ISIS evacuates families to eastern Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Islamic State militants are evacuating their families from the western areas of Mosul to the eastern side as the group continues to lose ground at its last foothold in Iraq to the successfully advancing Iraqi government and popular forces, Alsumaria News reported.
A local source in Nineveh told the network that ISIS “has suddenly given a greenlight to the evacuation of the families of its local fighters immediately from all neighborhoods in western Mosul to the east.” He added, on condition of anonymity, that evacuations were previously limited to the families of foreign fighters, the largest portion of whom moved to Baaj in Nineveh and Raqqa in Syria.
The move denotes a severe collapse in the group’s defenses at the western front, according to the source.
It, however, comes despite significant advances made by the Iraqi forces in the eastern side too. Scores of ISIS militants were killed on Saturday as the forces managed to liberate several neighborhoods on the eastern side of the city. Preparations are reportedly underway also to liberate the Mosul airport.
Earlier reports had revealed that ISIS blocked the Iraqi-Syrian borders in order to prevent its fighters from escaping battles to Syria. The group had also executed several fighters for delinquency on the battlefield.
Female suicide bombing recruits beg off
(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – Female vigilantes for the self-proclaimed Islamic State are collectively escaping the city of Mosul after leaderships ordered them to ready up for suicide bombings, Alsumaria News reported, adding that the group executed one of those women.
The so-called “biters”
| biters?? |
“ISIS has executed one of its biters in Dawasa, west of Mosul, for violating the declaration of allegiance to supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” said the source, who added that the incident was unprecedented.
The ISIS “biters” force was formed to levy punishments on women who fail to commit to the group’s strict rules on public modesty. Vigilantes would bite the hands of violating women, hence the name.
| Ick. What a humiliating thing to have to do. |
ISIS executes 3 for desertion
[ARA News] Qamishli – The Islamic State (ISIS) radical group executed on Sunday three of its own jihadists on charges of attempting dissidence in Syria’s northeastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
Local activists confirmed that ISIS has beheaded its own militant fighters for trying to desert the group’s ranks.
“The ISIS-led al-Hisba Police arrested the three jihadists near Margada town on Deir ez-Zor’s northern administrative border with Hasakah Governorate,” an informed source told ARA News, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The Sharia Court ordered their execution in public on charges of committing ‘high treason‘.
“The three ISIS members were beheaded in front of hundreds of people in central Deir ez-Zor on Sunday evening,” media activist G. Jarbouh told ARA News.
ISIS has reportedly raised its security measures in Deir ez-Zor for fear of similar dissidence attempts among its militants.
“The group has deployed dozens of its security forces at the exists of Deir ez-Zor to prevent any suspicious movements,” Jarbouh reported, citing an ISIS official.
ISIS considers any of its jihadis who leaves his post without a permission as a traitor and enemy of its alleged Caliphate.