Hundreds of People Killed in France, Syria, and
Iraq, Mostly Civilians
July 15, 2016
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Site of a truck attack in Nice, France, July 14, 2016 |
Air Strike on Aleppo, Syria, July 14, 2016 |
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| Air Strike on Saraqib, Idlib, Syria, July 14, 2016 |
US-led coalition Air Strike on Manbij, Syria, July 14, 2016 |
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The following news stories are from the website of the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR):
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8 fighters killed in airstrike at Daraa
countryside
Daraa Province:
warplanes
carried out this morning raids on areas in
the city of Bosra Sham and its outskirts
east of Daraa province, killing 8 fighters
from factions, also places in Nasyb town
were bombed by warplanes, while the regime
forces shelled at dawn of today areas in the
city of Bosra Sham in the eastern
countryside of Daraa, no information about
casualties.
Shells target the countryside of al-Suwaidaa
Al-Suwaidaa Province:
Shells launched by
the factions and landed on areas in the
villages of al-Mjimir and Barad south of al-Suwaidaa
near the administrative border with the
eastern countryside Daraa, which caused
injuries and information about the death of
a citizen woman.
Warplanes raid on the countryside of
Idlib
Idlib Province:
Warplanes
carried out after midnight yesterday a raid
on Ter’ei farms southeast of Khan Shekhoun
city in the southern countryside of Idlib,
while SOHR received information about the
death of a child when warplanes bombed areas
in the town of Abu al-Duhur in the eastern
countryside of Idlib after midnight
yesterday.
Warplanes raid on the countryside of
Latakia
Latakia Province:
Warplanes
carried out several airstrikes this morning
on areas in Kabani at Jabal al-Akrad in the
northern countryside of Latakia, amid
shelling by the regime forces on the area,
no information about casualties.
Clashes in Homs
Homs Province:
Clashes are taking place in the vicinity of
Shaer field in the eastern countryside of
Homs, between the regime forces and
militiamen loyal to them against the
“Islamic State” amid aerial bombardments on
the area and on other areas in Hawasis at
the eastern countryside while the regime
forces targeted after midnight yesterday
using heavy machineguns areas in the town of
Al-Ghantu in the northern countryside of
Homs, no information about casualties so
far.
Clashes in Rif Dimashq
Rif Dimashq
Province:
Violent clashes took place
after midnight yesterday between the regime
forces and militiamen loyal to them against
Islamic factions in the vicinity of Hosh al-Fara
in the Eastern Ghouta, coincided with
shelling by the regime forces on the
clashing areas, the regime forces also
opened heavy machineguns’ fire on areas of
Ifrah road in Wadi Barada, while it rose to
22, the number of barrel bombs dropped by
helicopters yesterday on areas in the city
of Darayya in the Western Ghouta, as well as
more than 12 missiles believed to be
ground-to-ground launched by the regime
forces launched on areas in the city.
19 casualties, including children and
citizen women in the eastern and western
neighborhoods of Aleppo and renewed
shelling on the city and its countryside
Aleppo Province:
Warplanes bombed
after midnight yesterday areas in the
town of Kafr Hamra in the northwestern
countryside of Aleppo, which killed
three people including a child, which
rise to 9 -including a media activist
and a child- the number of people who
were killed during the intense aerial
bombardment that targete...d
Kafr Hamra since yesterday morning,
while it rose to 13, including 7
children and citizen women the number of
people who were killed when the
warplanes bombed areas in neighborhoods
of Tariq al-Bab and al-Salhin in Aleppo
yesterday.
Also rose it to
6 the number of people were killed when
shells launched by the factions landed
on regime forces' controlled areas in
Aleppo, where a man and his child were
killed after being hit by shells
launched factions on areas in the Nile
Street in the city of Aleppo, while an
old man and a young man were killed when
shells landed on places in Shahba
neighborhood, also 2 citizen women were
died affected by injuries they had when
shells landed at areas in the
neighborhood Furqan earlier.
