Five years later .. Nujaifi reveals the "real cause" of the fall of Mosul

[tigergorzow]

17 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

 

Nicely done Tiger, thanks for the updates. Shouldn't be too much longer now. I feel for those displaced folks. Those troops are doing one helluva job.  

10YL,  I'm hoping the Big Announcement will come from PM Abadi before 15 May.

 

GO Liberation Of Mosul 

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

[davis411]

1 hour ago, tigergorzow said:

ISIS doomed in Mosul as Iraqi Army liberates several neighborhoods – Map update

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Chris Tomson

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10/05/2017

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DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:10 P.M.) – The Iraqi Armed Forces are weeks from absolute victory in Iraq’s second largest city following several important gains inside Mosul on Wednesday.

With the Iraqi Federal Police, and Rapid Response Division holding ISIS in check in central Mosul, the Counter Terrorism Units and 9th Division were able to impose full control over the ‘2nd Al-Haramat’ and Al-Ma’amel districts in western Mosul by noon.

Later in the day, the Iraqi High Command announced that the 9th Division had finished its mission in Mosul. With its heavy tanks unsuitable for urban warfare and narrow streets, this seasoned division will likely join forces with the 15th Division in the coming battle for Tal Afar, an encircled ISIS bastion further west in the Nineveh governorate.

 

Nevertheless, government forces proceeded to storm the Al-Aslah Al-Zraae and ’17th Tammuz’ suburbs. After breaking through the jihadist defensive line in the residential area, Iraqi troops closed in on the Aqtasadeen neighborhood. Heavy clashes continued in the evening hours amid reports of new suicide bombings.

With Iraqi forces slowly chipping away at the ISIS-held pocket, over 30 jihadist militants were killed by airstrikes alone on Wednesday. However, Amaq Agency claimed dozens of civilians had been killed by the joint US and Iraqi bombardment too.

With elite infantry units sweeping through the northwestern sector, one of the highest ranking ISIS commanders left in Mosul was killed on Wednesday. The commander was identified as Abu Ayoud Al-Sham and was a Syrian citizen.

With the departure of the 9th Division, mopping up operations will be left exclusively to the Rapid Response Division, Iraqi Federal Police and Counter Terrorism Units. Thousands of civilians are caught in the crossfire on a daily basis, severely hampering Iraqi advances.

 

 

Baghdad and Washington have repeatedly accused ISIS of using civilians and some 5,000 prisoners as human shields to deter airstrikes and shelling on their areas, most specifically around the densely populated Old City neighborhood and the ISIS controlled Al-Nouri Mosque where Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi declared the caliphate in 2014.

Elsewhere in Nineveh province, the 15th Division and Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) foiled a big ISIS breakout attempt on the western outskirts of Tal Afar, killing 15 ISIS militants, wounding 25 and capturing 3 technicals in the process.

As the exclusive Al-Masdar News map above reveals, no more than 5% of Mosul city remains under Islamic State control.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-doomed-mosul-iraqi-army-liberates-several-neighborhoods-map-update/

kill them all

send them to hell

I may be meeting them one day

but now is the time to pay for what the hell u did

 

no forgivness from me for these ???? animals

 

 

[10 YEARS LATER]

1 hour ago, tigergorzow said:

10YL,  I'm hoping the Big Announcement will come from PM Abadi before 15 May.

 

GO Liberation Of Mosul 

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

Wouldn't that be Lovely ! ! ! !

