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

[DWS112]

Iraqi Day  🇮🇶‏ @iraqi_day  40m

#Iraq Federal Police Units gained control of #Mosul girls high school (red) and are now 300 meters from Al-Nuri mosque (black).

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 20, 2017 by DWS112

[yota691]

Iraq ..ferrar more than 700 civilians from the old neighborhoods of Mosul

 

06/20/2017 Now - Agencies 12:52:38 PM

An Iraqi military source said Tuesday that more than 700 civilians, fled from other neighborhoods controlled by the organization 'Daesh' terrorist, in the city of Mosul in the north, during the past 24 hours.

In a statement to Anatolia, said Army Capt. Jabbar Hassan, the ninth Armored Division troops in the Iraqi army and the forces of the federal police, evacuated fleeing to areas outside the old city, without specifying.

He pointed out that most of the fleeing are women and children.

On Tuesday, the team Raed Jawdat, commander of the Federal Police (internal trace), in a statement, killing 32 of the element 'Daesh' battles after the ancient city of Mosul announced.

The old neighborhoods of Mosul, the most prominent challenge to Iraqi forces in the liberation of the city campaign, because of the narrow alleys and complex, making it unable to enter military vehicles, as well as overcrowding civilians.

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.

[yota691]

Alsumaria's first satellite channel enter the old city of Mosul, Ayman Published on Jun 20, 2017

[nannab]

Was that cardboard and water in the bowl !

[DWS112]

Mosul: Iraqi forces advancing .. and "Daesh" between death and surrender

June 20, 2017

 

- "surrender or die" -
 Iraqi forces are engaged in fierce battles Tuesday with "Daesh" began while rescuing civilians in the context of an offensive launched by terrorists on the other sites in the old city in western Mosul.

The commander of the anti-terrorism forces, Lieutenant-General Abdul-Ghani al-Asadi told AFP that "the battle is going according to the expected, but progress is slow."

Al-Asadi said that "things are good, and the battle is going as we planned," he said. "We have many obstacles, the nature of the land and the nature of the construction, roads and the civilian population Almujdan. All these obstacles make us slow down our work. "

He pointed out that the field commander of civilians started to flee from the old city, pointing to the arrival of about 400 people to Iraqi forces sites Monday.

On the other hand, the Iraqi Federal Police Command said in a statement explained that its units continued to advance from the southern axis of the old city of entrusting heavy fire, trapping also confirmed the Republican Hospital in the recovery from the northern axis neighborhood.

Iraqi forces began Sunday to break into the old city in western Mosul, the process, the last remaining stronghold of the terrorists in Iraq's second city, after a military operation entered eight months.

Military leaders said that the terrorists are showing fierce resistance, and there are concerns over the fate of more than one hundred thousand civilians from being exposed to the siege of the center of the fighting.

Iraqi forces are facing during the progress of snipers and mortar fire and explosive planted by terrorists.

And wounded three French journalists were injured and martyred Iraqi Kurdish journalist named Bakhtiar Haddad works with a coordinator and interpreter, when a mine explosion while escorting Iraqi forces in Mosul.

The TV channels announced the French government administration at dawn on Tuesday, the French journalist Stephane Villeneuve died of his injuries.

The storming of the old city operation in western Mosul, where narrow alleys and buildings adjacent, the culmination of the military campaign initiated by the Iraqi forces before the months to restore the entire city of Mosul, the last stronghold of the largest organization of "Daesh" in the country.

- "surrender or die" -

Mosul will be the loss of the actual end of the Iraqi part of the "Caliphate" cross-border terrorist organization announced by the summer of 2014, after its control over large areas of Iraq and neighboring Syria.

Earlier this week, Iraqi forces have about 500 thousand publication in the sky of the city, calling for civilians to "stay away from appearing in the open spaces and (...) exploit any opportunity arises" to escape.

On the opposite bank of the Tigris River, near the Humvee mechanisms centered in the east of the Grand Mosque of Mosul, opposite the old city, and Khairat elements "Daesh" through loudspeakers between the "surrender or die."

The United Nations announced earlier that more than one hundred thousand Iraqi civilians are being held as human shields in the terrorist in the old Mosul.

Military and expected to be fighting very difficult, and may continue for weeks.

And the organization of "Daesh" surrounded on three sides by the security forces, and the fourth of the Tigris River, so there is no possibility to escape.

The Iraqi forces began in October / October last largest military operation taking place in Iraq for years to regain control of Mosul. Recuperating the eastern part of the city in January, and launched the operation in the western part of February.

Several humanitarian organizations expressed concern about civilians who are at risk of violent battles between the siege.

