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


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DAESH AREAS OF INFLUENCE – MAY 2017 UPDATE

  • June 21, 2017
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Between March 1st and May 31st, Daesh lost further territory in Iraq, as well as in Syria. The group have now lost 70% of the territory they controlled in Iraq in August 2014, and 51% in Syria, as they are continually defeated on the battlefield.

Key Daesh battlefield losses in the period March 1st – May 31st were to Iraqi forces in the Ninawa Governorate, the majority of which were in Western Mosul, and in the region near the Iraq-Syria border. In Syria, Daesh lost additional territory in Ar Raqqa, the Damascus countryside, Dayr-az-Zawr, Halab and Homs provinces. The majority of these loses were in Ar Raqqa and Dayr az Zawr, as the Syrian Democratic Forces and Syrian Arab Coalition isolated Raqqa city.

The map (below) depicts ISIS areas of influence, including its net territorial losses—39,500 to 40,500 square kilometers, or about 70 percent of the territory it had dominated in Iraq and 22,500 to 23,500 square kilometers, or about 51 percent of the territory it dominated in Syria—since August 2014. Daesh probably has a presence and freedom of movement in much of the unpopulated areas depicted on the map, but we cannot determine its level of influence in these areas. Our estimates are subject to change because of the dynamic nature of the conflict.

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Published on Jun 22, 2017

Daesh blows up the historic Al Nuri Mosque in Mosul where it declared a caliphate only three years ago. The Iraqi prime minister Haider al Abadi says that by blowing up the 800-year-old Grand al Nuri Mosque in Mosul, Daesh has conceded defeat. 

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Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in Mosul battle

June 23 2017 05:14 PM
Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in Mosul battle
Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in Mosul battle

 

 

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 Friday.


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.


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Earlier, Federal Police Forces have rescued more than 200 civilians who have been trapped inside booby-trapped houses in the Old City. 

Also, Iraqi F-16 jets destroyed an ISIS booby-trapping lab and explosive devices lab in Tal Afar in west Mosul upon receiving information from 'We Are Coming, Nineveh' intelligence cell.

On February 19th, the Iraqi army, backed by the US-led international coalition and Iran-allied IMIS militias, launched an offensive to recapture the right bank of Mosul. 

Since the start of the battle to retake Mosul, an estimated 862,000 people have been displaced. Around 195,000 have since returned, mainly to the city's east.

The militants have since lost most of the territory they once controlled in the face of US-backed offensives in Iraq and in Syria, where a Kurdish-Arab alliance is advancing on the group's last Syrian stronghold Raqa.

It is not clear how many ISIS members remain in Mosul, where many foreign fighters have joined local militants since the city was taken.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13470/Exclusive-Map-reveals-latest-developments-in-Mosul-battle

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ISIS clerics flee mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar

June 23 2017 01:21 PM
3 ISIS clerics withdraw from mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar
3 ISIS clerics withdraw from mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar

 

About three ISIS clerics have suddenly left in a hurry from three mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate, a local source confirmed on Friday.

 
 
He added that the sudden departure from the mosques made the prayers coming out so rapidly amid confusion, fears from shelling or ISIS suicide bombing in Tal Afar.
 

This comes as the offensive launched on 19th of February by the US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by the Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias, to oust ISIS terrorists from Iraq is entering its last stages.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13458/ISIS-clerics-flee-mosques-before-Friday-prayer-in-Tal-Afar

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Iraqi airforces F-16 jets destroy 2 ISIS labs in Tal Afar

June 23 2017 12:49 PM
Iraqi F-16 jets destroy 2 ISIS depots in Tal Afar
Iraqi F-16 jets destroy 2 ISIS depots in Tal Afar

 

Iraqi F-16 jets destroyed an ISIS booby-trapping lab and explosive devices lab in Tal Afar in west Mosul upon receiving information from 'We Are Coming, Nineveh' intelligence cell, the War media cell said in a statement on Friday.

 

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 six months of battles. These forces are focusing now on controlling the Old City.   

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. 

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

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13457/Iraqi-airforces-F-16-jets-destroy-2-ISIS-labs-in-Tal-Afar

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Iraq FPC says recaptured ISIS-held church in Mosul

June 23 2017 07:41 PM
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Iraqi forces

 

Iraq's Federal Police Command announced Friday that its forces had tightened their grip on the church of Shimon in the old city of Mosul, The Baghdad Post reported. 

In a statement, FPC said "Our forces units have liberated the church of Shimon in Bab al-Bid in the old Mosul in the city's right bank".

The statement added that these units "continue to advance towards the Umar al-Asawd Mosque and the Rabiya Mosque".

Earlier in the day, FPC said that its forces surrounded ISIS terrorists near the church of Shimon, and it is a few dozen meters from Al-Farouk Street in the old city of Mosul.

This comes within the framework of an offensive code-named 'We Are Coming, Nineveh' to liberate Mosul from ISIS terrorists. 

The Iraqi army launched the offensive on February 19th. 

The US army is providing air covering for the Iraqi operations.   

