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

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Iraqi Army recaptures villages in western Mosul

June 16 2017 03:00 PM

Iraqi army units

 

Units of the 15th Brigade in the Iraqi Army have recaptured villages of al-Zanazil, Abu Kodoor and Kanisah, located east of al-Kask-al-Mahlabiya road in western Mosul, "We Are Coming, Nineveh" Operations Command's War Media Cell said on Friday. 

It noted that soldiers of these units raised the Iraqi flag over the governmental buildings of these villages.

Currently, the units are combing the villages located in the western axis to liberate other villages in Kask.
 
Security forces, backed by International Coalition air raids and logistic support of the US army, have retaken eastern Mosul and most of its western part after eight months of battles. These forces are focusing now on controlling the Old City's districts.   

It is estimated that there are a few 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/12132/Iraqi-Army-recaptures-villages-in-western-Mosul

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MP: 'covert' kidnappings are ISIS' main fund source

June 16 2017 12:29 PM

Iraqi parliamentary member from Diyala governorate Furat al-Tamimi

 

 

An Iraqi Parliamentary member from Diyala governorate revealed that 'covert' kidnappings are currently the main fund source for ISIS terrorists inside the governorate.
 

In a press statement, the MP Furat al-Tamimi said that ISIS terrorists opted for a new method to fund its armed cells by carrying out kidnapping operations in certain areas to blackmail the kidnapped persons' families.
 

Most of the families don't report these kidnappings for fear of their relatives' safety, Tamimi added.
 

Surgical intelligence operations must be carried out to cleanse ISIS' sleeper cells in governorate, the MP asserted. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12121/MP-covert-kidnappings-are-ISIS-main-fund-source

[tigergorzow]

Fate of 3,000 Yezidi Abductees Yet Unknown: Official

 

The battle of Mosul would be incomplete without determining the fate of missing Yezidis, Mahma Khalil says

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Basnews English

16/06/2017 - 12:56

Kurdistan

 

 

 

ERBIL — The fate of more than 3,000 Yezidis, mostly women and children, abducted by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in 2014, is still unknown, the mayor of Sinjar district Mahma Khalil told BasNews on Thursday. He described the process of liberating Mosul from IS as incomplete without determining the fate of those abducted Yezidis.

Khalil said in a press conference held in the district of Sinjar that "IS had kidnapped 6,417 Yezidis of different age groups in Sinjar when it overran the region in 2014."

He noted that the fate of most of the abductees are yet unknown that they have asked Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for help to rescue them.

IS militants attacked and invaded Sinjar, the Yezidi majority region, on August 3rd, 2014 and committed massacres against the community, which the United Nations called genocide.

According to the latest statistics, around 3,000 Yezidi abductees have so far been liberated from the grip of the militants with the help of Kurdistan Regional Government prime minister’s office for Yezidi abductees’ affairs.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/358071

[nannab]

Please heavenly father please let them all be found alive.

[yota691]

Security forces approach liberation of entire Mosul

 15/06/2017

 

 

 

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7 minutes ago, nannab said:

Please heavenly father please let them all be found alive.

AMEN SISTA

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100,000 civilians held by IS in Mosul’s Old City as ‘human shields’: UN

The UN said today that Islamic State group jihadists may be holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of Mosul.

By: Ruchira Talapatra | Geneva | Published: June 16, 2017 6:05 PM

The UN said today that Islamic State group jihadists may be holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of Mosul. I(PTI)

 

The UN said today that Islamic State group jihadists may be holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of Mosul. Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Mosul from IS, after the jihadist group overran the city in 2014, imposing its brutal rule on its inhabitants. The UN refugee agency’s representative in Iraq Bruno Geddo said IS had been capturing civilians in battles outside of Mosul and had been forcing them into the Old City, one of the last parts of the city in their grip. “More than 100,000 civilians may still be held in the Old City,” Geddo told reporters in Geneva. “We know that ISIS moved them with them as they left… locations where the fighting was going on,” he said, using another acronym for IS, which is also known as Daesh or ISIL. “These civilians are basically held as human shields in the Old City.” With virtually no food, water or electricity left in the area, the civilians are “living in an increasingly worsening situation of penury and panic,” he said. “They are surrounded by fighting on every side.” Snipers meanwhile try to kill anyone trying to leave the area under jihadist control, he said, adding that the few who manage to escape are “deeply traumatised.”