Also warplanes
carried out after midnight yesterday
several raids on places in Handarat camp
and Leiramon area and Bani Zaid
neighborhood north of Aleppo,
accompanied by shelling by the regime
forces on areas of Handarat camp and
Bani Zeid and al-Mallah north of Aleppo,
amid ongoing clashes between the regime
forces and militiamen loyal to them
against the rebel and Islamic Factions
in the factories area in Leiramon at the
outskirts of Aleppo.
Also warplanes
opened heavy machineguns’ fire after
midnight yesterday on areas of al-Castelo
road, while helicopters dropped after
midnight yesterday several barrel bombs
on areas in Bani Zaid north of Aleppo,
also a shell launched by the rebel
factions and fell on area in Shahba
neighborhood in Aleppo, which led to a
fire outbreak in one of the houses,
while warplanes bombed after midnight
yesterday areas in the towns of Khan
Tuman and Zorba and Khalsa in the
southern countryside of Aleppo, also
warplanes shelled areas after midnight
yesterday in al-Bab city northeast of
Aleppo city, no information about
casualties.
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More civilian casualties in Manbij
city and continuous clashes in the area
Violent clash continued until after
midnight yesterday between The Syria
Democratic Forces against the "Islamic
State" in the city of Manbij north of
Aleppo province, amid exchanged
targeting between both parties, and
information about casualties in their
ranks, while 2 citizen women were killed
after being shot in Hazwanah
neighborhood at Manbij city.
But the source of the gunfire is
unknown, which rise
to 195 civilian citizens -including 57
children under the age of eighteen and
37 citizen women- the number of
casualties documented by the Syrian
Observatory for human rights, and among
them are 73 civilians including 23
children, 15 citizen women and 8
prisoners were killed in strikes by the
warplanes of the international
coalition, while the rest of them were
killed targeting by the "Islamic state",
mine explosions, shelling and shooting
by Syria Democratic Forces, since the 31
of May 2016 until the dawn of today the
15th of July.
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Casualties and injuries in an airstrikes
target the eastern countryside of Idlib
Idlib Province:
Warplanes bombed areas
in the town of Saraqeb in the eastern
countryside of Idlib, which resulted in the
death of a man and injured others, local
sources said that the man who was killed his
head was separated from his body.
More than 23 persons were killed and
injured in an IED factory in Deir Ezzor
Deir Ezzor Province:
The activists of
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights were
informed by several reliable sources that at
least 3 members from the “Islamic State”
were killed and about 20 others were wounded
when an IED factory for the “Islamic State”
exploded in Kanamat area, the sources
confirmed to the activists of the
Observatory that the explosion happened
after targeting the factory and the
neighborhood by the regime forces.
ISIS circulated the prevention of
transferring the bodies of its members
from the places that they were killed
at, and excludes "al-Mohajereen" from
its members.
The activists of the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights were
informed that the "Islamic state" has
issued a circular to the leaders of
fronts in its controlled areas inside
Syria, that dead members should be
buried in the areas that they were
killed in, and it prevents the transfer
of the Syrians members who were kil...led
inside the Syrian territory to their
hometowns, with the exception of the
foreign and non-Syrians fighters, where
they are taken to the hospitals and the
headquarters of the main leadership.
The
sources pointed out that the circular
created a resentment among the families
of the fighters in the ranks of the
"Islamic state", and they considered it
as a discrimination between the Syrians
and foreign fighters, while the city of
Al-Raqqah witnessed earlier altercations
and a fight between several citizens
from the families of the organization’s
dead, and other members from the
organization, during bringing the dead
bodies to their hometowns.
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Aid convoy enter al-Wa'er neighborhood in
Homs
Homs Province:
The activists of
the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights were
informed that a convoy of trucks carrying
humanitarian aid entered al-Wa'er
neighborhood in Homs, under the supervision
of the Red Crescent, and local sources
confirmed to the activists of the
Observatory that the convoy included 19
trucks carrying thousands flour bags and
medical and engineering equipment.
