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| Mosul Offensive News |
| 2016-10-21 |
| Kurd, Iraqi security forces begun attack on Bashiqa, Tel Saqef and Nuran (IraqiNews.com) Erbil – Today the battles to liberate the areas of Bashiqa, Tel Saqef and Nuran were launched with the participation of about 30,000 members of Peshmerga forces, Al Sumaria News reported on Thursday. Al Sumaria News stated, “Anti-Terrorism forces, with the participation of Peshmerga forces began an offensive to recapture the areas of Bashiqa, Tel Saqef and Nuran, northeast the city of Mosul,” noting that, “President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, supervises the battle in person.” “Nearly 30 thousand fighters of Peshmerga will participate in this battle,” Al Sumaria added. “The security forces are advancing towards these areas without any resistance from the ISIS militants,” Al Sumaria explained. The media outlet revealed, “The region is witnessing heavy air strikes and artillery shelling since last night,” pointing out that, “ISIS booby-trapped many buildings and main roads in these areas.” The joint security forces, backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition air force, continue their progress in the battle to liberate Mosul city from the control of the ISIS. Iraqi forces gain yardage in southern Nievah (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Member of Parliament Hossam al-Din Saffar announced on Thursday, that the joint security forces managed to liberate more areas in the province from the ISIS control. Saffar said in a press statement, “Joint security forces from Peshmerga and Iraqi army managed to liberate the area of Bartella in Hamdaniyah district, and the area of Batanya northeast of Nineveh, from the ISIS control, and killed dozens of the ISIS terrorists.” “ISIS booby-trapped many buildings in Hamdaniyah district,” Saffar added. Meanwhile, Commander of the 5th brigade of Federal Police, Ali al-Lami, said, “Security forces also liberated Tlul al-Naser village and besieged Mishraq Sulphur State Company, south of Mosul.” Joint security forces, backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition air force, continue liberating the rest of the city of Mosul from the ISIS control. Iraqi forces capture 10 more villages (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Nineveh Provincial Council member Hossam al-Din Saffar announced on Thursday that the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces liberated 10 villages in the axes of Qayyarah and Noran, south of the city of Mosul. Saffar said in a press statement, “Peshmerga forces and the Iraqi Army managed to free five villages in Qayyarah axes,” and that “the joint security forces also killed dozens of ISIS terrorists.” “The liberation operations of Noran axes were launched today, where five villages were liberated and controlled by the Peshmerga forces,” Al Sumaria added. “The engineering teams are working to dismantle the improvised explosive devices that were emplaced in the liberated villages,” Al Sumaria explained. The joint security forces, backed by the Army Aviation and international coalition air force continue their progress in the battle to liberate Mosul city from the control of the ISIS. ISIS Top Dawg turns into a fine, red mist near Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – The al-Hashed al-Shaabi militia’s press office announced on Thursday that a senior ISIS leader was killed by an Iraqi Army’s air strike in Nineveh province. Al-Hashed al-Shaabi press office said in a statement, “Today, the Iraqi Army’s air force bombarded one of the ISIS strongholds in the village of Tel al-Sheer in Nineveh Province, killing the ISIS leader Aziz Ali.” “The Army’s air force bombarded the stronghold based on accurate intelligence,” the statement added. The joint security forces, backed by the Army and international coalition air force, continue their progress in the battle to liberate Mosul city from the control of the ISIS. The ISIS took over the city of Mosul in Nineveh province in the tenth of June 2014, before extending its terrorist activities to other areas in Iraq, and committing many violations, genocides and crimes against humanity. Kurds capture 15 more villages near Mosul [ARA News] Erbil – Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces liberated on Thursday 15 more villages from militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) as part of the ongoing battle for Mosul. The Kurdish Peshmergas continued their progress against ISIS militants in the northeastern countryside of Mosul during the fourth day of an extensive operation aimed at retaking Mosul from ISIS. “Backed by an air cover from the US-led coalition, the Kurdish forces expelled Daesh terrorists from 15 more villages on Thursday,” a Peshmerga officer told ARA News, using another acronym for ISIS. The Kurdish Peshmerga have taken the lead in the battle for Mosul. On Monday, they pushed Islamic State (ISIS) militants out of nine villages in an area measuring approximately 200 square kilometres, and extended their control over the Erbil-Mosul road. “Our forces have liberated 24 villages since the start of the Mosul operation,” the Peshmerga official said. “With the Kurdish forces advancing towards Mosul from the northeast and the Iraqi Army from the south, the process of liberating Mosul countryside may not take too long, especially that Daesh is more focused on maintaining the city,” he told ARA News. “But the military campaign will continue until we liberate entire Mosul from the terrorist group.” |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 grom, see the word "betrayal" in that article and I'm guessing that's what you mean...not that it's any surprise. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-21 12:47 |
| #3 Kurds will end getting what they always get, Abu. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-10-21 11:32 |
| #2 Got a feeling this Mosul Offensive News is gonna be a very long running feature. And if Peshmerga does the bulk of the fighting they're gonna expect something in return. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-10-21 10:42 |
| #1 ISIS staged a spoiling attack in Kirkuk proper early this morning and stopped the Mosul offensive in its tracks for now. It appears that some ISIS fighters may have infiltrated into the city with the "displaced person" refugee crowd. They hit schools, prisons and power plants. It will take awhile to dig them out. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-10-21 10:16 |