESH MEDIA