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Intensive air and missile strikes
target Kafr Hamra town and cause
casualties and injuries
Aleppo
Province:
Areas in the town of Kafr
Hamra at the northwestern of Aleppo city
had a heavy bombardment targeting areas
there, where warplanes and helicopters
bombed areas in the town with more than
15 airstrike, accompanied with shelling
by the regime forces using tens of
rocket and artillery shells, which
killed two young men at least and
injured others including members of the
m...edical
staff at the town's hospital, which
suffered a great material damage.
Information
about being out of service, also a man
died affected by injuries he had earlier
in a shelling that targeted areas in
Manbij city, while a member from al-Quds
al-Filastini Brigade loyal to the regime
was killed in the shelling and clashes
against the fighters and Islamic
factions at Handarat area, while
factions targeted 2 vehicles for the
regime forces at Hwaiz area in the
southern countryside of Aleppo, and
information about casualties in the
ranks of the regime forces and
militiamen loyal to them.
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More casualties in the ranks of fighters
at the northern countryside of Hama by mines
explosion
Hama Province:
The activists of the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights were informed by reliable
sources that it rose to 12, at least the
number of members from the organization of
Jund al-Aqsa who were killed this morning in
the explosion of landmines when they entered
into one of the orchards in Morek area at
the northern countryside of Hama, also the
landmine explosion injured several other
fighters.
More casualties in the shelling on Manbij
and clashes in several areas in the city
4 people at least were killed when shells
landed on areas in the Manbij city, while
the others were killed in a bombardment by
the coalition’s warplanes over areas in the
city, in conjunction with continued clashes
between The Syria Democratic Forces against
the “Islamic State” in the northern areas of
Hazwanah area and areas in the west of the
city, amid exchanged shelling between both
parties, and information about more
casualties in their ranks.\
12 casualties at least in bombing by
warplanes over areas in the city of Aleppo
Aleppo Province:
The death of nine
people -including seven children and citizen
women at least- in addition to the death of
3 other citizens when warplane bombed areas
in the neighborhoods of Tariq al-Bab and al-Salhin
in Aleppo city, the bombing also injured
several people and some of them are still in
dangerous situations, which may rise the
number of casualties, while about 15 persons
were injured when warplanes bombed areas in
the neighborhoods of Kallaseh, al-Ma’adi and
Marjah in Aleppo.
The pilot of the warplane which was shot
down by ISIS near Deir Ezzor airbase is
killed, his body is crucified
Deir Ezzor
Province:
The fall of warplane and the
death of its pilot was confirmed, ISIS
targeted the warplanes over Thardeh
Mountains near Deir Ezzor airbase in the
vicinity of Deir Ezzor city, and it crashed
and the pilot was killed, it is noteworthy
that this is the fourth warplane shot down
by ISIS in its controlled areas during the
last few weeks, also the organization
“crucified” the body of the pilot at al-Kanamat
neighborhood in Deir Ezzor.
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Counter-ISIL Strikes in Syria, Iraq
SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 15, 2016 —
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq yesterday,
Combined Joint Task Force
Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Strikes in Syria
Bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 11
strikes near Manbij in Syria, striking six separate ISIL tactical units
and destroying 18 ISIL fighting positions and damaging an ISIL-used
bridge.
Strikes in Iraq
Bomber, ground-attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft
conducted six strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s
government:
-- Near Baghdadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Qaim, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Mosul, a strike struck an oil tanker storage area.
-- Near Qayyarah, a strike denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Ramadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
two ISIL fighting positions.
-- Near Sultan Abdallah, a strike struck an ISIL vehicle bomb
production and storage facility.
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/839425/counter-isil-strikes-target-terrorists-in-syria-iraq
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 14, 2016 —
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq yesterday,
Combined Joint Task Force
Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
Strikes in Syria
Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 12
strikes in Syria:
-- Near Raqqah, a strike destroyed an ISIL front-end loader.
