An Update On ISIS Activities

September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015

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REPORTS FROM IRAQ

ANBAR

Falluja

Saraya Al-Jihad refutes Daesh rumors about the PMFs withdrawing from the battles in Falluja after the American forces intervene. [Ghad]

DaeshDaily comment: Many Iraqi and Arabic media outlets reported that the American troops will engage directly in the fight against Daesh and keep the PMFs aside. We know of no basis for these reports.

 

The Iraqi JOC says an Iraqi 1st Rapid Intervention Division destroyed 3 Daesh hideouts and killed 3 terrorists near Nuaimiya police station.

They also conducted a security operation in Subaihat village in Qarma Subdistrict, destroying 2 Daesh hideouts and a rocket launcher and defusing dozens of IEDs. [Ghad]

 

Baghdad Operations Command says its troops killed 12 terrorists and destroyed 8 hideouts and a machine-gun carrying vehicle in Qarma. [The BOC Facebook page]

 

A short video of 2 Daesh Saudi terrorists in a guesthouse [Twitter]

 

Ramadi

The Chairman of the Khaldiya security committee says Iraqi forces killed 4 Daesh terrorists in Khaldiya; they also destroyed a vehicle carrying Daesh salaries and another carrying food and medical supplies in addition to 3 suicide bomber guesthouses. [Mada]

Iraq War Media Cell (IWMC) says Iraqi forces shelled Daesh gatherings in Khaldiya, killing or wounding “dozens” of terrorists. Iraqi forces also conducted military operations in Hsaiba east of the city and Albu Aitha to the north, killing many Daesh fighters and destroying their vehicles. [Maalomah]

 

IWMC says the IAF bombed Daesh in Sufiya east of Ramadi, killing “dozens” of terrorists and destroying 45 vehicles. [Maalomah]

 

The IFP commander says his troops attacked Daesh in Hsaiba, killing 12 terrorists and destroying their vehicles. He also says his troops rocketed 5 Daesh locations, including a factory and training camps in east Ramadi city. [Etejah]

The IAF bombed 2 Daesh locations in Albu Dhiab north of Ramadi. [IWMC Report]

 

In Malahma, north of Habbaniya, the IAF bombed a Daesh convoy of 12 vehicles and destroyed a weapons storehouse and a car bomb factory, killing 16 terrorists and wounding 20, and destroyed 3 other vehicles. [IWMC Report]

The IAA destroyed 2 Daesh vehicles carrying machine guns and 3 Daesh locations in Albu Shijil north of Ramadi, killing 5 and wounding 7. [IWMC Report]

 

Daesh says it shelled the Habbaniya base (where US personnel are stationed) with Grad rockets. [Just Paste]

 

Hit/Haditha

The Jazeera Operations Commander says Iraqi forces conducted a large military campaign in Albu Hayat and Alus in Haditha, killing 15 Daesh fighters. [Mada]

 

The spokesman of Iraqi Emergency 14th Battalion says the Coalition bombed a Daesh convoy of 7 vehicles heading from Kubaisa to Hit, killing 15 terrorists. [Baghdadia]

 

Jazeera Operation Command says the Coalition killed the Tunisian Daesh emir of Kubaisa and his Saudi deputy in an airstrike. [Iraqi Media Network]

 

Western Anbar

The Battalion spokesman also says the IAA targeted and injured Daesh’s top local leader in Rutba, Shakir Whayib. [Iraq Press]

DaeshDaily comment: This terrorist was reported killed a couple of times in the past. Apparently his deaths are an ongoing story.

 

Jazeera Operations Command and Coalition airpower destroyed a Daesh boat and a rocket launcher, at an unspecified location.

 

Daesh publishes photos of Ashbal Al-Khilafa, the young boys they recruited. [Just Paste]

 

SALAHUDDIN

Baiji

A security source says 13 Daesh terrorists, including 2 from Arab countries and 3 from Central Asia, surrendered themselves to the Iraqi forces after a battle in Baiji. Nine Daesh terrorists, including 2 suicide bombers, were killed in the battle. [Ghad]

DaeshDaily comment: This is one of the few reports we see about captured Daesh terrorists. Usually these fighters get killed on the spot, a not so smart military practice. Many Iraqi soldiers and PMFs say they don’t trust that these terrorist won’t be freed from prison somehow and they have to kill them. It would be informative to see what happens to these prisoners.

