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

[yota691]

Coming Aaninoy: edit 6 villages west of the mountains and thirsty series

- 6/10/2017 12:39:00 AM 60 Number of readings

 

 

 

 

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It announced the leadership of operations (coming Aaninoy) on Saturday, the liberation of six villages from the control of the organization "Daesh" terrorist west of the mountains and thirsty series. 

The commander of operations (coming Aaninoy) Lieutenant - General Abdul Amir Rashid Yar God in a statement that "cuts Fifteenth Infantry Division liberated villages Alzernuk and Sheikh Kara upper Almhavljev and as long as Sinjar and Tel tent and mule west of the mountains and thirsty series and raised the Iraqi flag it." 

Earlier in the day the Federal Police team leader Raed Shaker Jawdat announced the restoration of full control over his forces Zndjeli neighborhood, one of the three districts under the control of the organization "Daesh" terrorist in the western side of the city of Mosul. 

Said Jawdat in a statement that "federal police forces completed the liberation Zndjeli neighborhood completely and embarked on a wide process of clearing mines and booby traps" left behind by the elements of "Daesh". 

He added that the "forces found a large laboratory containing modern equipment for the manufacture of rocket launchers , pipe and large quantities of explosives, rockets and projectiles of war." 

With the restoration Zndjeli neighborhood, it was left to organize the "Daesh" terrorist presence in Mosul only in the neighborhood of healing and parts of the old city.

[yota691]

Announcement complete the liberation of "Zndjeli" neighborhood in Mosul

 

 

Jun 10, 2017

 

(Anatolia) Iraqi Federal Police team leader Raed Shaker Jawdat announced the restoration of his troops Saturday, full control of the "Zndjeli" neighborhood, one of the three districts under the control of the "Islamic State" (Daesh) on the western side of the city of Mosul , north of the country.

Said Jawdat in an urgent statement broadcast on state television, he said that "the federal police forces completed the liberation Zndjeli neighborhood completely and embarked on a wide process to remove mines and booby traps" left behind by the militants (Daesh).

He added that the "forces found a large laboratory containing modern equipment for the manufacture of rocket launchers, pipe and large quantities of explosives, rockets and projectiles of war."

With the restoration of "Zndjeli" was left to organize (Daesh) presence in Mosul only in the "healing" neighborhood and parts of the old city.

First Lieutenant Yamen Mahmoud al-Khafaji, said that "the federal police fought fierce battles continuously for two weeks until they were able to restore Zndjeli neighborhood of Daesh terrorist."

"The fighting was fierce and very significant losses occurred in the ranks of both sides in addition to the deaths of hundreds of civilians while trying to escape from the neighborhood by snipers Daesh and detonated his Almtfjarh", but has not been able to provide a specific number.

Khafaji said that "Iraqi forces will soon be able to restore the healing neighborhood, and then Sttogl little by little the rest of the old city, where he is keen on the lives of civilians because the region complex and densely populated."

The Iraqi officer pointed out that "the Iraqi forces may be able to defeat Daesh in Mosul during the final week or a little more."

For his part, said Col. Ahmed al-Jubouri, from the Ninewa Operations Command, said that the "rapid response and federal police forces are still dealing with some pockets in the Zndjeli neighborhood, and reached the main road between (Bab Sinjar _ Zndjeli) and (healing _ Zndjeli) on the outskirts of the stock market on the edge of the old Mosul from the North West. "

Mosul densely populated Sunni city, and is the second largest city in Iraq, dominated by (Daesh) summer 2014, and managed to Iraqi forces during the military campaign began in October / last October, from the restoration of the eastern half of the city, and then began on February 19 / last February west side battles.

Operations launched under the air cover of the international coalition led by the United States, the Iraqi Air Force.

[yota691]

"Mosul Stock Exchange" is witnessing a collapse of Daesh

 

17 minutes ago

 

Twilight News / security officer , said the collapse of the ranks of the organization Daesh district in Mosul saw the escape of dozens of civilians. 

The Federal Police announced the team leader Raed Shakir Jawdat Saturday edit Zndjeli neighborhood in the right side of the city of Mosul from the grip of the organization Daesh after fighting for several days. 

Twilight News told a security source, boosted the 30 civilian families escape from the control of the terrorist organization Daesh in the north - west of Mosul , the exchange area and access to federal police positions in the west of the city Zndjeli area.

It shows that witnesses fleeing civilians shows an almost complete disappearance of the elements of the organization from the area after fleeing towards the old city.