 

http://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/100000-civilians-held-by-is-in-mosuls-old-city-as-human-shields-un/722236/

[SnowGlobe7]

human shields...that is about as coward an act as you can get

[wealthhound]

You said it snow, I pray that God makes a way for the innocent to escape...

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Tiger, hey Snow trust you are doing well.  

[SnowGlobe7]

holding my own friend....still waiting

[King Bean]

Iraqi Forces Retake 30% of Mosul's Old City 

17/06/2017 - 01:10

 

SOFIA — The Iraqi forces have taken control over 30% of the last district held by the so-called Islamic State (IS) near western Mosul’s Old City, the Federal Police chief said on Friday. Lieutenant General Shaker Jawdat said the Iraqi forces have further continued evacuating dozens of civilians from the area, where the battle between the government forces and the IS militants is ongoing.Earlier on Friday, Bruno Geddo, the United Nations refugee agency’s representative in Geneva, said that at least 100,000 civilians were held by the IS militants in the Old City of Mosul, deprived of basic means of living and shot once attempting to escape the IS-held area.

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks KB. Waiting for this to come to an end.  

[Moxie64]

I think last week they said next Fri or Sat should be total liberation which really meant last week, but that didn't happen Didn't read this week if they said next Fri or Sat again.  So we must have another "next" for this week, sounds sorta better then "soon". I hope I can remember the true meaning of "next". Wonder how many of you I confused with writing  this   seems I've had too many 

 

  for now

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi MP warns of ISIS fresh attacks after defeats in Mosul, Anbar

June 16 2017 07:20 PM

ISIS terrorists

 

An Iraqi MP said on Friday ISIS terrorists would most probably carry out fresh terror attacks in Diyala governorate in retaliation of their military defeats in Mosul and Anbar, The Baghdad Post reported.

In a statement, MP Abdul Aziz Hassan from the Committee on Security and Defense Affairs said "the terror group would seek to prove its presence through new terrorist attacks".

The US-backed Iraqi army announced it was about to fully liberate Mosul from ISIS terrorists. 

An offensive code-named ' We Are Coming, Nineveh' started February 19th. Iran-allied IMIS militias back the Iraqi army. 

"ISIS terrorists will change tactics through terrorist attacks in some areas, particularly Diyala, after the imminent recapture of Mosul and their defeats in Ramadi," Hassan said.

"ISIS terrorists are totally frustrated, but they try in various ways to cover their losses at the hands of the joint security forces in Mosul and other areas," he added.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12143/Iraqi-MP-warns-of-ISIS-fresh-attacks-after-defeats-in-Mosul-Anbar

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Iraqi security forces kill 9 suicide bombers in Salahudin Governorate

June 16 2017 04:06 PM

Iraqi security forces kill 9 suicide bombers in Salahudin Governorate

 

The Iraqi security forces killed 9 suicide bombers on Friday in Samarra city in Salahudin Governorate, Samrra operations command announced.  

In a statement, the Samarra Operations Commander Major General Emad al-Zuhairi said the troops  thwarted an ISIS attack and killed five suicide bombers near Samrra city after midnight without any significant loss.    

Based on intelligent information, the Saraya al-Salam militia, baked by Iraqi security forces, killed three suicide bombers and had dismantled the fourth's explosives after they killed him in Muthanna disrtict  in Samarra City without any casualities, the The military media office of Saraya al-Salam announced.  