 

The PMFs issued a statement saying their troops killed Daesh’s wali of Salahuddin in Baiji. [Buratha]

 

A PMF source says the PMFs captured a Daesh sniper hiding in a house in Baiji. An Iraqi JOC source says Iraqi forces killed 4 Daesh terrorists and destroyed their vehicle in Siniya. [Maalomah]

 

Salahuddin Operations Command destroyed 4 Daesh vehicles carrying machine guns and killed their crews in Al-Salam village between Tikrit and Baiji. [IWMC Report]

The SOC also destroyed a vehicle bomb and a booby-trapped hideout near Al-Fatha, just northeast of Baiji. [IWMC Report]

 

A PMF force destroyed an armored vehicle and vehicle bomb in Albu Jarad north of Baiji. [IWMC Report]

 

Shirqat

A source in Salahuddin Operations Command says IAA helicopters targeted Daesh locations in Zuwiya in Shirqat, killing or wounding many terrorists. [Maalomah]

 

Elsewhere in Salahuddin

The Salahuddin Operations Commander says his troops defused 35 IEDs east of Al-Mu’tasem subdistrict and Dhuluiya. He also says Iraqi forces shelled Daesh in Jazeera Samarra, killing many terrorists. [PUKMedia]
Daesh publishes photos of the Syrian suicide terrorist who attacked Iraqi forces west of Samarra. [Just Paste]

 

A video of the AAH in Baiji [YouTube]

 

BAGHDAD

PM Abadi says there is a strong resistance to his reforms from “people who live on corruption money,” but he will continue with them even if that costs him his life. [Mada]

DaeshDaily comment. The Prime Minister has made this dramatic statement before, but it has context. Corrupt officials in Iraq have often responded to investigations and possible prosecutions by threatening and sometimes assassinating people. Anyone actually confronting an official over his corruption is taking a serious personal risk, one reason why many are reluctant to face down the corrupt. Abadi is essentially facing down all the corrupt officials at once.

 

As an example of the problem, the Iraqi Central Investigation Court, which handles cases of terrorism and organized crime, says 4 employees of the Ministry of Trade were arrested for assassinating several Ministry employees, including a journalist killed by a sticker IED under his car a week ago. [8th Day]

Regarding the war against Daesh, Abadi also says it was forced on Iraq and that the people who let Daesh terrorists enter Iraq are the people now facing its terror. [Maalomah]

 

The Health Committee in the Iraqi CoR says 50 cases of cholera in Baghdad were registered officially and 4 people died before they reached the hospital. [Ghad]

 

A Shia MP says 68 MPs so far have signed a petition to end the sectarian quota, under which positions in particular ministries have to be given to Shia, Sunni, or Kurdish parties. [Ghad]

DaeshDaily comment: Good luck with that.

 

A security source says Iraqi forces arrested a Daesh member on Sunday south of Baghdad. He admitted he recently established a “committee” to assassinate Daesh defectors. [Mada]

 

Baghdad Operations Command says its troops killed a terrorist and defused a booby-trapped house in northeast Baghdad and killed another in south Baghdad. The BOC troops also defused 25 IEDs in different areas in Baghdad. [The BOC Facebook page]

The Iraqi 38th Armored Brigade killed 10 Daesh terrorists and destroyed an Abrams tank in north Baghdad. [The BOC Facebook page]

DaeshDaily comment. It does occur to us frequently that the military vehicles being destroyed by Iraqi forces and by Coalition and Iraqi aircraft are often American vehicles abandoned by Iraqi troops.

 

A police source says 9 Katyusha rockets were launched on the outskirts of Baghdad Airport without any casualties. [Mada] Another source says 2 people were killed and 7 wounded when 2 Katyusha rockets fell on Ameriya (near the airport) in west Baghdad. [Mada] Baghdad Operations Command says it found the 2 trucks used for launching the rockets in Taji. [Mada]

A video of the rockets flying to their targets [YouTube]

 

A security source says a Daesh member responsible for car bomb attacks in Jisr Diyala and Mada’in was arrested in Tuwaitha in south Baghdad. [Ghad]

According to security sources:

  • Unknown armed men shot a mukhtar in his house in Tarmiya, north of the city, killing him and injuring 2 members of his family. [8th Day] Daesh claims responsibility for killing the Mukhtar. [A3maq]
  • An Iraqi soldier was killed and 4 injured when an IED exploded on their patrol in Hamamiyat in Taji in north Baghdad. [Mada]
  • Unknown armed men shot and killed an employee of the Ministry of Justice on Al-Qanat Highway in east Baghdad. [Gharbiya]
  • Twelve civilians were killed and 46 injured when a car bomb exploded in Al-Ameen 2nd Area in east Baghdad. [Buratha] Daesh claimed responsibility for the car bomb in Al-Ameen and says it targeted PMFs. [Dump]
  • The body of an unknown man was found shot in Dora in south Baghdad. [Mada]
  • Two civilians were killed and 5 wounded when an IED exploded near a wholesale market in Yusufiyah in south Baghdad. [Mada]
  • Three farmers were kidnapped by unknown armed men in Radhwaniya in west Baghdad. [Maalomah]

 

The IAF conducted 10 sorties and the IAA 62 (results reflected elsewhere herein).

