| Submit your comments on this article |
| Iraq |
| Mosul Offensive News |
| 2016-11-15 |
| Iraqi forces capture 3 villages near Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Iraqi joint security forces and al-Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary units said Monday they had liberated three villages east and west of the city of Mosul as part of a major campaign to clear the city from Islamic State militants. On the eastern axis, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, commander of the “We Are Coming, Nineveh” security operation, said in a statement that the forces had managed to liberate the village of Naifa, west of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian city which the forces liberated on Sunday. He said the success came “after the forces dealt the enemy losses in lives and equipment,” adding that operations were proceeding. Al-Hashed al-Saahbi media body said, meanwhile, that the militias had liberated the villages of Ar-Rakrak and Um Hijara, west of Mosul, also causing ISIS fighters “severe human and material losses.” It said the forces had moved 5 kilometers towards Nazarah, another village. The militia’s advances on Monday come as part of a third phase of offensives launched earlier on the same day, designed to retake the whole western region of Mosul, ISIS’s last bastion in Iraq. 20 ISIS Bad Guys die in airstrikes in Ninevah (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The Iraqi air force has said it had killed 20 Islamic State militants in airstrikes west of Mosul on Monday. A statement by the air force said that several airstrikes on Monday targeted ISIS locations west of Mosul, destroying a number of havens as well as a fighters-loaded pickup truck at Atasa district. Iraqi forces, supported by popular militias, Kurdish troops and US aircrafts have been in a tremendous, successful campaign against ISIS in Mosul since mid October, seeking to liberate the group’s last sanctuary in Iraq that fell in its grip in 2014. The group has reportedly sustained serious losses and lost much ground in the city under the brunt of continuous security advances. The United States-led military coalition partaking in the campaign against ISIS in Iraq said last week that 1363 ISIS fighters have been killed since the launch of operations to retake Mosul in October. ISIS artillery hits Qayyarah with chemical weapons (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The self-proclaimed Islamic State extremist group launched three attacks using rockets filled with Mustard poisonous material on Qayyarah, leaving seven casualties including a 5-year-old child who suffered severe burns and was taken to Erbil for treatment, Alsumaria News reported on a video released on Monday. The child’s brother said that the rocket fell near their house leaving a very strong smell. The mustard gas-filled rockets also hit houses and markets in Qayyarah. The United Nations warned of the possibility that ISIS will use more chemical weapons against civilians and security forces in Mosul, and emphasized that the extremist group has large quantities of mustard gas, ammonia and Sulphur. Video report at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 the fact that Iraq's army doesn't give its own casualty numbers is a bad sign - I'm sure they have the numbers but the Govt isn't allowing them to publish I presume a lot of Shia militia have also died but those groups have never provided honest metrics of any kind. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-11-15 13:00 |
| #1 The Iraqi Army seems to have fought itself out...at least the Kurds are still moving. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-11-15 10:32 |