These efforts come as part of an offensive launched by US-backed security forces, supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias to oust ISIS terrorists from Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12136/Iraqi-security-forces-kill-9-suicide-bombers-in-Salahudin-Governorate

[tigergorzow]

Tribal Crowd foils ISIS attack in Baqubah

June 16 2017 10:57 PM

Breaking

 

Iraqi tribal crowd has foiled an ISIS terror attack on a security checkpoint in eastern Baqubah, a Diyala Provincial Council member, Karim Jubouri said on Friday.

In June, 2016, the Tribal crowd was founded to participate in the operations to recapture ISIS-held areas. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12150/Tribal-Crowd-foils-ISIS-attack-in-Baqubah

[tigergorzow]

Fierce fighting bet. Iraqi forces, ISIS in Mosul medical complex

June 16 2017 10:49 PM

Breaking

 

A fierce fighting is currently going on between Iraqi security forces and ISIS terrorists in the Medical complexin the Old City of Mosul, security officials told The Baghdad Post Friday.

We will provide you with further details when available. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12148/Fierce-fighting-bet-Iraqi-forces-ISIS-in-Mosul-medical-complex

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces kill ISIS terrorist while planting IED in Diyala

June 16 2017 06:45 PM

Bombing in Diyala

 

Iraqi forces have killed a terrorist while planting an explosive device in Diyala Governorate, security sources told The Baghdad Post on Friday. 

The sources, who requested anonymity, said the military intelligence units in the 5th Division killed the terrorist while planting an IED on a public road linking between Hemrin Lake and al-Meqdadeya.

The terrorist was seeking to target civilians and security forces.

The identity of the terrorist has not yet revealed. But the sources think he is an ISIS terrorist. 

The body has been carried to the Forensic Medicine Department.  

Since 2003, Iraq has been witnessing deadly bombings that killed thousands and injured even more.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12140/Iraqi-forces-kill-ISIS-terrorist-while-planting-IED-in-Diyala

[tigergorzow]

Qayara residents demand ejection of ISIS relatives

June 16 2017 08:47 PM

Calls for expelling ISIS relatives

 

Dozens of Qayara district, located south of Nineveh, residents held a vigil on Friday demanding the ejection of relatives of ISIS terrorists from the area.

Families of those killed due to the attacks waged by the terror group on the area demanded those ISIS relatives to be expelled 'as a punishment for their silence towards the crimes committed by their nephews.

These demands come as part of score-settling among tribes, an officer in the ranks of the federal police said, adding: "these are internal dispute in which we will not interfere."

He further noted: We will not take sides since they are residents of the same district."

On his part, Aziz al-Sinjari, a leader of IMIS in Qayara, said the decision could not be taken that way. We are not supportive of the step.

All members of ISIS terrorists' families are not necessarily terror-oriented, Aziz indicated.

You can find a wife of an ISIS terrorist who was always at odds with him due to his ideology, he continued.
He concluded:"Therefore, we should not punish those people for the crimes committed by those lunatic fringes."

Qayara is a tribal district in the province of Nineveh located on the road connecting Erbil with Mosul.

It was the first area to be liberated since launching the military operation to liberate Mosul last October.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12145/Qayara-residents-demand-ejection-of-ISIS-relatives

[tigergorzow]

Video: ISIS releases its defeat speech

June 15 2017 04:41 PM

 

The recent propaganda video released by ISIS spokesman, Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir is considered as defeat speech for the terrorist group, Analysts told the Baghdad post on Thursday.

ISIS has been dealt a significant blow with deaths of its key leaders and setbacks on the battlefields, a security expert added.



ISIS statement described the US-led military operation as a difficult ordeal which caused panic in its ranks. 

Muhajir urged the terrorists to be steadfast and called on the local population to join the group after hundreds of ISIS elements had been killed over the past months.

The speech desperately asked ISIS followers all over the world to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia, Asia, US , Russia and Europe.