 

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[davis411]

13 hours ago, tigergorzow said:

CF,  I do hope this is the last time as well my friend.   Good times are coming our way sooner than we know.

 

Always Keeping The Faith!!

thats exactly what i said 5 yrs ago

 

[yota691]

Rapid reaction announces release of 95% of the Zndjeli neighborhood of Mosul Ayman

Khalk: Salah Baban 
announced the rapid reaction of the Interior Ministry forces on Saturday, the liberation of 95% of Zndjeli neighborhood in the right side of the connector, noting that the only remaining role and shop bombs as well as hiding very few elements of Daesh inside some residential houses. 

The media rapid reaction forces provided Abdul Ameer al - Muhammadawi director in a special statement to the media network Khalk: " The reaction forces freed until Sunday morning accounted for 95% of the Zndjeli district to the right side of the connector, indicating that troops helped evacuate hundreds of civilians fleeing from the influence of Daesh, stressing that "many of them have been diagnosed by the snipers of the terrorist organization were provided first aid to them by our medical teams and field." 

He pointed out that the security forces backed by aircraft of the Iraqi air force managed to blow up three wheels bomb attempted to target Qtaatna in the neighborhood said, stressing that "many elements of the organization h Ulloa escape yesterday from Zndjeli but our troops were lookout for them and managed to kill dozens of them. " 

He stressed," it was the dismantling of dozens of homes and businesses that have been Tfajakhha by elements Daesh, explaining that what was left of the Zndjeli neighborhood does not exceed 5% under control Daesh with some bomb places, expected to be freed neighborhood said the entire evening. "

[ChuckFinley]

1 hour ago, davis411 said:

thats exactly what i said 5 yrs ago

 

Hang in there Davis. I am still feeling good about 2017 but this is guy who has been in it since around 2004. I know what you are thinking, just  .   

[deniscanada]

Current situation in west #Mosul Al Shafaa 75% liberated and all eyes are right now on the prize in Mosul old city & Al-Nuri mosque. #Iraq

[deniscanada]

 

The previous map seems to be a little farther along than this one. As long ag progress is being made

 

Edited June 10, 2017 by deniscanada

[bkeiller]

Iraqi Army begins major offensive to capture main ISIS stronghold west of Mosul

By Ivan Castro

10/06/2017

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:35 P.M.) – Iraqi Armed Forces started the long-awaited offensive to capture Tal Afar city west of Mosul from the so-called “Islamic State”.

On Saturday morning, Iraqi Army’s 15th Division, in coordination with Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) and Kataeb Hezbollah battalions, launched a powerful assault on the eastern flank of Tal Afar pocket.

Having successfully broken through the first line of IS defense, government forces managed to liberate six villages, namely Tal Khima, Shiek Qura, Baligha, Zarnook, Mahafeef and Dam Sinjar.

 

Intense clashes were ongoing till noon on Saturday, before Iraqi Army and allies stopped the advance to establish and fortify defensive positions in the liberated villages and their surroundings.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-begins-major-offensive-capture-main-isis-stronghold-west-mosul/

[bkeiller]

Iraqi Army captures half of ISIS pocket in Mosul in just 24 hours

By Chris Tomson

10/06/2017

 

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (11:00 P.M.) – After a week-long hiatus to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors, the Iraqi Armed Forces resumed their military operations around the last three ISIS-held neighborhoods in Mosul.

Led by the Rapid Response Division, 9th Division and Counter Terrorism Units, government forces finally managed to impose full control over the Al-Zinjili neighborhood amid deadly door-to-door combat and a ferocious battle with ISIS insurgents on Saturday.

Advancing southwards along the Tigris River, the Iraqi Army also took control of roughly 75% of the Al-Shafaa district which neighbors the largely ISIS-held Old City, a densely populated residential area which has been held in check by the Iraqi Federal Police for months.

 

With barely two suburbs under Islamic State control, the battle for Iraq’s second largest city is expected to come to an end within a fortnight. Nevertheless, a couple hundred exhausted jihadist fighters appear determined to fight to the bitter end.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-captures-half-isis-pocket-mosul-within-24-hours/

[tigergorzow]

Hawija, Tel Afar Operations Imminent: Iraq’s Abadi

 

Basnews English

10/06/2017 - 23:02

Iraq

 

 

 

ERBIL — The Iraqi forces will soon launch operations to liberate Tel Afar and Hawija towns from Islamic State (IS), Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed.