[yota691]

{End} Daesh in Mosul approached

5/11/2017 0:00     Nicholas Stewart  translating Suhail star    dry and barren kilometers with a length of 400 across dirt roads, from Baghdad to Mosul, and spread the remnants of the battle.  Despite the purge of this place oppressed from the effects of terrorism obvious, it is still a land can not be controlled. This natural arid landscapes and wounded tattooed on destruction along the way.  I understand, now, why General recommended that the plane fly to the battle front. I also know why leads us Sgt car and is confused completely. Three years ago, terrorists fell "Daesh" on this highway on their way to besiege the capital Baghdad pickup trucks carrying heavy machine guns, and surrounded more than a series of defensive positions driving the Iraqi army away.  You is a long and difficult repel the attack and cruel proof of this wreck of the war next to the road as you do the old our car, which is heading north towards the last stronghold of the terrorists , the president's second - largest city in Iraq, Mosul. A harsh end to succeed in Iraq and measured progress in the battle here, quite literally, from the room to the room. The current focus is on Nouri mosque, because it is here and for nearly three years, announced the leader of the "Daesh" Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi alleged succession. Through the hole in the construction and advanced Iraqi position, it is possible to see this building , which was once the symbolic heart of the movement of terrorism. I looked at him very long look, despite the risk of fire from a sniper or worse: the launch of a sudden hand payment after a bomb, is stepping up its way through the air to you. Soldiers advanced leisurely, try not to stumble to build rickety may be trapped, or may commit an error leads to a roadside bomb. The expulsion of terrorists from this house, but it is not purified, and explosives are manufactured locally anywhere. How much it seems harmless word "local factory" sound, as if the tone of art. Then you see the mutilated corpses. There is no guarantee that soldiers or civilians (special) will arrive to a field hospital within the "golden hour" which is crucial to increase any chance of survival, especially if hit by shrapnel members thin at the bottom of the body. The stomach wound is the constant terror of soldiers; and is dangerous to remain watching their lives , a fade, drop after drop. Before I bow to write these words, he launched a government helicopter fire from the sky. Spin rumors that terrorists may have run out of ammunition , and this looked like a joke consuming here on the front line. Which explains the slow pace of progress, punctuated only sounds sharp releases coming out of a gun or a sudden explosion of explosives. I see a leader refers to a building in front of him. There may be two fighters on the top floor, but they will not Ekshva for themselves. Jet bomb kill those but it will destroy the building, and there is a population of civilians trapped in the cellar. It can not be used artillery - it 's very close - and alleys too narrow to bring a tank. The development of a faltering. It 's hard not feeling that Iraqi soldiers in a perplexing situation. If they called the Air Force to clean up the road, they are accused of not respecting the lives of civilians. If they stopped, they accused cornered. How can eject defenders without moving across the open ground and risking sudden death? Soldiers rush between the fallen bricks, and sheltering somewhere, and waiting for something to happen, or one of them misses, and held out hope very, that Jihadists reveals its location, not a fellow. This is the secret, terrible and prayers that followed the soldier. If only someone else make mistakes. I would be lucky. Soldiers boast about the effectiveness of each of them. "Yes," says one officer joked, smiling gently to himself: "The fight against terrorism is the elite." And it stresses the last statement. "As long as they have got a tank combing the ground in front of them and aircraft supporting them and throw bombs from above." Laughing, then eliminates the idea that the unit be better than the other. He adds , "We are fighting all of us, and the danger affects everyone, and do not control anyone risking his life." The next morning, far from the front line , which delve deeper into the old city, there is a man walking close to government sites on foot. It seems as if he was a civilian run away, but what if he arranges for an explosion? Are you terrified fell Basbah- soldiers will be exposed to the risk of allowing him to enter government lines? Who will inspect, to verify the absence of an explosive belt or not, I was wondering if every minute will be the last? This is a clear time. It is a civilian. I? As for me , I was confused, soaking wet with sweat. These ruins - medieval alleys and buildings destroyed inlaid with suicide bombers and snipers and unexploded bombs - a nightmare of death and despair hangs over the place. Run away, with the driver. I understand why it is upset, now. Soldiers? There are still in the embrace fought with the city destroyed until he dies , another terrorists. The terrorists gave up their lives for a long time, seeing the eternal paradise swallow in exchange for the killing and maiming those who want to live as they Vakedoa hope. This is a battle for civilization against the dark and the catastrophic terror. The day will end the nightmare of pain.