It is not clear how many civilians were killed during the military operation, but humanitarian workers organizations warn that it will be high.

Since the start of military operations eight months ago, displaced about 862 thousand people from Mosul, he returned them about 195 thousand, mostly to the east of Mosul areas.

The restoration of Mosul would be a major shift in the march of the troops surrendered quickly on June 10, 2014, despite the superiority Numerically terrorists.

[yota691]

First Published: 2017-06-20

Iraqi forces have surrounded the old city of Mosul

Military lineup dominates the healing neighborhood on the west bank of the Tigris River and also control their grip on the fifth bridge.

Middle East Online

Cracking down on Alarhabouapn Erbil (Iraq) - The Iraqi army said besieging the ancient city stronghold of the organization of the Islamic State in Mosul Tuesday after dominating the area to the north of them. According to a military statement that the ninth Armored Division took control of the Shifa neighborhood on the west bank of the Tigris River. The fall of the healing neighborhood means that the US-backed government forces have become besieging the ancient city located in the eastern part of Mosul. Said Lt. Gen. Abdul Ameer Rashid Aarallah, in a statement broadcast on state television, he said that the Armored Division forces ninth Army "liberated the southern part of the healing neighborhood, which includes archaeological Bahtania Castle, prison events, and the shrine of Yahya Abu al-Qasim, the health department of Nineveh, and the Church of Maria." He added Aarallah, Iraqi forces also tightened its grip on the fifth bridge passing over the Tigris River, and docked with the troops fighting in the head Alcor area within the old city in the western side of the city. With the control of the fifth bridge Iraqi forces have seized control of the five bridges linking the two sides of the city east and west on the Tigris River, which passes the city center and Ahtrha half. But bridges are not valid for use as a result of exposure to air raids launched by the international coalition aircraft when the Iraqi forces are fighting in the eastern side of the city a few months ago. In a statement to Anatolia, said Ahmed Rajeh, Captain in the Army, said that the progress achieved by Iraqi forces today enabled it to encircle the "old city" completely. He added that the troops are encircling the second stronghold of the organization from all sides, a medical complex, where the organization shows violent resistance to it, especially snipers scattered over the buildings. The old Mosul area of the most prominent challenge to Iraqi forces in the liberation of the city campaign, because of the narrow alleys and complex, making it unable to enter military vehicles, as well as overcrowding civilians. Mosul densely populated Sunni city, and is the second largest city in Iraq, dominated by the "Daesh" the summer of 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.

[yota691]

Map: cell media reveal the remaining areas of the elements Daesh on the right side of the city of Mosul

20-06-2017 04:16 PM

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Baghdad News -

 

 

It revealed the media cell military Joint Special Operations Command, on Tuesday, for the remaining areas of the elements of the terrorist organization Daesh Ayman in the city of Mosul.

 
Shows a map published by the cell, the 'liberated areas and the presence of elements of the terrorist organization Daesh represent a very small space', pointing out that '(247) days have passed since the start of operations coming Aaninoy'.

 

[siberian_shaddow]

Much Appreciated Yota, GM DV shouldnt be much longer before there completely eradicated from Mosul, and then they can start to  clean up and rebuild infastructure and celebrate there victory good for them.

[deniscanada]

[deniscanada]

Dozens of ISIS terrorists surrender in Mosul's right bank- Source

June 19 2017 02:08 PM

ISIS terrorists

 

Dozens of ISIS terrorists have surrendered to the Iraqi security forces in Mosul’s right bank, a security source revealed on Monday.

In a press statement, the source said that within the next few hours the full liberation of Mosul will be declared and the forces will raise the flag over al-Hadba Minaret, located in Mosul’s Old City.

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/12271/Dozens-of-ISIS-terrorists-surrender-in-Mosul-s-right-bank-Source

Edited June 20, 2017 by deniscanada
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[wealthhound]

Raise that flag!! Go liberation!

[DWS112]

Arrested announcer in the radio , " the statement" Aldaashah in Mosul

June 20, 2017

 

Dropped security forces on Tuesday arrested a broadcaster and presenter in radio belonging to the terrorist organization Daesh in the city of Mosul.

According to a statement of the cell media war, "The band sixteen arrested broadcaster and presenter at Radio" statement "of the Daesh terrorist named (Alaa Sami Khatib) in Nabi Younis area (p) after the communication of citizens about his whereabouts."

Joint security forces and freed more than 90% of the areas of the city of Mosul, al Daesh terrorist.

[DoD]

3 hours ago, DWS112 said:

Mosul: Iraqi forces advancing .. and "Daesh" between death and surrender

June 20, 2017

 

- "surrender or die" -
 Iraqi forces are engaged in fierce battles Tuesday with "Daesh" began while rescuing civilians in the context of an offensive launched by terrorists on the other sites in the old city in western Mosul.