The two strategic towns, in Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces, have been under the control of IS since the group crossed the Syrian borders into Iraq in 2014.

In a press release made on Saturday, the Iraqi prime minister explained that with most of the country’s territories brought back under the control of the government, troops will soon move onto Tel Afar and Hawija to fully uproot the jihadist group.

Abadi pointed out that after reaching the Iraq-Syria borders, the Iraqi forces will protect the strip and will not cross into the neighbouring country.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/356740

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi Forces Declare Control over Zanjili District in Mosul

Basnews English

10/06/2017 - 13:16

Iraq

 

 

 

 

MOSUL — Iraqi army declared Zanjili district in west Mosul free on Saturday.

Iraqi military, backed by US-led coalition, completely recaptured Zanjili district in western part of Mosul on Saturday.

By liberating Zanjili neighbourhood, only one district remains under control of the militants in Mosul which is the Old City neighborhood.

The troops also continue to evacuate civilians fleeing al-Shifa neighborhood where the fight is ongoing and it is the last remaining area near the Old City.

The operation to oust the IS militants from Mosul began on October 17, 2016. Three months after the commencement of the operation, the eastern half of the city was declared liberated. The operation advanced into the western half in February of this year.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/356598

[tigergorzow]

Islamic State Attacks Abroad Likely to Increase

Shoguna B. Sobir

10/06/2017 - 16:06

Reports

 

 

 

 

 

ISTANBUL — Countering statements by US military officials who correlated the reduction of Islamic State (IS) attacks with the continued losses its territories in Syria and Iraq, analysts are saying that IS attacks will likely increase.

"As perverse as it sounds, the ISIS [IS] brand and its violent ideology still resonates strongly with a global following not deterred by its battlefield losses," said Martin Reardon, a Marine Corps and FBI veteran, as quoted US News & World Report.

However, earlier US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon, who is a spokesman for the US-led  anti-IS coalition, said that weakening of the IS in Iraq and Syria will reduce its ability to carry out attacks elsewhere.

"We are degrading their ability not just to conduct just battlefield operations but to plan, inspire and direct terror attacks," said Dillion.

Nevertheless, their losses in Syria and Iraq have not curtailed attacks abroad, of which there were a number in the past multiple days. 

"Their messaging is still very popular," according to Otso Iho, a senior analyst with the London-based Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Centre. "We haven't seen a huge amount of signs suggesting that ISIS has lost that stature of a household brand yet."

The recent increased frequency of attacks Iho equates with a "substantial increase in the pool of potential attackers.” 

"If Raqqa, say, falls in five months, that doesn't spell the end of ISIS," Iho noted, adding that "that doesn't spell the end of its influence, particularly as we see foreign fighters leave Iraq and Syria, and some of whom will be able to embed themselves in local networks in Europe."

The US Director of National Intelligence seems to share this doubt about the future reduction in IS attacks.

"ISIS is unlikely to announce that it is ending its self-declared caliphate even if it loses overt control of its de facto capitals in Mosul, Iraq and Ar Raqqah, Syria and the majority of the populated areas it once controlled in Iraq and Syria," the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a report titled Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community released earlier in May.

"The number of ISIS foreign fighters leaving Iraq and Syria might increase," it stated, adding that the "increasing departures would very likely prompt additional would-be fighters to look for new battlefields or return to their home countries to conduct or support external operations."

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/reports/356657

[tigergorzow]

IS Mortar Attack Kills Eight Civilians in Western Mosul 

 

Mira Rojkan

10/06/2017 - 20:51

Iraq

 

 

 

SOFIA — Eight civilians were killed whereas five others were injured as several mortar missiles were launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) in western Mosul, a source from the Iraqi federal police said on Saturday.

Captain Adel Haider told BasNews that eight civilians were killed, while five others were injured, as a result of an IS mortar missiles attack against the district of al-Zanjili district. According to Haider, the IS militants started targeting the area of Zanjili after the Iraqi forces pushed the extremist group out of al-Shifa district and the Grand Nuri al-Kabeer mosque. 

Colonel Khaled al-Jawari, from the Joint Operations Command, said that a weapon stash was found, while civilians held by the IS militants in al-Shifa were liberated earlier on Saturday. The troops from the Rapid Response seized a huge weapon stash with dozens of mortar missiles, as well as locally-manufactured rockets and other explosives,belonging to the extremists. 