[yota691]

Map .. 90% of the Mosul editor

News Journal May 11, 2017

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The Journal News

Media published military cell, on Thursday, a map showing the areas that have been edited, "indicating what remains, however Daesh only 10%.

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.. What is left by map occupied Ayman Mosul rate of the city?

History of edits:: 2017/5/11 12:38 • 136 times readable

[Oan- Baghdad] 
published the Joint Special Operations Command / cell media war, the latest map on the right side of the city of Mosul, and how much space is occupied by the terrorist Daesh gangs.

According to the map received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it to the "presence Daesh in 10% of the western side of the city." 
The Chief of Staff of the Iraqi army, the team 's first corner Othman Ghanimi, predicted the end of last month that is released right side and the declaration of liberation from the city of Mosul fully Daesh terrorist gangs next month of Ramadan , which marks the end of the month of May this before.

 

 

[King Bean]

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10391/Exclusive-Map-shows-new-areas-recaptured-in-Mosul-by-Iraqi-forces#section_235

 

The noose tightens. 5/11/2017

 

[tigergorzow]

ISIS collapses as military kills commander in west Mosul

May 11 2017 06:07 PM

ISIS collapses

 

 

ISIS terrorist group has suffered major losses in its last Iraqi stronghold of Mosul in recent days as pro-government forces have rapidly advanced against extremists, NewsWeek reported on Thursday.
 

 

Facing regular suicide vehicle bombings and sniper fire from ISIS' final pockets of control over Iraq's second largest city, Iraqi troops and their allies, which include Kurdish forces, Iran-backed Shiite  IMIS militias  and a US-led coalition, have beat the ultraconservative Sunni Muslim group back to a stretch of western Mosul along the Euphrates river.
 

 

In the past 24 hours alone, Iraqi forces made lightning gains on a recently opened northwestern front, taking multiple districts such as Al-Islah Al-Zarai and killing local ISIS military commander Abu Ayoub al-Shami, according to local media.
 

With ISIS' casualties mounting and escape routes to the militants' territory in neighboring Syria narrowing, the group that controlled nearly half of Iraq in 2014 has put up fierce resistance in defending the collapsing lines of the less than seven percent that remains. Despite the terrorists' efforts, US and Iraqi officials have predicted an early victory.
 

 

ISIS' recent losses come after Iraqi troops and local militias retook major cities across the nation in recent years, leaving only Mosul, pockets near the central city of Kirkuk and strips along the border with Syria under ISIS control.
 

 

The ongoing Mosul offensive, which was announced in October by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, retook the eastern half of Mosul earlier this year and has secured over 340 square miles of the west, Pentagon spokesperson Navy Captain Jeff Davis said Friday.
 

 

Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, spokesperson for the US' anti-ISIS Operation Inherent Resolve, said Wednesday that Iraqi security forces had retaken more than 18 additional square miles in the past week.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10424/ISIS-collapses-as-military-kills-commander-in-west-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi jets destroy three ISIS depots in Nineveh Governorate

May 11 2017 11:10 AM

Iraqi air forces

 

Iraqi air force destroyed three weapons' depots belong to ISIS terror group and killed terrorists from different nationalities in Iraq's Rawa and Quneitra areas, located between Nineveh Governorate and al-Qa'im district. 

 

This comes as the Iraqi forces, aided by the US-led coalition, launched a major offensive to drive ISIS terrorists out of Mosul.

The forces liberated the left bank completely, and started an offensive in the right bank last February 19th.  

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10396/Iraqi-jets-destroy-three-ISIS-depots-in-Nineveh-Governorate

[tigergorzow]

Security forces making progress in northern, western axes of Mosul

May 11 2017 01:47 PM

Security forces inflict losses on ISIS

 

Joint Iraqi forces made a new progress in its fight against ISIS during operations of recapturing the right bank of Mosul city on Thursday, sources told The Baghdad Post. 