 

- "surrender or die" -

 

 

Now this funny, "Surrender or Die" do they think they will spend the next 10 years in a nice warm jail cell. They will all be hung before the feast...lol

I'm guessing they prefer hanging rather than a bullet or bomb...

[tigergorzow]

Only 7 days needed to oust ISIS from Mosul - Experts

June 20 2017 09:29 PM

Iraqi security forces

 

 

Military operations to retake the right bank of Mosul will probably end in the next few day, Iraqi security experts asserted on Tuesday.
 

This comes as the Iraqi security forces recaptured most of the right bank of Mosul's neighborhoods.
 

ISIS terrorists know that they can't fend off the Iraqi forces' campaign anymore, security expert Jasim al-Foudai told The Baghdad Post.
 

He asserted that these victories must be retained by re-establishing security to vanquish ISIS terrorists once and for all.
 

Iraqi government must assure Iraq's unity in post-ISIS era to save the war-torn country, MP Fawzi Akram said.
 

These announcements come as operations 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/13328/Only-7-days-needed-to-oust-ISIS-from-Mosul-Experts

[tigergorzow]

Exclusive: Parts freed in Mosul explained on map

June 20 2017 12:49 PM

Mosul

 

An updated version of Mosul's map showing the latest developments in the battle to oust ISIS from occupied districts in the city's right bank has been obtained by The Baghdad Post on Tuesday.

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.



A security source said on Monday an Iraqi Journalist was killed and three French people were injured in an explosion in the Old City of Mosul.

 

On Tuesday, a local source said  the left bank of Mosul is suffering a blackout after targeting the Erbil-Kirkuk electricity grid.

This comes as there is 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/13303/Exclusive-Parts-freed-in-Mosul-explained-on-map

[tigergorzow]

Federal Police kill 27 ISIS terrorists, destroy 9 vehicles in Mosul

June 20 2017 09:42 PM

Federal Police forces

 

 

Federal Police forces are currently pushing deep into the Old city of Mosul district in order to cleanse its homes and alleys from ISIS terrorists, Federal Police Commander Gen. Raed Shakir Jawdat said on Tuesday.

Federal Police forces killed 27 ISIS terrorists and destroyed three booby-trapped vehicles and six motorcycles, Jawdat added.
 

He revealed that Federal Police forces in the northern front have reached the Tigris river and currently besieging the Republican Hospital at al-Shefaa neighborhood in the right bank of Mosul.
 

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

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13329/Federal-Police-kill-27-ISIS-terrorists-destroy-9-vehicles-in-Mosul

[ChuckFinley]

Thanks Tiger. Keep the good news coming.  

[tigergorzow]

ISIS information minister in Mosul Odai Hamdoun killed in air raid

June 20 2017 03:05 PM

Iraqi air strikes kill ISIS 'Minister of Media' in Mosul

 

The ISIS minister of information Odai Hamdoun has been killed in Iraqi air strikes that targeted his hideout in Al-Midan area in Mosul, a security source said Tuesday.  

He added that the bombardment killed the ISIS commander  along with four others as they were accompanying him in his house.

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


It is worth mentioning that the US-led coalition are supporting and helping the Iraqi forces to liberate ISIS-controlled territories in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13316/ISIS-information-minister-in-Mosul-Odai-Hamdoun-killed-in-air-raid

[blueskyline]

Thanks Tiger 🐯 

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi Federal Police push into Mosul's Bab Laksh

June 20 2017 01:45 PM

Breaking

 

Iraqi Federal Police Forces pushed on Tuesday into Bab Laksh district, located in Mosul's Old City, sources told the Baghdad Post. 

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/13310/Iraqi-Federal-Police-push-into-Mosul-s-Bab-Laksh

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi security forces besiege Mostashfa Jomhuri St. in Mosul's Shifaa

June 20 2017 02:23 PM

Iraqi federal police forces

 

Units of Federal Police in in the northern axis of Mosul are besieging Mostashfa Jomhuri St., located in al-Shifaa neighborhood in the city's right bank, Federal Police commander Raed Shaker Jawdat said on Tuesday.   

Jawdat noted that the units in the southern axis of Mosul are clearing alleys and houses, advancing towards the set targets in the Old City.   

Federal Police's units have killed 27 terrorists, destroyed three booby-trapped bikes and six motorbikes, he added. 

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/13312/Iraqi-security-forces-besiege-Mostashfa-Jomhuri-St-in-Mosul-s-Shifaa

[ChuckFinley]

It will interesting to see if anymore surrenders as this beat down continues.  Not a whole lot to fight for. 

