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


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The Minister of Displacement and Migration Jasim Mohammed Al-Jaf announced on Sunday the return of 122,137 internally displaced persons to their liberated areas in Nineveh Province.


"The number of returnees from the camps in the south and east of Mosul to their liberated areas in Nineveh reached about 122,137" he said in a statement. He said that the camps in eastern and southern Mosul witnessed a return of a new batch of the displaced people to their areas, noting that those areas where the return of the displaced are the neighborhoods (Salam, Sumer, Kokachli, Al Wahda, Al Intisar, Rashidiyah, Palestine and many others freed by security forces from the grip of criminal gangs in the province.

The statement added that the ministry has allocated buses in coordination with the Ministry of Transport to return them to their areas as well as trucks carried in cooperation with the leadership of joint operations to transport furniture for those families.

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HUNDREDS OF MOSUL RESIDENTS RETURN TO AREAS REGAINED FROM ISIS

Hundreds of Mosul residents return to areas regained from ISIS
A displaced Iraqi family walks along a street as the battle between the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service and Islamic State militants continues nearby, in western Mosul, Iraq, April 23, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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MOSUL — Heavy two-way traffic of carts carrying children, clothes, and the elderly crowded the main Baghdad-Mosul road on Sunday (April 23) as hundreds made their way back to areas seized back from the Islamic State (ISIS) but many more fled heavy fighting.

“We left because of the air strikes but have now returned," a Mosul resident returning with his family said. "We want the government to restore services like electricity and water and to allow us to drive instead of using carts."

Families paid no heed to the sound of heavy mortar, artillery and machine gun fire raging in the background as U.S.-trained Iraqi forces battled ISIS some two km (about a mile) away.

Some had walked miles to a government checkpoint where the men were placed in army trucks and sent for security screening to ensure no militant sleeper cells get out of the city. Women and children were put on busses and sent to camps housing hundreds of thousands, some displaced since the offensive to retake the ISIS stronghold began in October.

A group of young men further inside the city sat on the street as soldiers gave them back identification cards they had taken to conduct background checks before letting them go.

Some of those leaving came from western Mosul's al-Thaura district, where the U.S.-trained Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) retook the area on Saturday (April 21), according to government statements.

Others were walking back into the city, eager to reclaim their homes after their neighborhoods had been retaken from ISIS by U.S.-backed security forces.

Iraqi forces have taken much of Mosul from the militants who overran the city in June 2014. The military now controls the eastern districts and are making advances in the west.

ISIS fighters, holding out in the Old City, are surrounded in the northwest and are using booby traps, sniper and mortar fire to defend themselves.

(Reuters)

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Alsumaria News / Baghdad
 Nizar based on a cane for walking among the ruins of the rest of the building of the Presidency of the University of Mosul , located in the eastern part of the city to restore government forces from the hands of the organization "Daesh" about three months ago. 

Nizar , who pierced his hip shrapnel shell hit his house during the Mosul battles, one of the four young men dedicated themselves voluntarily to save what can be saved from the documents brought by battles between security forces and elements of "Daesh who were stationed inside the campus in the group neighborhood and use it as a center of operations and meeting leaders.

 
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Inside the building , which needs to enter operations closer to climbing, the young man Alashrana says , "This is what is left here , " pointing to the massive destruction inside the room was previously dedicated to print cards students. 

Nizar and his travels between the rubble from one floor to another and from one room to another, raise the stones for the withdrawal of administrative documents and official papers, including government approvals are difficult to collect again and documents proving ownership of the mechanisms burned "Daesh" pantographs University. 

Stretching the University of Mosul on an area of about 251 square kilometers, and includes 124 buildings, and was receiving annually approximately 22 thousand students, according to references to Agence France - Presse Director of Construction and Projects Department at the University of Osama Ahmed Hamdoon. 