Sections of the 16th Division have crossed Tigris River and recaptured Mesherfa and Hawi al-Kanisa neighborhoods in western bank of Mosul, after inflicting heavy losses on ISIS, they added.

The sources stated that these forces had destroyed ISIS tunnels and killed 4 suicide bombers. 

They added that the forces had destroyed the terrorist group's ammunition and weapons depots. 

Elsewhere in Mosul, residents of Mesherfa neighborhood, besieged 7 months ago by ISIS terrorists, exited the area through passages provided by the security forces.   

Security forces, backed by International coalition air raids and logistic support of the US army, have retaken eastern Mosul and half of its western part after 6 months of battles. These forces are focusing now on controlling the Old City.   

It is said that there is a few number of ISIS terrorists left in the second largest city of Iraq. It is expected that they will desperately defend the last pocket of the city that has been once their main stronghold in Iraq. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10410/Security-forces-making-progress-in-northern-western-axes-of-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi police detonate five car bombs in Mosul's right bank

May 11 2017 02:28 PM

car bombs

 

Iraqi police forces killed tens of ISIS terrorists and detonated five car bombs in Mosul right bank, where they opened a main road for the logistical supplies. 

 

 

In a statement, commander of the Federal Police Forces Lieutenant General Raid Shaker Jawdat said that the police stormed the northern entrances of AL-Ektsadean Neighborhood.

He mentioned that the troops surrounded the terrorists' defenses with dozens of armored vehicles and deployed hundreds of night patrolmen on rooftops and houses equipped with heavy guns.

 

Jawdat added that the troops killed tens of ISIS terrorists and destroyed five car bombs as well as 12 armed vehicles.

He stated that the Iraqi police released tens of families from the clutches of the terrorists in AL-Ektsadean Neighborhood.

Those families have been transferred to displaced camps. The efforts of the federal police opened a new road of supply and logistical support between Mosul and Tal Afar.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10416/Iraqi-police-detonate-five-car-bombs-in-Mosul-s-right-bank

[tigergorzow]

Unknown individuals raise ISIS flag in displaced camp in Mosul

May 11 2017 02:55 PM

ISIS flag

 

Displaced people from the Mosul city have been surprised by an incident considered the strongest of its kind. 

Unknown individuals have flown the flag of ISIS terrorists in a camp for displaced people in southern Mosul, according to eyewitnesses.
  
Neither official nor public comment had been announced regarding this incident.

Updates on the story will be provided when received. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10419/Unknown-individuals-raise-ISIS-flag-in-displaced-camp-in-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Federal Police push deep in western Mosul

May 11 2017 06:01 PM

Federal Police forces

 

 

Hundreds of Federal Police forces are currently deployed atop rooftops of al-Eqtsadeyyein neighborhood in western Mosul, Federal Police Commander Gen. Raed Shakir Jawdat said on Thursday.
 

Rapid Intervention forces supported by Federal Police armored brigade are currently pushing deep in al-Eqtsadeyyein neighborhood in western Mosul, Jawdat added.
 

Ten of fleeing families from ISIS terrorists in the area have been rescued by Federal Police forces and moved to displacement camps.
 

These efforts come as part of an offensive launched on 19^th of February by US-backed Iraqi forces supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias to oust ISIS terrorists from Mosul, their last major stronghold in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10423/Federal-Police-push-deep-in-western-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Civilians in Mosul's Old City face certain death

May 11 2017 07:20 PM

Old cit of Mosul

 

 

As many as 450,000 civilians are trapped in Mosul's Old City, caught up in house-to-house fighting between ISIS terrorists and Iraqi government forces and cut off from aid, Reuters cited the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday.
 

The Iraqi army says it is in the final stages of its campaign to oust the ISIS terrorists from their last major stronghold in Iraq, seven months after the US-backed operation to recapture the city began.
 

Patrick Hamilton, ICRC deputy director for the Middle East, said civilians were facing "very stark choices" as food and water run out.
 

