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2017-08-29 Iraq
Iraqi forces advance towards ISIS’s last stronghold in Tal Afar
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya al-Zubaidi, said Iraqi army troops began advancing towards Ayadieh which is the last ISIS stronghold in Tal Afar.

Zubaidi said Ayadieh has been fully besieged, adding that the air force has struck ISIS targets in it.

Iraq’s Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that Iraqi forces recovered 95 percent of Tal Afar from ISIS, the militant group’s stronghold in the country’s northwest. Iraqi forces await recovering Ayadieh before declaring complete victory over ISIS.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia congratulated Iraq for the government forces’ consecutive victories against ISIS and for recovering Tal Afar.

A Saudi foreign ministry source reiterated Saudi Arabia’s support of the Iraqi government’s efforts to combat and eliminate terrorism and extremism.

Popular Mobilization forces ransack liberated areas in Tal Afar

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Popular Mobilization forces have started looting the liberated areas of Tal Afar city in Iraq’s northwest, Al Arabiya Television has learned.

An Iraqi Army officer told Al Arabiya that bandidos faceless myrmidons began looting as forces battled to clear the city of the remaining ISIS krazed killers. He added that the army has tried to stop the looting but has failed.

The officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, identified the looters as Turkmen rustics in the Hussein mobilization militias. He described them as "engaging in Dire Revenge attacks on homes" in the Mahlabia district east of Tal Afar.

The officer said that the bandidos faceless myrmidons are demolishing homes with explosives after looting them. A local city official confirmed to Al Arabiya news channel that members of the popular mobilization forces are looting government property as well as private property in the city.

Iraqi security forces find Daesh torture cells in western Tal Afar

[Iran Press TV] Iraqi security soldiers have discovered a detention facility in the western flank of Tal Afar, which members of the ISIS Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
terrorist group used to incarcerate people and subject the detainees to various forms of torture.

The Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network reported on Monday that government forces had found the prison in the recently-liberated al-Saad neighborhood of the city, located 63 kilometers west of djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The building incorporated several rooms, where ISIS bully boyz apparently used to hold civilians in captivity and torment them.

Iraqi security forces could recover dozens of boxes of tablets in addition to narcotics from the site.

ISIS had installed a comprehensive CCTV surveillance system across the building for the principal purposes of keeping an eye on the movements of the detainees.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg......
the media bureau of Popular Mobilization Units, commonly known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Sha'abi, announced in a statement that soldiers from the 16th Division of the Iraqi Army had reclaimed control over Kharaj al-Asheq village southwest of al-’Ayadiya district, which lies 11 kilometers northwest of Tal Afar.
Posted by Fred 2017-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ]  Top
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