The Iraqi forces liberated the district of Zanjili in western Mosul, which is leaving the IS militants with only one remaining district in the city, as the Iraqi forces are close to liberating entire Mosul.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/356717

[tigergorzow]

Little Yezidi Child Freed from IS Captivity after Three Years

 

Basnews English

10/06/2017 - 20:34

Kurdistan

 

 

 

ERBIL— A five-year-old girl from the Kurdish Yezidi minority reunited with her family on Saturday after spending three years of her life in the Islamic State (IS)-held city of Mosul.

Hussein Qaedi, who runs the office for the affairs of the abducted Yezidis, told BasNews the girl was freed but her parents are still held by IS along with 13 more relatives.  

Qaedi's office in Duhok, which is directly supervised by Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, has so far been able to liberate over 3,000 Yezidis. Yet, more than 3,400 Yezidis are either still held by IS or have gone missing.

The massive abductions of the Yezidi people took place mainly in August 2014 after the Islamic extremists occupied the their territories in Nineveh province.  

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/356714

[tigergorzow]

Iraqis pay tribute to 1,700 fallen cadets on 3rd anniversary of the Speicher Massacre

By

Leith Fadel

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11/06/2017

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:25 A.M.) –  Hundreds of Iraqis traveled to the Speicher Camp in the Salaheddine Governorate, Saturday, to pay tribute to the 1,700 Iraqi cadets that were brutally massacred by the Islamic State (ISIL) on June 10th, 2014.

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The 1,700 cadets were summarily executed by the Islamic State terrorists at the Speicher Camp near Tikrit in 2014; they would later post images from the massacre.

Since the massacre, the Iraqi Armed Forces have recaptured almost all of the territory seized by the Islamic State in the Summer of 2014.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqis-pay-tribute-1700-fallen-cadets-3rd-anniversary-speicher-massacre/

[tigergorzow]

10 ISIS terrorists arrested in southern Mosul

June 10 2017 11:39 PM

Iraqi police arrest 10 ISIS terrorists

 

Iraqi forces have arrested 10 ISIS terrorists in southern Nineveh governorate, security sources told The Baghdad Post on Saturday. 

The arrested terrorists were attempting to flee battles in Mosul among civilians who displace dthe war-torn city, the sources confirmed. 

Since October, 2016, the US-backed Iraqi army has launched an offensive to recapture Mosul from ISIS terrorists. 

Fierce battles are still going on in the city's right bank. 

The source, who asked not to be named, said the security forces cordoned off the Hammam al-Alil camp upon receiving tip-offs that ISIS terrorists were among the displaced civilians. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/11928/10-ISIS-terrorists-arrested-in-southern-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

IMIS ends military operations in western Mosul

June 10 2017 06:10 PM

IMIS militants

 

 

Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) have declared on Monday that they have concluded their operations in western Mosul after achieving their skirmish goals.
 

This comes as a military source asserted that IMIS has deployed more troops in Mosul's western fronts.
 

The source also told the Baghdad Post that IMIS hasn't secured the Syrian-Iraq borders yet as it is facing heavy resistance from ISIS terrorists.
 

The source asserted that hundreds of IMIS terrorists are currently heading towards the borders to secure and control the area.
 

He added that other IMIS militants were deployed near Tal Afar town where there is Sunni Turkman majority.
 

Senior officials in al-Ba'aj town urged Baghdad central government to oust IMIS militias from western Mosul and hand the security file to joint forces from the Iraqi Army and Federal Police Forces.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/11907/IMIS-ends-military-operations-in-western-Mosul

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Tiger and good morning, see the old city is the last strong hold. Finally down to the core of the rotten apple.  

[tigergorzow]

2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

Thanks Tiger and good morning, see the old city is the last strong hold. Finally down to the core of the rotten apple.  

CF,  Good morning to you and DV as well.   We are inching ever so close to the eradication of ISIS cockroaches in Iraq & Syria.  Kill them all!!

 

GO Liberation of Iraq....

[tigergorzow]

Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in Mosul battle

June 11 2017 11:41 AM

Mosul battle

 

The Baghdad Post has obtained a map showing the latest development in the battle aiming to retake Mosul's right bank from ISIS terror group.

The areas in green illustrate the completely regained ones, areas in orange show the areas currently witnessing clashes while the areas in white are still controlled by ISIS terrorist group.

The map has been released by Nineveh Media Center on its official Facebook page.


On Saturday, Iraqi forces have arrested 10 ISIS terrorists in southern Nineveh governorate, security sources told The Baghdad Post. 