"This population is not only exposed to the immediate dangers of the conflict itself and being either targeted or hit as collateral damage, but is also facing the effects of just no longer really having much access to the basic essentials that they need to live," Hamilton said after a trip to Iraq.
 

Thousands have fled every day since the US-backed forces opened up a new front last week in the northwestern corner of the city, which includes the historic Old City center, where the militants are besieged.
 

The ICRC said Iraqi authorities were already overwhelmed by the exodus of 600,000 people from the city, Iraq's second largest, since October. Another 100,000 to 200,000 could flee the final battle for the Old City, it said, citing UN figures.
 

The agency has deployed mobile surgical teams close to the frontline but has not been able to access the Old City.
 

"People don't have enough to eat, don't have water," Hamilton said. "Babies, elderly and so on of course they are very vulnerable and may already be dying."
 

Hamilton said the battle for Mosul had been a "very long, attritional fight". The final phase was expected to be the most difficult in a densely populated ancient city with narrow alleyways, he said.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10426/Civilians-in-Mosul-s-Old-City-face-certain-death

[tigergorzow]

Exclusive: Map shows new areas recaptured in Mosul by Iraqi forces

May 11 2017 07:53 PM

Iraqi security forces

 

An updated version of Mosul map showing the latest developments in the battle to recapture ISIS-held areas in Nineveh Governorate, particularly in Mosul's right bank, has been obtained by The Baghdad Post on Thursday.

On the map, the spots marked in green represent the previously ISIS-held areas that have been liberated.  

As the map shows, the white spots represent the parts of the war-torn city where ISIS is still controlling.

In Mosul, there are areas still witnessing clashes between the Iraqi forces, backed by international coalition, and ISIS terrorists. They are marked in orange on the map.


 
The map was released by Nineveh Media Center on May 10th.

In a statement, the Center said it renews its commitment to neutrality when covering stories of the battles and the other issues. Our aim is nothing but the truth, the statement concluded. 

Publishing the maps relating to the progress of the Iraqi forces in Mosul is done after contacts with multiple military sources and local officials, it added.

Rapid Intervention forces supported by Federal Police armored brigade are currently pushing deep in al-Eqtsadeyyein neighborhood in western Mosul, Federal Police Commander Gen. Raed Shakir Jawdat said on Thursday.

Sections of the 16th Division have crossed Tigris River and recaptured Mesherfa and Hawi al-Kanisa neighborhoods in western bank of Mosul, after inflicting heavy losses on ISIS, a security source said on Thursday.

Iraqi air force destroyed three weapons' depots belong to ISIS terror group and killed terrorists from different nationalities in Iraq's Rawa and Quneitra areas, located between Nineveh Governorate and al-Qa'im district, as reported by security sources on Thursday.

Iraqi Forces launched a major offensive on 19th of February to retake the western part of Mosul after declaring total control of the eastern part of the city on 24th of January as part of the military operations to liberate the city that started on 17th of October 2016.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10427/Exclusive-Map-shows-new-areas-recaptured-in-Mosul-by-Iraqi-forces

[dinareffic]

I see a lot of green on that map, which I hope to see the same in my bank account soon 😉

[tigergorzow]

Iran Established Several Bases in Mosul: Arab Sheikh

He says they support Kurdistan's appeal for statehood even if Baghdad requires them to do the opposite

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Basnews English

11/05/2017 - 18:24

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ERBIL—Iran has opened several bases in central Mosul in order to stage turmoil and divide the components of the city, said Sheikh Mahmud al-Tani, the chieftain for Tay Tribe.

During an interview with BasNews on Wednesday, Tani also deliberated on the Shi'ite forces, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga forces and its appeal for independence.

Not only the Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (commonly referred to as Hashd al-Shaabi) but also Iran has opened several bases in Mosul, Tani said.

Through these bases , Iran aims at "staging sedition and turmoil among the components of Mosul."