Says Hamadoun "after liberation came , and we have a preliminary assessment of the damage. There are 12 buildings completely destroyed, while the rest of the buildings , the proportion of mass ranging between five and 20 percent, mostly due to deliberate burning. Some of the buildings were booby - trapped were cleaned together with the security forces." 

On the exterior walls of buildings colleges, you can read the words "safe" or "unsafe" painted in red, or the words "were completely booby - trapped." And in front of those buildings study benches smashed over the mountains of rubble. 

"Need time , " 

says Hamadoun "us with every story and history of the building. When we saw the destruction, I felt Balgsh and pain. But I say she will return (...) to be at the forefront of Iraqi universities." 

The volunteers are doing their best to enable the university to receive students as soon as possible. 

Hamadoun emphasizes that " the next school year must be at Mosul University. Work is under way on this basis." 

Up Qatar University to seven kilometers, making it close to the western part of the city of Mosul , where Iraqi forces are locked in a battle to restore it from the hands of jihadists, and thus, the risk remains about the possibility of exposure to shells. 

But that did not stop for a moment , Nizar and his colleagues continue to work. 

Nizar says "This is our city and our university. University preferred us," he said . "We are already at the university staff, and Pena presidential appeal for the formation of volunteer teams. We hope to accomplish something." 

But according to Nizar, it "needs to be an unspecified time. Needs international support and support the government 's central, since there is a problem in the payment of salaries so far." 

He adds , "We are in need of financial support, we call upon the international and governmental organizations to consider us." 

And are packed documents that are bailed out in cardboard boxes and transported to a dedicated storage room to prevent one entry. 

And then the university administration to review them classified. 

"Heart of Mosul spring" 

and indicates a management officials in the scientific edifice on condition of anonymity, that "there is a difference of several distributed to all colleges to do the same work." 

He adds , "very fruitful work, we found documents, documents and books we consider treasures. But unfortunately Daesh burned many historical references. This is a matter of grief." 

The university receives students from eastern and western two segments, and there are some students, according to the same official, are still present in the western part of the city, or the right coast , as he calls the Iraqis, according to the course of the Tigris River. 

Is intended to a large number of students and professors who were at the University of Mosul at the present time , "University College of Light" in the town Bartalah east of Mosul , in order not to waste a new school year. 

The student says Ashraf Ghali "We lost two and a half year, and will lose a third year if it did not allow us to complete the school year." 

Says Dr. Hall in Medicine at the University of Bartalah while medical students from the University of Mosul offer a test, "Bartalah alternative location, but it 's difficult for the students and teachers who need more than an hour to get from Mosul." 

Despite the many obstacles, Hamadoun confirms that there are promises to start reconstruction operations within weeks. 

He adds , " The University is the heart of the conductor. It was a mother and a pioneer in supporting the university 's fledgling universities, and today is in need of support."
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He returned about 90% of the displaced people of Diyala province to their homes, while the remaining numbers of the displaced will be returned in the form of meals in the coming days. 

He said the commander of the Tigris operations for the last meal of the displaced has returned to hand Saadia northeast of Baquba , considered the 13, as will the nearby days re - new meal to their homes in the district, pointing at the same time , the Peshmerga forces to re - some families to the area of spend Jalawla Khanaqin in the Diyala being under their responsibility. 

He called the people to return to their areas of which they were displaced and to contribute to its stability through the formation of a tribal crowd to protect them and the maintenance of the land in which the relevant security agencies by providing them with arms to defend their areas similar to other areas in Diyala.

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The latest security developments in Mosul today

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A security source said on Monday that the federal police forces shelled with artillery Mwaqaa to organize Daesh in Bab Lagash neighborhood in the old Mosul area to the right side of the city, while four rockets landed carrying toxic gases south-west of Tal Afar.

And Ovadmsdr that artillery shelled federal police Mwaqaa to Daesh in the locality of Bab Lagash area of the old city of Mosul, which is still under the control of the organization Daesh within the old center of Mosul, adding that there were civilian casualties.