The Coalition conducted 7 sorties, killing 31 terrorists and destroying 8 vehicles, including 2 vehicle bombs, and 19 hideouts and 3 heavy machine guns. [IWMC Report]

 

DIYALA

Muqdadiya

A security source says 5 people were killed and 3 wounded in clashes between Rubai’a (Shia) and Suwairat (Sunni) tribes in Abu Saida west of Muqdadiya. The government directorates are closed for the 4th day because of the fighting. The clashes between Sunni and Shia in Abu Saida escalated after Daesh detonated 3 car bombs in Diyala, resulted in hundreds of casualties. [Etejah]

DaeshDaily comment: This is the usual Daesh scenario: a car bomb against civilians, Shia militias retaliate against Sunni civilians, more people join Daesh, and then more car bombs.

 

A policeman was killed and 4 injured when an IED exploded on their patrol near Abu Saida. [Gharbiya]

 

A sticker IED exploded under the civilian car of a police officer in Wajihiya, just south of Muqdadiya, killing him and injuring a second policeman. [Baghdadia]

 

An IED exploded inside a van in Muqdadiya, killing a civilian and wounding 3. [Maalomah]

 

Elsewhere in Diyala

An IED exploded in Al-Abbara subdistrict, killing a civilian and injuring 5. [Baghdadia]

 

Two civilians were killed and 8 injured when an IED exploded near a popular restaurant in Balad Ruz. [Baghdadia]

 

Security forces arrested an armed man with 5 IEDs at a checkpoint between Kanaan and Balad Ruz. [Baghdadia]

 

KIRKUK

A security source says people of Al-Abbasi Subdistrict in Hawija are asking Iraqi forces for help after mosque imams in the town asked their people to fight Daesh. Daesh started a campaign to arrest the imams and young people over the last couple of days. [Ghad]

DaeshDaily comment: If true, this would be the first time mosque imams publicly announced their hostility to Daesh in areas it controls.

 

A security source says Daesh arrested dozens of young men from Al-Khan village in Hawija without giving any reason. [BasNews]

 

A Peshmerga source says the Coalition bombed Daesh locations and vehicles in Daquq, killing 5 terrorists and wounding 13. [Mada]

 

A security source says 2 Turkmen PMF fighters were wounded by a Katyusha rocket near Basheer, a Shia town just south of Kirkuk. [Sumaria]

Daesh says it shelled the Peshmerga and (they say) Coalition troops at Al-Hurriya base in Kirkuk with 3 Grad rockets. [Dump]

NINEWA

The (former) Governor of Ninewa, Atheel Nujaifi, says he will stay in his position until a presidential decree appoints another Governor. [Mada] The Judicial Administration Court refused the case filed by Nujaifi against the CoR after it fired him. [Buratha]

 

A PUK official says Coalition airpower killed 46 Daesh terrorists and wounded 80, and destroyed 16 vehicles, in several airstrikes in Ninewa. [PUKMedia]

 

A security source says the Coalition bombed a Daesh convoy of 4 vehicles heading from Tal Afar to Sinjar, killing 13 terrorists including 3 local leaders. [Ghad]

 

A security source says the Coalition bombed and destroyed a Daesh car bomb factory in the industrial area on the left (east) side of Mosul. [Ghad]

 

A local activist says Daesh changed the name of Mosul University, the second biggest Iraqi university and one of the biggest research centers in the Middle East, to the Islamic State University. It also prohibited girls from attended certain colleges and departments like physics, chemistry, biology and others. [Ray Al-Youm]

DaeshDaily comment: Who says women can’t handle science? Was Marie Curie just a myth?

