Bad Guys kill Imam in Sulaymaniyah
Sulaymaniyah (IraqiNews.com) An imam of a mosque has been killed in Sulaymaniyah of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdish Islamic Group announced.
“Unknown gunmen opened fire on Friday at noon against imam of al-Rahman mosque, al-Sheikh Ahmed Deiri, as he was leaving the mosque, located in Qal’et Duza district, north of Sulaymaniyah, causing his immediate death,” Ribawar Hamad, spokesperson of the group, told AlSumaria News.
“Deiri has been in charge of the Islamic scholars at the Kurdistan Islamic Group,” Hamad added.
Despite being stable, violent incidents occasionally occurs at Sulaymaniyah.
ISIS immolates emir in Diyala
Hawija (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has burnt the ninth emir of Diyala province to death over reluctance in fulfilling duties ordered by the group, a local source from Kirkuk said on Friday.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said “IS militants burnt on Friday the emir of Diyala at Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk after a decision was made the group’s so-called legislative court.”
“The execution of Diyala emir was attributed to being reluctant in fulfilling his duties and failing to achieve victories over the past few months,” the source said indicating information that attributes the emir death on opposing the designation of a Syrian national leader to supervise IS states, including the one in Diyala.
ISIS Bans prayer in Tal Afar, makes congregant listen to boring lecture from PhD
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has canceled the Friday prayers at all mosques in Tal Afar town, west of Mosul city and pledged posting an audio recording for the group’s leader to show he is still alive, a local source said.
“IS militants have banned the Friday prayers at all of Tal Afar mosques after a curfew was imposed in the wake of heavy shelling against procession of a prominent Arab leader there,” the source from Nineveh province told AlSumaria News on Friday.
In related news, the source, who preferred anonyimity, said, “IS distributed brief statement vowing to post a new audio recording for its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to show he is still alive.”
The militants, according to the source, “began to feel that Baghdadi’s disappearance and growing news over his death raise concerns of the group leaders and members, especially in Tal Afar, which could create divisions and conflicts on posts and profits.”
News reports circulated over the past few weeks have claimed that Baghdadi was killed in an airstrike in Syria.
Earlier this week, a source was quoted as saying that non-Iraqi IS militants executed the last local leader in Tal Afar and the town is currently run by Arab and foreign members after eliminating all the Iraqi leaders.
Tal Afar is one of the important strongholds still held by IS in Nineveh since August 2014.
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