The source added that four missiles carrying toxic gases "chlorine" landed near the headquarters of the Brigades "Hezbollah" of the popular crowd in the village of Ein horse south-west district of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, causing no injuries.

On the other hand, local residents said that one of the great domes of the Mosque of Al-Nouri central Mosul, the outer fence of the mosque hit by the fall of the mortar shells fired by federal police, while the population has denied reports the fall of the lighthouse, a humpback known as the minaret of the mosque in the old area of Mosul.

Federal police also managed to arrest one of the elements of the organization Daesh near the stadium of local administration in the Bab Sinjar district, west of Mosul.

The last security source revealed earlier, the arrival of more than 300 displaced people to one revetments Peshmerga forces in western Mosul, Al-Kazak region, after fleeing from the villages "Eboumaraa, farm, Altmarat, Tel ghee."

Joint security forces backed by the international coalition began with the participation of the popular crowd in the 19 of last month's military operation to restore the right side of the city of Mosul to take out al-Daesh from the last bastion of him in the city, after it recovered the entire left side on 24 January.

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Thank You, DWS, for posting the map!

32 minutes ago, Wiljor said:

Morning Synopsis, thanks for the updates amigo. Trusting all is well up your way and the java flowing exactly the way you like it :reading-newspaper:

Really appreciate all your updates too, Bro! Yep. About to get me another cup and continue my event prep! Hope your cup is full, fresh, hot, and the way you like it, too! I suspect the next week or so will be eventful. Hopefully not a white knuckle ride!

Go Moola Nova!

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In the liberated areas in Mosul .. left Aldoaash returned brides

The organization was considered a form of "idolatry"

 

 

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In the liberated areas in Mosul .. left Aldoaash returned brides
 

Puppet stores thrive in eastern Mosul, where Iraqi children could once again buy brides like "Teddy Bear" and other famous dolls, after the expulsion of the organization Daesh from the region.

During the three years during which he dominated Daesh on Iraq's second largest city, the prohibition of any organization dolls with faces or eyes, including any replicas of animals considered as a form of pagan forms.

It explains dealer children toys wholesale named Abu Mohammed that when the Iraqi security forces expelled the organization from the east of Mosul, appeared Mahlan for the sale of children's toys in January. Four months later, the number of those stores 15 stores now.

He said Abu Mohammed, in his shop "turnout now better than before .. trade is witnessing a recovery," according to a report "Reuters".

Imports Abu Mohammed children's toys from China, says that most of the major children's toys stores are located in the western side of Mosul, which is still witnessing fierce battles between the Daesh and Iraqi security forces.

Mosul residents hope that the children go back to enjoy the games they enjoy playing before the appearance of Daesh, in order to become the process of recovery is only a matter of time.

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Because of the delayed release of Mosul, the Pentagon sends a special force known as (driving hybrid anti-war)

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Pentagon dispatched to Iraq , the first leading group of special forces, which formed in 2014 after the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, which became known as the 'leadership of the anti - hybrid wars'. This will oversee leadership, which took place commissioning ceremony on April 18 th, the special military operations all. 

He said the process of 'firm determination' commander , Major General Stephen Townsend , in a televised interview followed the Euphrates news, that the officers of this leadership arrived in Iraq , where they need several months to get to know the conditions in the region and receive Almanmat.hma, and enter the first command of the Special Forces in Special Operations Command Structure . Now it includes 'Green Berets' Special Marine and psychological operations units and the Corps. In addition, there are special forces acting under its authority for the allies involved in the process of 'firm determination'. 

The main task of this leadership is to carry out military operations non - traditional, including guerrilla warfare behind the rear lines of the enemy by using militants trained by the 'Green Berets', as well as the preparation of the armed units of other countries to participate in the fight against rebel factions. 

This must command in Iraq , first set up a force capable of working in conditions of hybrid war. In the circumstances of any conventional military operations against 'Daesh' includes various activities Altakrebeh.modha that this leadership is capable of forming units for rapid intervention of the 'Green Berets' quickly in order to deal with specific crises. Any training in countries affected by forces and its leadership on the battlefield. And if necessary , it can support the 'Green Berets' units 'marine cats' and the Marine Corps and Air Force. 

