ISIS "recruits" 20,000 families to help with Mosul defenses
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Qaim District Council in Anbar Province revealed, that the ISIS has detained around 20,000 families in order to use them as human shields in al-Qaim District west of Anbar.
The Head of al-Qaim Council Nazim Bardan in a statement said, “ISIS has detained around 20,000 inside Qaim district and plans to use them as human shields. It took control of the district two years ago.”
“The terror outfit also threatened to kill anyone who tried to escape the district,” the statement further added.
“Dozens of civilians were killed by ISIS while they tried to escape from Qaim, breaking ISIS stronghold, in the past,” Bardan concluded.
Mosul residents fight with ISIS troops
The main issue: who is going to be in the front echelon
(IraqiNews.com) NINEVEH- A local source in Nineveh province announced on Sunday that armed clashes have erupted between Mosul denizens and ISIS members and further informed that the denizens raised the Iraqi flag and killed about four ISIS members.
Informing in details about the incident, the source seeking anonymity said, “The residents of Bab al-Jadid in the center of Nineveh, this evening, took up arms against the ISIS members and killed two of its members apart from destroying two cars of the organization.”
Informing more, the source said, “The residents of Hamam al-Alil city clashed with ISIS fighters in the city center-25 km south of Nineveh-and gunned down three fighters.”
Civilians told to avoid ISIS headquarters
Those aren't really covered dish dinner invites
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – Media officials with the Ministry of Defense announced that the Iraqi Air Force dropped thousands of leaflets at areas west of Anbar and southwest of Kirkuk, urging citizens to stay away from ISIS headquarters.
The officials, in a press statement, said, “Today, Iraqi Air Force aircraft dropped thousands of leaflets at Rawa, Aana and Qaim west of Anbar and also at Hawija southwest of Kirkuk and al-Riyad in western the city. The leaflets carried a warning for the ISIS members active in these areas and urged the citizens to stay away from ISIS headquarters.”
Woman, child die of starvation escaping ISIS control
(IraqiNews.com) ERBIL- An official in Peshmerga forces confirmed on Monday the killing of a woman and her two children due to starvation during their escape from areas under ISIS control at west of Makhmour.
Peshmerga press officer in Makhmour, Ahmed Anwar said, “A woman and her two children died due to hunger and thirst during their escape from areas under ISIS control at west of Makhmour.”
Anwar added, “This happened before their arrival in the areas under the control of the Peshmerga forces in Makhmour.”
It may be noted here that thousands of citizens have sought refuge during in the recent times at areas under the control of the Peshmerga in Makhmour.”
Strange disease spread among ISIS ranks in Sharqat
The disease: Bring-out-yer-dead itis
(IraqiNews.com) BAGHDAD – The leadership of al-Hashed al-Sha’abi forces, Jabbar Maamouri announced on Monday about the spreading of a strange disease among the ranks of ISIS fighters in Shirqat at north of Salahuddin.
Maamouri, in a press statement, said, “A strange disease recently has begun to circulate among the ranks of ISIS militants in Shirqat at north of Salahuddin, prompting the organization to detain more than 10 armed men and take them to an unknown destination according to the available intelligence information.”
Maamouri added that, “The families of the militants, who were detained due to illness, have begun asking for the fate of their relatives which created a heated exchange between the two parties that could escalate at any moment.”
Sharqat has been subjected to the control of ISIS since June 2014. It is the most important ISIS stronghold in Salahuddin province.