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13483/Iraq-FPC-says-recaptured-ISIS-held-church-in-Mosul

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ISIS executes 4 of its terrorists in Salahuddin

June 23 2017 03:12 PM
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ISIS terrorists' public execution

 

 

ISIS terrorists carried out a third mass public execution to its terrorists under the pretext of not carrying their duties properly at Mutaibijah in eastern Salahuddin, local source said on Friday.

The source asserted that ISIS executed on Friday four terrorists, two of them were from Diyala governorate.
 

This comes as ISIS terrorists failed to carry out five terrorist attacks at Iraqi security posts in Salahuddin and Diyala governorate.
 

ISIS violence against its own members increases as the offensive launched by the US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by the Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias to oust the group from Iraq is entering its last stages.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13465/ISIS-executes-4-of-its-terrorists-in-Salahuddin

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3 ISIS suicide bombers killed in Anbar's Baghdadi

June 23 2017 11:00 AM
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A file photo of a suicide bombing

 

Security forces have killed three ISIS suicide bombers in al-Baghdadi neighborhood, located in western Anbar Governorate, a security source revealed on Friday.  

In a press statement, the source said that security forces have besieged three ISIS suicide bombers in a building under construction near al-Shuhada district in al-Baghdadi neighborhood in western Anbar and killed them all.

He also noted that the explosive belts they were wearing blew up without causing any causalities or fatalities. 

A fourth suicide bomber has blown himself up in the same district, killing a soldier, injuring eight other soldiers and at least three civilians, the source added.  

This comes as Iraqi cities are witnessing a state of insecurity and chaos after ISIS has controlled large swathes of the country. 

The group's terrorists are targeting those cities by booby-trapped cars and suicide bombs, killing and injuring innocent civilians. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13448/3-ISIS-suicide-bombers-killed-in-Anbar-s-Baghdadi

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ISIS clerics flee mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar

 

June 23 2017 01:21 PM
3 ISIS clerics withdraw from mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar
3 ISIS clerics withdraw from mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar

 

About three ISIS clerics have suddenly left in a hurry from three mosques before Friday prayer in Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate, a local source confirmed on Friday.

 
 
He added that the sudden departure from the mosques made the prayers coming out so rapidly amid confusion, fears from shelling or ISIS suicide bombing in Tal Afar.
 

This comes as the offensive launched on 19th of February by the US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by the Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias, to oust ISIS terrorists from Iraq is entering its last stages.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13458/ISIS-clerics-flee-mosques-before-Friday-prayer-in-Tal-Afar

They know something.  I'd be afraid ISIS would blow it up during prayers.  They might think about praying from home.

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Revealed: US troops deployed in Anbar's Rutbah

June 23 2017 02:41 PM
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US troops in Iraq

 

 

US troops have been deployed at al-Kazif valley at al-Rutbah town in Anbar governorate, an official from al-Jazzera Operations Command said on Friday.
 

The troops have scouted the area without disclosing the reason behind their mission in the area, the source added.
 

US troops accompanied by helicopters and drones traveled from Ain Assad base to Kazif valley, according to the source.
 

Special tribal forces also accompanied the US patrols as the local government was not briefed with the mission's goals.
 

Kazif valley used heavily by ISIS terrorists as a route between al-Qa'im and Anah towns. It is considered to be a safe passage for the group to Syrian city of Raqqa.

 


This comes within the offensive launched by the US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by the Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias, to oust ISIS terrorists from Iraq is entering its last stages.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/13463/Revealed-US-troops-deployed-in-Anbar-s-Rutbah

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Over 200 civilians, trapped by ISIS, rescued in western Mosul

June 23 2017 03:12 PM
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Iraqi civilians

 

Federal Police Forces have rescued more than 200 civilians who have been trapped inside booby-trapped houses in the Old City, located in Mosul's western side, a military source said on Friday. 

In a press statement, Captain Jabbar Hassan, from the Iraqi Army, said that the rescue operation was based on intelligence that there are civilians held hostage by ISIS terrorists in five booby-trapped houses in Bab al-Baid district in the Old City.  

Police special forces have stormed the street where the booby-trapped houses are located amid heavy fighting with ISIS terrorists, Hassan noted.

He also stated that the forces rescued the trapped people after the terrorist group used them as human shields. 

The Old City is considered security forces' key challenge in its attempt to recapture the city. 

This is due to the city's narrow and branching alleys, making it hard to enter by the military vehicles. The city is also densely populated.

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/13464/Over-200-civilians-trapped-by-ISIS-rescued-in-western-Mosul

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Iraqi forces patrol close to the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:05 A.M.) – An Iraqi army humvee patrolled al-Agidat neighbourhood of Mosul, Thursday, a few hundred metres from the rubble of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri that was reportedly destroyed by the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) on Wednesday.

 

Iraqi forces are on the brink of taking full control of Mosul, following a three month long operation inside the western sector of the provincial capital.

 

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-forces-patrol-close-destroyed-al-nuri-mosque-mosul/

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2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

I would be interested too. There has been some heavy fighting over the last few days. Synopsis is my go to on the maps. 

 

 

Yeah, ChuckFinley - You caught me slackin'! :o

 

Actually, I was looking for a map all morning that would show the IDF progress and came up dry.

 

:tiphat:to TigerGorZow! Thank You TigerGorZow for the map fix today!

 

In the mean time.........................

 

Go Moola Nova!

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