"We oppose these bases and in the coming days will inform Mosul officials about our stance [in this respect]."

The Arab chieftain stated they do not oppose the Shi'ite Hashd forces collectively, but there are some groups in the umbrella force "which are supervised by Iran and get provoked against the Sunni people."

"These parties are a threat against the area and the future of Sunnis, so we reject their presence principally."

Tani said for the protection of their areas against the Islamic State (IS) extremists, they "prefer Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga force to Hashd forces and the rest of the Iraqi security forces."

Asked about their position with regard to Kurdistan Region's struggle for statehood, Tani said "We are indebted to the Kurdistan Region, Peshmerga, and Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani till we die, so, we support announcing a Kurdistan State by all means."

He added to the same extent that a Kurdish state is in the interest of the Kurdish people, it's equally beneficial for the Sunni Arabs of Iraq.

Tay Tribe's support for Kurdistan State is not bound to authorization form the Iraqi government, said Tani, adding that they will not obey Baghdad if it demanded them to oppose Kurdistan independence.

"We reject, overlook and oppose any order by the Iraqi government for us to oppose the Kurdistan Region…. We will not also side with the parties which currently or in the future oppose Kurdistan," the Arab chieftain said.

Commenting on the presence of the PKK forces in some locations of Nineveh province, Tani described the force as "another source of turmoil in our area"

"We deem it inappropriate for them to be here."

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/interviews/349709

[tigergorzow]

IS Militants Infiltrate an IDP Camp South Mosul, Kill 3 Police Troops

 

The infiltrators were killed by the army and police forces

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Basnews English

11/05/2017 - 16:24

Iraq

 

 

 

 

MOSUL — A number of Islamic State (IS) militants infiltrated a camp of internally displaced persons (IDP), south of Mosul on Thursday, killing and wounding 11 members of the federal police forces.

A security source told BasNews "three policemen were killed and eight others were injured during the clashes with the IS infiltrators in the camp of al-Jid'a-5, located in al-Jid'a village in south of Mosul.

"The infiltrators raised the flag of the IS organization in the center of the camp before they were eliminated by the army and police forces," the source said.

Meanwhile, the IS militants launched a similar attack on the headquarters of the federal police department in the Old Mosul area in the western half of the city, killing four policemen while 10 militants were killed in the counter-attack of the police forces.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/349682

[tigergorzow]

US-led Coalition Conducts 22 Strikes Against IS in Syria and Iraq

 

Mira Rojkan

11/05/2017 - 17:42

Middle East

 

 

 

 

ERBIL — The US-led coalition carried out 22 airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, including four strikes near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, Operation Inherent Resolve said in a press release.

According to the statement released on Thursday, the US-led international coalition carried out two airstrikes near Deir ez-Zor which destroyed two IS headquarters. Several more strikes were conducted in Syria which engaged with the IS tactical units and destroyed vehicles, fighting positions and an explosives factory near Raqqa and Tabqa, Sputnik reported.

Meanwhile, in Iraq the coalition carried out seven airstrikes which consisted of 47 engagements against the IS militants near Mosul, Tal Afar and Rawah. The strikes further managed to destroy rocket-propelled grenade systems, fighting positions and rocket storage facilities.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/349696

[tigergorzow]

In pictures: ISIS keeps harassing Iraqi Army positions with armed drone attacks

By

Ivan Yakovlev

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11/05/2017

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BAGHDAD, IRAQ (12:10 P.M.) – Jihadists of the so-called “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” (ISIS) keep utilizing armed drones against Iraqi government forces.

On Wednesday, one of these drones hit an Iraqi military outpost north of Rutbah town in the western part of Anbar province. For over a month this desert area has seen regular daily raids by ISIS militants. Unable to confront Iraqi Army directly, they rely on hit-and-run tactics conducting blitz attacks.