Stressing that the war against 'Daesh' take place slowly, which is not as successful as the United States expected, especially after the delayed release of Mosul. While NATO experts point out that the Russian army in Syria has proven to be more effective than Western armies. So they decided in Washington send additional military experts, because the current leadership is not efficient to take effective action. "

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The noose is closing. Soon it will be time to watch them swing in the wind.

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http://www.iraqinews.com/features/walk-western-mosul/

Mosul (Reuters) Inside are tattered curtains, crumbling walls and torn up floors. Outside is a near ghost town.

Five stools stand on tables in a small restaurant, put there by staff after the last meat dish was cleared. A few streets away mannequins are on display in a fashion shop.

This is western Mosul, a place of narrow streets and small shops as commonplace are those found from Marrakesh to Cairo to Istanbul.

That’s if it wasn’t for the gun shots fired by Iraqi policemen targeting Islamic State fighters a few hundreds metres (yards) away. Government forces have evicted the Sunni Muslim militants from much of the city, Iraq’s second largest, but not here in the west.

Restaurants, internet cafes, women’s fashion shops, photo studios, pharmacies and apartments have been left abandoned by occupants who had fled to U.N. camps or found shelter with relatives in eastern Mosul, which is fully control by government forces.

Many shops have been looted, such as the state telecoms office which still advertises internet packages in frontage riddled by bullet holes.

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Food containers lie on a windowsill of a shop damaged during fighting in western Mosul, Iraq, April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

Some places look normal, such as a kebab restaurant left in orderly fashion after staff closed up. Menus on the wall still offered dishes starting from 500 Iraqi dinars ($.043).

Elsewhere, a shop’s window display now consists of army-issued plastic food boxes. Soldiers, camping out on mats, are only occupants.

Walking the abandoned streets of Mosul these days is no gentle stroll: you hurry cross any street to escape snipers. Soldiers have put up blankets on windows or narrow street openings near the frontline to hide movements from the enemy.

Inside the buildings it’s often eerily quiet as walls muffle the gunfire, the constant background noise. Something moves – is it the wind or something far more deadly?

But you are not totally alone, even without the military.

Amid these deserted streets there are still some signs of civilian life. A handful residents refuse to leave despite the proximity of the frontline.

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Iraq announces the number of liberated villages in the district of urban

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Commander of operations announced coming Aaninoy Lieutenant-General Abdul Amir Rashid Aarallah, the liberation of 12 villages in the district of the urban south of the city of Mosul.

A statement by the military cell media, Monday, "The pieces of the popular crowd and the backing army aviation carried out a massive operation to liberate the urban spend in the coming Aaninoy operations" and managed to free (12) village. "

He continued, "The villages are liberated (Almsultn - Alboalon - Dbsa - Alkhnevs - Tel Hilalah - Tel Archaeological Diet - Alathuri--Huwaider - Salal - canister - Eastern canister - Western canister) and raised the Iraqi flag in it."

"The enemy military units had inflicted loss of life and equipment is still going on and the progress of pieces."

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ISIS commits new massacre in Mosul Old City

April 26 2017 12:38 AM
ISIS commits new massacre in Mosul Old City
ISIS commits new massacre in Mosul Old City

ISIS terrorists wore Iraqi police forces' uniform to deceive the residents of the Old City in the right bank of Mosul city of Nineveh governorate.
 

The pseudo-terrorists were met by the joyful residents who thought their district was regained from the terrorist group but the terrorist opened fire at them to kill dozens of women and children.

ISIS terrorist group had committed various crimes, massacres and mass killings against Iraq civilians from all ethnics since it controlled huge swaths of Iraq in 2014.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/9805/ISIS-commits-new-massacre-in-Mosul-Old-City

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