 

This comes as the offensive launched on 19th 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 enters its last stages.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/12092/Video-ISIS-releases-its-defeat-speech

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Iraqi Forces Retake 30% of Mosul's Old City 

 

Mira Rojkan

17/06/2017 - 01:10

Iraq

 

 

 

SOFIA — The Iraqi forces have taken control over 30% of the last district held by the so-called Islamic State (IS) near western Mosul’s Old City, the Federal Police chief said on Friday. 

Lieutenant General Shaker Jawdat said the Iraqi forces have further continued evacuating dozens of civilians from the area, where the battle between the government forces and the IS militants is ongoing. 

Earlier on Friday, Bruno Geddo, the United Nations refugee agency’s representative in Geneva, said that at least 100,000 civilians were held by the IS militants in the Old City of Mosul, deprived of basic means of living and shot once attempting to escape the IS-held area.

Iraqi government, backed by the US-led coalition, launched an operation for liberating the northern Iraqi city of Mosul back in October 2016. By the beginning of this year, the Iraqi forces managed to regain control over the entire eastern part of the city and are now close to fully liberating the entire remaining western part. 

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/358139

[tigergorzow]

Coalition Jets Conduct 35 Airstrikes Against IS in Syria, Iraq 

 

Mira Rojkan

17/06/2017 - 01:15

Middle East

 

 

 

SOFIA — The US-led coalition conducted 35 airstrikes consisting of 84 engagements against the Islamic State (IS) militants in both Syria and Iraq on Thursday, including 20 strikes near the IS stronghold of Raqqa, the Operation Inherent Resolve said in a statement. 

The coalition also carried out nine additional airstrikes in Syria, near the towns of Abu Kamal and Deir ez-Zor, which destroyed several IS well heads, oil storage tanks, vehicles, and engaged a Daesh tactical unit.

Near the Syrian city of Raqqa, which is IS's self-proclaimed de facto capital, the coalition carried out 20 airstrikes engaging with 14 IS tactical units, destroying nine Is positions, four vehicles, three mortar systems, two supply caches, two headquarters, a heavy machine gun and a small explosives factory. 

Meanwhile, in Iraq, the coalition conducted six airstrikes on IS targets near four cities, including Mosul and Haditha. The airstrikes destroyed more than a dozen IS positions, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device(VBIED), a tactical vehicle, mortar systems, a tunnel entrance, supply cache, suppressed four mortar teams and engaged one tactical unit.

The US-led coalition includes 68 nations from all over the world, who have been supporting the fight against IS since the start of both operations in Syria and Iraq. 

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/358140

[tigergorzow]

18 minutes ago, tigergorzow said:

Iraqi Forces Retake 30% of Mosul's Old City 

 

Mira Rojkan

17/06/2017 - 01:10

Iraq

 

 

 

 

SOFIA — The Iraqi forces have taken control over 30% of the last district held by the so-called Islamic State (IS) near western Mosul’s Old City, the Federal Police chief said on Friday. 

Lieutenant General Shaker Jawdat said the Iraqi forces have further continued evacuating dozens of civilians from the area, where the battle between the government forces and the IS militants is ongoing. 

Earlier on Friday, Bruno Geddo, the United Nations refugee agency’s representative in Geneva, said that at least 100,000 civilians were held by the IS militants in the Old City of Mosul, deprived of basic means of living and shot once attempting to escape the IS-held area.

Iraqi government, backed by the US-led coalition, launched an operation for liberating the northern Iraqi city of Mosul back in October 2016. By the beginning of this year, the Iraqi forces managed to regain control over the entire eastern part of the city and are now close to fully liberating the entire remaining western part. 

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/358139

MOD's, Duplicate post please remove KB already posted this earlier....Thanks

[tigergorzow]

AL NURI MOSQUE‏ @AlNuriMosque 22m22 minutes ago

Number of #ISIL fighters in Western #Mosul’s Old City stands at 500. @PentagonPresSec said there were less than 1000 #ISIL fighters #Iraq

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12:37 AM - 17 Jun 2017 from Iraq