Ivan Yakovlev | Al-Masdar News

Ivan Yakovlev | Al-Masdar News

Ivan Yakovlev | Al-Masdar News

Ivan Yakovlev | Al-Masdar News

Armed drones used by terrorists are rather primitive. Basically, an armed drone is a simple commercially available unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an artillery shell attached to it with a grip-ungrip mechanism.

 

Meanwhile, multiple reports from Iraq indicate that western Anbar countryside will be the next target for Iraqi Army after Mosul is completely liberated from ISIS. Western part of Anbar has been a jihadist heartland since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/pictures-isis-keeps-harassing-iraqi-army-positions-armed-drone-attacks/

[tigergorzow]

Police chief says forces invade another district in western Mosul

 

by Mohamed Mostafa May 11, 2017, 10:20 am

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Federal police carry their weapons during a battle against Islamic State militants, at the entrance to the city of Dawasa in Mosul, Iraq, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani – RTS11ISC

 

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi government forces advanced towards a new district in western Mosul on Thursday, continuing a push towards the IS-held Old City from the northwest.

Federal Police chief, Shaker Jawdat said in statements that the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces, backed by Federal Police armoured vehicles, made an incursion Thursday at al-Ektesadiyn district, an area to which Islamic State fled over the past few days as Iraqi forces advanced, according to field commanders.

The troops are moving across the district’s northern section, while dozens of armoured vehicles and hundreds of snipers trained for night-time battles were deployed at those areas, putting the militants under siege, Jawdat said.

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The development comes as Iraqi forces opened last week a new front targeting the strategic, IS-held Old City from the northwestern direction, having struggled for weeks to invade the densely populated and narrowly structured area from its southern entrances.

Iraqi commanders have reported dozens of deaths among Islamic State militants and the recapture of large parts of districts on the targets list.

On Wednesday, the Iraqi command said army forces had killed more than 1300 militants since the launch of operations for western Mosul in February. Iraqi commanders say they control at least 70 percent of western Mosul.

 

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/police-chief-says-forces-invade-another-district-western-mosul/

[tigergorzow]

Military media map suggests only 10% of western Mosul under IS control

 

by Mohamed Mostafa May 11, 2017, 1:04 pm

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A smoke rises as Iraqi forces fight Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq, April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

 

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A map released by the Iraqi military media on Thursday suggested that government troops became in control over 90 percent of western Mosul.

The map, posted by the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell, shows that only 10 percent remain under Islamic State militants’ control as the forces opened a new front of operations last week targeting the IS-held Old City from the northwestern direction. Military officials, who said earlier this month they control 70 percent of the region, have yet to confirm the map’s accuracy.

 

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A map by the defense ministry media shows 90 percent of western Mosul regions under government troops control

Also on Thursday, Ali al-Jaff, a lieutenant at the army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, was quoted by Shafaaq news website saying his forces cleared six IS snipers positions in al-Islah al-Zeraee district.

Head of the CTS special operations, Maan al-Saadi, also said in statements that he predicts al-Islah al-Zeraee district to be fully recaptured on Thursday. He said his forces invaded the district on Wednesday and took over 30 percent of it, adding that it overlooks other major districts such as 17 Tamuz, al-Arabi and al-Refaie.

Earlier on Thursday, Federal Police chief, Shaker Jawdat, said in statements that the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces, backed by Federal Police armored vehicles, made an incursion Thursday at al-Ektesadiyn district, an area to which Islamic State fled over the past few days as Iraqi forces advanced, according to field commanders.

 

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/military-media-map-suggests-10-western-mosul-control/

[nannab]

Keep bringing it tigergorzow ! Thanks start the countdown   

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BOOOM !!! RV for everyone .     

[tigergorzow]

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Stratfor‏ @Stratfor 7m7 minutes ago

 

Iraqi forces to retake #Mosul from #IslamicState in days, army chief of staff said May 11, @BBC. Follow the battle: http://social.stratfor.com/ID8T30bEbHk 

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https://twitter.com/hashtag/mosul

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Toger, looking awesome.