-- Near Shadaddi, a strike destroyed an ISIL excavator.
-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed two ISIL oil wellheads.
-- Near Manbij, nine strikes struck four separate ISIL tactical
units, destroyed 14 ISIL fighting positions and damaged two separate
ISIL fighting positions.
Strikes in Iraq
Attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft and rocket artillery
conducted 15 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s
government:
-- Near Habbaniyah, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle bomb.
-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed two ISIL vehicles.
-- Near Hit, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
three ISIL mortar systems and an ISIL mortar cache.
-- Near Kisik, a strike destroyed an ISIL assembly area.
-- Near Mosul, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units
and destroyed two ISIL assembly areas.
-- Near Qayyarah, four strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an
ISIL weapons storage facility and destroyed an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL
weapons cache, an ISIL tactical vehicle, and four ISIL mortar systems
and denied ISIL access to terrain.
-- Near Ramadi, two strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units,
destroyed four ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL staging area, and
damaged a separate ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Sinjar, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
two ISIL assembly areas.
http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/837450/military-strikes-continue-against-isil-in-syria-iraq
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq
SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 13, 2016 —
U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State
of Iraq and the Levant in Syria and Iraq yesterday,
Combined Joint Task Force
Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
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Officials reported details of the latest strikes, noting that
assessments of results are based on initial reports.
Strikes in Syria
Bomber, attack and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 10 strikes in
Syria:
-- Near Dayr Az Zawr, a strike destroyed three ISIL oil wellheads.
-- Near Manbij, eight strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical
units and destroyed eight ISIL fighting positions and an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Palmyra, a strike destroyed an ISIL tactical vehicle.
Strikes in Iraq
Bomber, attack, ground-attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft
conducted 17 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s
government:
-- Near Baghdadi, five strikes struck an ISIL beddown location, an
ISIL staging area, two ISIL weapons caches and an ISIL weapons storage
facility.
-- Near Qaim, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an
ISIL staging area.
-- Near Beiji, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Habbaniyah, a strike destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.
-- Near Haditha, a strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an
ISIL vehicle, an ISIL bunker, four ISIL tents and an ISIL petroleum, oil
and lubricant site.
-- Near Hit, a strike destroyed an ISIL artillery piece.
-- Near Kisik, two strikes destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Mosul, a strike suppressed an ISIL mortar position.
-- Near Qayyarah, two strikes destroyed an ISIL mortar system, an
ISIL checkpoint and an ISIL fighting position.
-- Near Ramadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed
an ISIL vehicle.
-- Near Rawah, a strike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
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Truck attacker kills 84 celebrating France's Bastille Day
NICE, France | By
Sophie
Sassard and
Michel
Bernouin
Reuters, July 14, 2016
NICE, France --
An attacker plowed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on
the French Riviera, killing at least 84 people in what President
Francois Hollande called a terrorist act.
The driver, identified by police sources as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel,
a 31-year-old Tunisian resident in France, also appeared to open fire
before officers shot him dead. He was
known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and
violence but was not on the watch list of French
intelligence services, the sources said.
The third mass killing in Western Europe in eight months caused more
fear across an already anxious continent struggling with security
challenges from mass immigration, and open borders.
The truck zigzagged along the seafront Promenade des Anglais in the
city of Nice as a fireworks display marking the French national day
ended on Thursday night. It careered into families and friends listening
to an orchestra or strolling above the beach on the Mediterranean Sea
toward the grand, century-old Hotel Negresco.
Bystander Franck Sidoli said he had seen people go down. "Then the
truck stopped, we were just five meters away. A woman was there, she
lost her son. Her son was on the ground, bleeding," he told Reuters at
the scene.
Dawn broke on Friday with pavements smeared with dried blood. Smashed
children's strollers, an uneaten baguette and other debris strewn about
the promenade. Small areas were screened off and what appeared to be
bodies covered in blankets were visible through the gaps.
