3 ISIS Bad Guys gunned down in Sharqat
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – Iraqi media outlets reported on Saturday that three members of the Islamic State group (lSIS) were killed in an armed attack by unidentified gunmen in eastern Sharqat, north of Tikrit.
According to Al Mada website, “Unidentified gunmen shot three ISIS members, at late hour yesterday, in al-Salman village in the left coast of Sharqat district, killing them immediately.”
“The armed men managed to escape to an unknown destination after the shooting,” Al Mada added.
Noteworthy, Joint Operations Command announced in 22 September 2016, that the security forces fully liberted Sharqat district, and raised the Iraqi flag over its governmental buildings.
ISIS executes woman in Tikrit
(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – The ISIS members on Saturday executed a woman by firing squad for trying to flee from the areas controlled by the group in Sharqat district, north of Tikrit, Al Mada website reported.
The Iraqi website stated, “At late hour yesterday, the ISIS members captured a woman, while trying to flee from Albu Fahed village in the left coast of Sharqat district, which is under the control of ISIS, to the areas secured by the security forces in the right coast of the district.”
“The ISIS members executed the woman by firing squad in front of her children, on charges of leaving the land of caliphate and collaborating with the security forces and al-Hashed al-Shaabi,” Al Mada added.
ISIS kidnaps 17 near Kirkuk
(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – ISIS militants kidnapped 17 civilians on Saturday for attempting to flee areas controlled by the terrorist organization southwest the province of Kirkuk, Al-Sumaria News reported.
The news website mentioned that militants belong to ISIS kidnapped the civilians reside in Hawija district, 55 kilometers southwest the province of Kirkuk and north of Baghdad, on charge of fleeing the so-called Caliphate.
The kidnapping took place after ISIS militants, lying in ambush, waited for the civilians to flee the area under the control of the terrorist group.
Hawija district has a population of around 450 thousand, about 98 percent of them Sunni Arabs and the rest is mostly Sunni Turkmens.
Al-Sumaria News explained that the exact location of the kidnapping was in area between Riyadh area located 35 kilometers southwest of Kirkuk and confrontation lines of Peshmerga forces.
Hawija district and surrounding areas of Rashad, Riyadh, Abbasi and Zab have been in the grip of the extremist group since June 2014.
ISIS plagued by graffiti in Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – On Saturday members of the terrorist group ISIS closed entrances of al-Hajar district which is located to the south of Mosul and started inspecting areas within the district in response to the rapid spread or Popular Resistance graffiti that have been tagged on the walls of buildings and houses.
Iraqi media outlets reported that the terrorist group deployed dozens of its vehicles and militants in al-Hajar district to inspect homes and check on the identity of civilians.
Al-Sumaria News reported that the Arabic letter ‘M’, which is the initial of Mokawama Shabia (Popular Resistance), raised the ire of ISIS members and provoked them to sweep through the district to root out suspected Popular Resistance sympathizers.
The city of Mosul is suffering from a major security and humanitarian crises as ISIS seeks to impose its extreme Islamist vision on all aspects of life.
Iraqi government security forces are currently preparing to launch military operations to liberate the city that has been under the control of ISIS since June 2014.