[tigergorzow]

French journalist covering Mosul battle dies

June 20 2017 12:23 PM

French journalist dies in Iraq

 

The French journalist Stephane Villeneuve has died in Iraq after succumbing to wounds suffered in an explosion in Mosul, the New.com quoted the French foreign ministry as saying Tuesday.

The mine explosion killed Iraqi journalist Bakhtiyar Haddad and left reporter Veronique Robert wounded on Monday, while another freelance reporter suffered minor injuries.

A video journalist who had covered a number of conflicts across the world, Villeneuve was filming a piece with Robert on the battle of Mosul for French news program Envoye Special, aired on public television channel France 2.

ISIS terrorists have been defending their remaining stronghold in the Old City of Mosul, moving stealthily along narrow back alleys as US-backed Iraqi forces slowly advance.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13301/French-journalist-covering-Mosul-battle-dies

[tigergorzow]

Iraq's army encircles ISIS in Mosul's Old City

June 20 2017 09:48 PM

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Reuters

 

Iraq's army said it had encircled ISIS stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday after taking over an area to the north of the densely populated historic district. 

The army's 9th armored division seized al-Shifaa district, which includes the city's main hospitals, alongside the western bank of the Tigris river, a military statement said.

The fall of Shifaa means the Old City in the eastern half of Mosul is now surrounded by U.S.-backed government forces, deployed north, west, south and east, across the river.

The battle for the Old City is becoming the deadliest in the eight-month old U.S.-backed offensive to capture Mosul, ISIS de facto capital in Iraq and the largest city the group came to control in the country.

A mine explosion on Monday at the Old City frontline killed two journalists, Stephane Villeneuve from France and Bakhtiar Haddad from Iraq, and wounded two other French reporters, according to foreign ministry and diplomatic sources in Paris.


Aid organizations are expressing alarm at the situation of more than 100,000 civilians, of whom half are children, trapped in its old fragile houses with little food, water and medicine and no electricity.


The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday sick and wounded civilians escaping through ISIS lines were dying in "high numbers".


The militants are moving stealthily in the Old City's maze of alleyways and narrow streets, through holes dug between houses, fighting back the advancing troops with sniper and mortar fire, booby traps and suicide bombers.


They have also covered many streets with cloths to obstruct air surveillance, making it difficult for the advancing troops to hit them without a risk to civilians.


The Iraqi army estimates the number of ISIS fighters at no more than 300, down from nearly 6,000 in the city


when the battle of Mosul started on Oct. 17.


A U.S.-led international coalition is providing air and


ground support.


A program presenter who had worked for ISIS Mosul-based Al-Bayan radio station, Alaa Sami al-Khateeb, was arrested on Tuesday in eastern Mosul, according to an Iraqi army statement. Al-Khateeb was denounced by residents, it said.

GROUND support

The fall of Mosul would, in effect, mark the end of the Iraqi half of the "caliphate" that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared three years ago and which once covered swathes of Iraq and Syria.

The Iraqi government initially hoped to take Mosul by the end of 2016, but the campaign took longer as militants reinforced positions in civilian areas to fight back.

The militants are also retreating in Syria, mainly in the face of a U.S.-backed Kurdish-led coalition. Its capital there, Raqqa, is under siege.

About 850,000 people, more than a third of the pre-war population of the northern Iraqi city, have fled, seeking refuge with relatives or in camps, according to aid groups.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi headed on Tuesday to Iran, the second leg of a Middle East tour after Saudi Arabia to pursue efforts to foster regional reconciliation and coordination against terrorism.

Iraq and Saudi Arabia agreed to set up a coordination council to upgrade strategic ties, a joint statement said on Tuesday at the end his talks with Saudi King Salman a day earlier. After Iran, he will visit Kuwait.

Iraq lies on the fault line between Shi'ite Iran and the mostly-Sunni Arab world. Deep-running animosity and distrust between the two sides is fuelled by sectarian divides.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13330/Iraq-s-army-encircles-ISIS-in-Mosul-s-Old-City

[tigergorzow]

IS Grand Mufti Killed in Syria

 

Basnews English

20/06/2017 - 21:59

Middle East

 

 

 

ERBIL— The US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) said in a statement on Tuesday that the IS chief cleric or grand mufti was killed in a May airstrike in Syria.

Turki Binali was killed on May 31 in the airstrikes on the city of Mayadin, Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, near Iraqi border, the statement said.

The statement describes the chief cleric as a "close confident" of IS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Binali also served as the head of IS religious compliance police and recruited foreign fighters.

The Bahraini mufti, who mainly preached in IS propaganda videos, joined IS in Syria in 2014.  

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/359128