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The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syrian Editions
 3 die in bombing attack in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Three refugees were killed Thursday in a twin blast carried out by Islamic State militants north of Mosul, an Iraqi military source told Anadolu Agency. Ahmed al-Mosawi, a brigadier general at the army’s 16th division, said two suiciders wearing explosive belts sneaked in the middle of refugees from Hadbaa area, and were heading towards security forces but blew themselves up once discovered by the officers. The deaths included two men and a woman, while an eight-year-old child was wounded. Military operations by the Iraqi government running since October to drive out Islamic State from Mosul have forced 173.000 people to flee their residences in the city. Hundred thousands others remain stranded into battlefields and are reportedly used as human shields. Many are also targeted upon attempting to flee Islamic State-held regions. On Wednesday, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, said civilians represent 47 percent of casualties resulting from Mosul encounters. There are more than 3 million internally-displaced people in Iraq, the UN says. Iraqi officials and US generals backing government forces in their battles say IS could be defeated out of the city within 2-3 months. The number of militants killed since the launch of operations stands at more than 1800. ISIS radio net hacked by anonymous "Is this the party to whom I am speaking?" Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) An anonymous individual succeeded to hack the radio frequency of the Islamic State group, west of Mosul, and send a message to the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a local source told Alsumaria News on Thursday. The source said, “An anonymous individual hacked, at noon today, the radio frequency of the Islamic State, west of Mosul, and sent a message to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that ‘Mosul will be liberated’.” “The hacking is the first of its kind in areas west of Mosul that are considered a key headquarters for the extremist group. Members of the Islamic State suffered confusion due to the hacking,” the source added on condition of anonymity. Noteworthy, the Islamic State is using a wireless communication system to launch attacks and give orders to its members. 19 die in ISIS mortar attack in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Nineveh Province revealed that a 23 civilians were either killed or wounded by an Islamic State’s shelling, while trying to leave a residential district in eastern Mosul, Alsumaria News reported on Thursday. The source said, “Today, members of the Islamic State group shelled al-Maliyah neighborhood, which was liberated earlier by the joint security forces, in eastern Mosul, killing 19 civilians and wounding four others.” “Security forces rushed to the area of incident to evacuate bodies and provide treatment to the wounded.” The source explained. “The Islamic State’s members bombed the displaced amilies with mortar shells,” he added. The Islamic State usually bombs the areas that were liberated by the joint security forces in Mosul, to target residents of these areas who refused to stand by it against security forces. ISIS executes 2 in Hasakah [ARA News] Shaddadi – Extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) on Thursday executed two men in northeastern Syria after accusing them of supporting the Kurdish YPG forces and the US-led coalition, activists and eyewitnesses reported. The ISIS-led al-Hisba Police arrested the two men in the village of Tel Jaer in the southern countryside of Hasakah Governorate earlier this week. Muhammad al-Kankoul, 32, was accused by ISIS of joining the ranks of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). And Mazin al-Hussein, 29, was accused of leaking security information about ISIS movements in Margada town to the YPG and the US-led coalition. “The Sharia Court in Margada order their execution on charges of apostasy and treason,” a local media activist told ARA News, speaking on condition of anonymity. ISIS jihadists publicly executed al-Kankoul and al-Hussein in Margada town in the evening on Thursday, and their dead bodies were crucified on electricity poles, eyewitnesses said. Margada is the Islamic State’s last stronghold in Hasakah Governorate. It is located on the administrative border between Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor Governorates. On December 4, the Kurdish YPG forces launched a major offensive to liberate Margada town. Backed by the US-led coalition, the People’s Protection Units and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish, Arab and Assyrian militias, are reportedly pushing south along the Khabur River. Posted by: badanov 2017-01-13 |
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