The truck was still where it had come to rest, its windscreen riddled
with bullets.
"I saw this enormous white truck go past at top speed," said Suzy
Wargniez, a local woman aged 65 who had watched from a cafe on the
promenade. "It was shooting, shooting."
After visiting victims at Nice's Pasteur hospital, Hollande said
about 50 people were still in a critical condition. The dead included
many children. At least two Americans and one Russian were among those
killed.
At the hospital, medical staff were treating large numbers of
injuries. Waiting for friends who were being operated on was 20-year-old
Fanny.
"The truck pushed me to the side. When I opened my eyes I saw faces I
didn't know and started asking for help," she told Reuters. "Some of my
friends were not so lucky. They are having operations as we speak."
Early indications were that the attack was the work of a lone
assailant. Tunisian security sources told Reuters
the suspect had last visited his
hometown of Msaken, about 120 km (75 miles) south of Tunis, four years
ago. He was married with three children, and was not known by the
Tunisian authorities to hold radical or Islamist views.
"France is filled with sadness by this new tragedy," Hollande said in
a dawn address. "There's no denying the terrorist nature of this
attack."
Only hours before the attack, he had announced plans to lift a state
of emergency in place since November, when Islamic State gunmen and
suicide bombers struck Paris entertainment spot on a Friday evening,
killing 130 people.
BODIES EVERY FIVE METERS
In his address he said the state of emergency would now be extended
by a further three months. He would call up military and police
reservists to relieve forces worn out by enforcing it.
Nice-Matin journalist Damien Allemand had been watching the firework
display when the truck tore by. After taking cover in a cafe, he wrote
on his paper's website of what he saw: "Bodies every five meters, limbs
... Blood. Groans."
"The beach attendants were first on the scene. They brought water for
the injured and towels, which they placed on those for whom there was no
more hope."
Major events in France have been guarded by troops and armed police
since the Nov. 13 attacks. But those guarding the crowd on Thursday
appeared unable to halt the Renault truck as it tore along pavements and
a pedestrian zone. According to one city official, it had careered for
up to 2 km (1.5 miles).
A local government official said weapons and grenades were later
found inside the vehicle. Nice-Matin newspaper said on Twitter that
police were searching the attacker's
home in the Nice neighborhood of Abattoirs.
After midday reporters were told by police to move away from a white
Volvo delivery van near the home because they feared it might be holding
explosives. Officers carried out a controlled explosion on the vehicle,
blowing the doors open and leaving shattered glass all around, but it
was not clear whether they found anything incriminating.
Nice airport was briefly evacuated as a precautionary measure after
an unattended bag was found, an airport official said.
ISLAMIC STATE TARGETS FRANCE
After the Paris attacks, Islamic State said France and all nations
following its path would remain at the top of its list of targets as
long as they continued "their crusader campaign", referring to action
against the group in Iraq and Syria.
France is a major part of a
U.S.-led mission conducting air strikes and special forces operations
against Islamic State, as well as training Iraqi
government and Kurdish forces.
"We will further strengthen our
actions in Syria and Iraq," Hollande said, calling the
tragedy - on the day France marks the 1789 revolutionary storming of the
Bastille prison in Paris - an attack on liberty by fanatics who despised
human rights.
"We are facing a battle that will be long because facing us is an
enemy that wants to continue to strike all people and all countries that
have values like ours," he said.
France has also sent troops to west
Africa to keep Islamist insurgents at bay.
(Additional reporting by Matthias Blamont, Maya Nikolaeva, Michel
Rose, Bate Felix, Brian Love, Bate Felix and John Irish in Paris,
Alastair Macdonald in Brussels, Omar Fahmy in Cairo, Tarek Amara in
Tunis and Andreas Rinke in Ulaanbaatar; Writing by Alastair Macdonald,
Andrew Callus and David Stamp; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall, Pravin Char
and Peter Graff).
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