 

Daesh executed 2 young men for taking photos with their mobile phones. [Karemlash]

 

A security source says Daesh executed a reporter of Sama Al-Mosul TV station. [Karemlash]

 

A PUK official says an airstrike on an industrial area destroyed a Daesh factory used to manufacture chemical weapons. [PUKMedia]

 

OTHER GOVERNORATES

Kurdistan

The Chairman of the Kurdistan Security Council says more than 1,300 Peshmerga fighters have been killed in the fight against Daesh, mostly by IEDs. He also says Daesh used chemical weapons against the Kurdish forces in 4 locations. [BasNews]

 

Southern Iraq

A notorious Shia militia leader returns to the news. The Rafidain Operations Commander says security forces raided the house of Wathiq Al-Battat, the General Secretary of Hezbollah in Iraq and the leader of Al-Mukhtar Army, an Iranian backed Shia militia, north of Amarah in Maysan Governorate. They arrested 10 of his bodyguards but he was not home. The force was implementing an arrest warrant issued during the Maliki government for his role in kidnapping Sunni civilians. A member of the security team was killed and 4 injured in the raid. The Commander says a bigger force, including IAA helicopters, will be formed to find and arrest Battat. Daesh had claimed it killed Battat in Diyala last year. [Mada]

 

REPORTS FROM SYRIA

Daesh released a Rudaw Network photographer it captured near Qamishli last year as part of a prisoner exchange with the YPG. [Rudaw] Other sources say the deal included several other people in exchange for Daesh prisoners. [BasNews]

 

A KRG official says the YPG is getting 10 million dollars a month from selling oil from areas it controls in Syria to Turkey, through the Iraqi Kurdistan. The source says both the KRG and the Syrian government approve this deal. [Rudaw]

 

Raqqa

Syrian jets launched 7 airstrikes on Raqqa. [BasNews]

Daesh publishes photos and videos of the results of the bombing on Raqqa and says 6 civilians were killed and 21 wounded. [Just Paste] [A3maq] [A3maq] [A3maq]

 

Hasaka

A YPG source says the battles continue between Daesh and the YPG southwest of Hasaka and the Coalition is launching daily airstrikes on Daesh in the southern Hasaka countryside. A Syrian security source says Daesh is preparing a major attack on different areas in Hasaka. [Rudaw]

 

Two car bombs exploded in Ras Al-Ain in Hasaka near a security checkpoint, killing 3 Kurdish Asayesh and wounding 9 civilians. A third car was found close by. [Rudaw]

 

The Coalition launched several airstrikes on Daesh in Shaddadi and Markada in Hasaka. [ARA]

 

Field sources say 200 Daesh fighters attacked the YPG south of Hasaka but the Kurdish forces stopped the attack, killing 23 of them, wounding 14, and destroying 2 vehicles. [PUKMedia]

 

The Kurds released 20 people in Sarrin arrested for dealing with Daesh after being vouched for by local leaders. [BasNews]

 

Deir Al-Zor

Daesh publically executed a 22-year-old woman in Deir Al-Zor after accusing her of spying. [ARA]

 

Daesh publishes a video of the battles in Deir Al-Zor. [MediaFire]

 

Elsewhere in Syria

A local source says the Coalition bombed a big Daesh convoy in Aleppo’s northern countryside, destroying it completely and killing 25 terrorists. [BasNews]

 

Jabha Shamiya detonated a car bomb on a Daesh weapons storage compound in Harbal town east of Mare’, destroying the storehouses and killing 20 Daesh members. [ARA]

 

Daesh says it beheaded a man in Aleppo and confiscated his properties after accusing him of transporting weapons for the Syrian regime. [Just Paste]

 

Daesh publishes photos of shelling Syrian forces in Hama. [Just Paste]
Daesh publishes photos of the training of its “rapid intervention units”. [Just Paste]

 

REPORTS FROM TURKEY

A video of purported Daesh terrorists arriving at airports in Turkey [YouTube]

 

REPORTS FROM OTHER MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Egypt. The Egyptian Army says it implemented an airborne operation and killed 10 terrorists and captured one, and destroyed 3 vehicles and a weapons storehouse in Al-Wahat in Giza. The Egyptian Army also says it killed 9 terrorists and destroyed 7 vehicles and 14 motorcycles and 28 hideouts in the 15th day of its operations in Sinai. [Youm7]

 

 

Tunisia. A Tunisian expert says one of the reasons more Tunisians are joining Daesh is because of the slight punishments they get when they get caught in Tunisia. [Tunisien]

The Tunisian Minister of Justice says more than 1,000 terrorists are in Tunisian prisons including French and Germans. [Tunisien]

 

Morocco. The Moroccan MoI says it arrested 6 terrorists planning an operation to free Daesh prisoners. [AfriGate]

 

A Moroccan expert says the weapons confiscated from Daesh groups in Morocco came from Algeria. [AfriGate]

 

Afghanistan. Daesh publishes a photo of beheading an Afghani soldier in Nangarhar. [Dump]

SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES

Facebook Page of the Day

Daesh A3maq Media page.

Daesh Twitter Accounts of the Day

https://twitter.com/_KL2Q

https://twitter.com/fgdfhfddoeduiy

https://twitter.com/ghfghfuj

https://twitter.com/keep_it_up291

 

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