On Sunday, Iraqi Security forces killed 20 of ISIS terrorists and destroyed two booby-trapped vehicles in an attack on the terrorist group in al-Kask axis, located in Nineveh Governorate, head of Nineveh Operations Command Major-General Najm al-Jabouri said. 

The leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an air strike in Syria, according to unverified reports in Syrian state media.

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.

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/11935/Exclusive-Map-reveals-latest-developments-in-Mosul-battle

[tigergorzow]

Security forces push deep in ISIS' last pockets in right bank of Mosul

June 11 2017 01:28 PM

Iraqi security forces

 

Iraq's military continues its push deep into the remaining neighborhoods that are still under ISIS' control in western Mosul as the terrorist group is no longer in control of western Mosul except inside the Old City and parts of the al-Shifaa neighborhood, a military source said on Sunday. 

The government forces have recaptured most of western Mosul's districts months after the battle to liberate the city began, backed by US-led Coalition.  

The source said that the Iraqi forces continue incursion into al-Shifaa neighborhood while the army's explosive disposal team was clearing landmines, booby traps and ISIS' explosive remnants in al-Zanjili district as well as saving stranded families.

This comes as Iraqi forces announced on Saturday the full recapture of al-Zanjili district, located in Mosul's Old City.   

These efforts come as part of an offensive launched on 19th of February by US-backed security 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/11945/Security-forces-push-deep-in-ISIS-last-pockets-in-right-bank-of-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

[IN PICTURES]: Iraqi Paramilitaries Use Children in Fight Against IS

 

Basnews English

11/06/2017 - 10:51

Iraq

 

 

Hashd al-Shaabi children are receiving military training. Tasnim News Agency

 

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitaries known as Hashd al-Shaabi have used children in their fight against the Islamic State (IS) since they were established in 2014.

News outlets close to the Iranian army have released photos of Hashd al-Shaabi militia training children on weapons to prepare them for the fight against IS.

According Jame Jam Online, an Iranian website, the children were being prepared for the operation to retake Jurf al-Sakher town, 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, located in Babil province.

The United Nations organisations have repeatedly warned against recruiting children in the armed groups in Iraq. The UN’s reports have recorded cases of using children as soldiers by Islamic State (IS), Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Shi'ite militia of Hashd al-Shaabi.

Hashd al-Shaabi was formed in 2014 by a religious jurisdiction from the grand Shi’ite scholar Ayatollah Ali Sistani to fight the IS militants.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/356800

[tigergorzow]

PYD and IS Negotiating Withdrawal of Militants from Raqqa: Report

 

Basnews English

11/06/2017 - 14:00

Middle East

 

 

 

ERBIL — Negotiations are under way between the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and an Islamic State (IS) delegation consisting of tribal leaders from Raqqa about handing over the city to PYD in return for providing the militants with a safe exit, according to reports.

Amidst the progress of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the city of Raqqa, an IS delegation headed to Tel Abiyad town near Raqqa to negotiate with the Kurdish authorities the withdrawal of IS militants from Raqqa.

Activists from the city of Raqqa had revealed that a delegation from Raqqa tribal personalities travelled on Friday evening to the town of Ain Issa, west of Raqqa, for negotiations with the PYD.

The activists said they were informed about the negotiations in the countryside of Tal al-Abyad, between the tribal delegation of the IS organization and the PYD, aimed at halting the offensive on Raqqa, Abu Mohammed al-Rikawi, a Syrian activist told Sharq Al Awsat.

The tribal delegation intends to take an initiative to hand over Raqqa to SDF, in return for securing a safe exit for the IS militants towards the countryside of Damascus, and the city of Deir al-Zour.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/356863

[yota691]

It forces the Iraqi storm the first areas of the city old Mosul

 

ARAB WORLD

13:00 06/11/2017(Updated 13:18 11/06/2017)

It announced the leadership of operations "are coming, Nineveh," Sunday / enabling them to edit the southern part of Zndjeli neighborhood and the storming of Bab Sinjar district's first old areas of the city in the right coast of the city of Mosul.

The operations commander Abdul Amir Yar God in a statement on Sunday that the pieces of the ninth Armored Division raised the Iraqi flag on the buildings of the southern part of Zndjeli neighborhood.

© REUTERS / ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS

Iraqi forces repel an attack for "Daesh" in Mosul, which killed 30

 

Allah Yar also pointed to the storming of the first forces in the neighborhoods of the old city right coast of the city of Mosul.

The Iraqi forces are engaged in several months ago, an expanded process for the Liberation of Nineveh province and its control of Mosul organization "Daesh" terrorist.