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The Beatings Will Continue: Iraqi and Syria Editions
 ISIS executes 25 in Kirkuk Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants have executed group of civilians in al-Hawija district over attempting to flee ‘the land of caliphate’, officials said. “Information from our sources in Hawija showed that the executed people earlier helped their families escape to the liberated regions,” Ahmed Khurshid, spokesperson of Hawija tribal mobilization troops, told Kirkuk Now website. The victims were held by IS as they tried to join their families at the freed regions Meanwhile, Sheikh Marzouq al-Nae’my, head of al-Nae’m tribe, said, “IS executed 25 persons, however, we expect a higher figure as some people are still missing.” “We were informed through our sources that a massacre was committed by IS,” the tribesman said, adding that the massacre “will not be the last one.” Dozens of residents from Hawija and the regions in its vicinity escape to Kirkuk province on a daily basis. Despite the risky routes to the freed regions, the civilians prefer death to staying under IS control. Hawija, located 55 KM west of Kirkuk, has been held by IS since mid-2014. The Iraqi government is expected to launch an offensive to retake IS-occupied areas in Kirkuk once it is done with eradicating IS from Mosul, the group’s biggest bastion in Iraq. ISIS executes its own in Raqqa Baghdad (BasNews) The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by the international coalition, revealed on Sunday that they have received intelligence information indicating that the Islamic State (IS) has began to execute its foreign elements. Intelligence sources say that local militants do not trust the foreign ones, accusing them of spying for the international coalition and the SDF which has closed in on the group’s stronghold of Raqqa and controlled all roads leading to the city. The IS organization therefore has recently executed a large number of its foreign militants including leaders, according to the SDF. These intra-IS tensions suggest that the organization is on the verge of defeat, particularly after the SDF managed to isolate Raqqa and began preparations to storm it. Iraqi forces liberate kidz in western Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have freed several children who were held by Islamic State in west of Mosul. One of the children was found dead due to being tortured by the militants, a security source from Nineveh province said. “Security forces liberated a group of children who were detained by IS in al-Zanjili district, in western Mosul,” the source told AlSumaria News on Monday. “The troops were able to save three of the children after one of them succumbed to death due to being tortured by the militants,” the source added. “Preliminary investigations with the children showed that they were held by IS members for disobeying orders made by the group,” according to the source. Last month, Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights reported said 197 children were taken hostage by the IS militants near al-Nouri Grand Mosque in west Mosul where the Iraqi troops have closed in on the militant group. Islamic State has executed hundreds of civilians and security members since it took over large areas in Iraq to proclaim a self-styled “Islamic Caliphate” in 2014. A major offensive was launched by Iraqi government forces, backed by international coalition troops led by the United States, in October to retake Mosul, IS’s largest base in Iraq. The eastern side was retaken in January, while another offensive was launched in February to recapture the west. Posted by: badanov 2017-04-25 |
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