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US-Led Coalition Continues Attacks on Iraqi Sunni Cities, Killing Scores of People, More Attacks in Baghdad

May 29, 2016 

Editor's Note:

The US-led coalition which fights the Islamic State in northern Iraq consists of US-led NATO forces, Iraqi Shi'i government forces, Iranian-backed Shi'i militias, and Kurdish peshmerga forces. The coalition's continuous attacks have resulted in the killing of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslim Arabs and the eviction of thousands as a result of the destruction of their cities and villages.

Millions of Iraqi Sunni Muslim Arabs are expected to leave their cities and villages as the fighting intensifies towards an all-attack by the US-led coalition on Mosul. The end outcome is going to be evicting Sunni Muslim Arabs from the upper Euphrates region of northwestern Iraq and northeastern Syria. 

The following news stories from the official US and Iraqi websites do not mention any civilian casualties, as all reported deaths are for ISIS members, who were killed in air strikes and bombardment on cities!

 

Iraqi army soldiers jumping in an IAF helicopter before being deployed in their battle positions against the Iraqi people in Sunni cities, file, May 29, 2016 One person was killed, seven injured in a car bombing in Forat neighborhood, west of Baghdad, May 29, 2016

 

Tens of ISIS members killed in airstrike in Mosul, says Joint Operations

By Amre Sarhan - May 28, 2016

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad –

The Joint Operations Command announced on Friday the killing of tens of ISIS elements during an aerial bombing that targeted ISIS positions in the city of Mosul, while pointed out that the air strike resulted in the death of the ISIS bombers officer as well as the financial officer in the so-called Wilayat Nineveh.

Joint Operations said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The Iraqi [Army] Aviation, based on intelligence information, conducted an aerial strike that targeted ISIS gatherings in the beloved Mosul, resulting in the death of tens of them including notable leaders.”

The statement added, “The [ISIS] financial officer of Wilayat Nineveh as well as the suicide bombers officer and four of his adies were among the dead.”

Coalition forces conduct 15 air strikes in Iraq

By Amre Sarhan - May 26, 2016 SHARE

(IraqiNews.com)

The U.S. Joint Task Force announced on Wednesday, that the international coalition had carried out 15 air strikes against ISIS in Iraq, yesterday on Tuesday, including three air strikes near the city of Fallujah.

Joint Task Force said in press statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “15 air strikes were carried out near eight Iraqi towns including three [towns] near Fallujah,” pointing out that, “The [aerial] strikes had hit a tactical unit for ISIS in Fallujah.”

The statement also added, “The strikes included three [strikes] near Mosul.”

Official journalists: 16 ISIS members killed, including senior leader by airstrike in Nineveh

By Loaa Adel - May 22, 2016 SHARE

(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh –

On Sunday, official journalists with the Ministry of Defense announced, that 16 ISIS members were killed, including senior leader, in an air strike conducted by the international coalition aviation in Nineveh Province.

The journalists said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “ISIS leader the so-called Sheikh Ibrahim, along with 15 ISIS fighters were killed in an air strike carried out by the international coalition aviation on a hideout in al-Houd village.”

The statement added, “The hideout was used by ISIS to launch attacks on Makhmur District south of Mosul.”

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Inherent Resolve Strikes Hit ISIL in Iraq 

US Department of Defense

SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 28, 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 Iraq

Attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 28 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of the Iraqi government:

-- Near Baghdadi, two strikes destroyed an ISIL bunker and an ISIL vehicle.

-- Near Beiji, a strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position.

-- Near Fallujah, four strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL vehicles and an ISIL tunnel entrance.

-- Near Habbaniyah, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL vehicle bomb.

-- Near Hit, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy machine gun.

-- Near Kisik, two strikes suppressed two separate ISIL mortar positions.

-- Near Mosul, eight strikes struck six separate ISIL tactical units, damaged an ISIL staging area, suppressed an ISIL rocket position, and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL assembly areas, six ISIL supply caches, an ISIL command and control node and an ISIL vehicle bomb.

-- Near Ramadi, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL bunker.

-- Near Sinjar, a strike destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL heavy machine gun.

-- Near Sultan Abdallah, three strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and suppressed an ISIL rocket position and an ISIL mortar position.

-- Near Tal Afar, four strikes struck three separate ISIL headquarters and an ISIL weapons storage facility.

Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Terrorists in Iraq, Syria

US Department of Defense

SOUTHWEST ASIA, May 27, 2016 —

U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.

Strikes in Iraq

Attack, bomber, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft conducted 23 strikes in Iraq, coordinated with and in support of Iraq’s government:

-- Near Baghdadi, a strike destroyed an ISIL artillery piece.

-- Near Huwayjah, a strike struck an ISIL financial center.

-- Near Fallujah, five strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions, five ISIL weapons caches and an ISIL vehicle bomb.

-- Near Habbaniyah, two strikes struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL weapons cache, an ISIL anti-air artillery piece and an ISIL recoilless rifle.

-- Near Kisik, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL supply cache, an ISIL mortar position and an ISIL mortar system.

-- Near Mosul, eight strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units; destroyed an ISIL fighting position, four ISIL vehicles and four ISIL assembly areas; and denied ISIL access to terrain.

-- Near Qayyarah, a strike struck an ISIL headquarters.

-- Near Sinjar, a strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL assembly area.

-- Near Tal Afar, two strikes struck two ISIL-used bridges.

Fallujah’s Liberation From ISIL Control Progressing, Official Says

By Terri Moon Cronk

US Department of Defense

WASHINGTON, May 27, 2016 —

Iraqi security forces operations backed by the U.S.-led coalition are progressing toward liberating the key Iraqi city of Fallujah from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant control and killed the city’s ISIL commander, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren told Pentagon reporters today.

Briefing from Baghdad by teleconference, Warren said Iraqi forces have cleared Karmah, 10 miles northeast of Fallujah, but have not yet entered the city of about 50,000 Iraqi residents.

“The Iraqi government has been clear that protecting these civilians is their priority,” he said. To communicate with Fallujah’s residents, coalition aircraft dropped leaflets telling those who cannot leave the city to affix white sheets on their rooftops to mark their locations, Warren said.

The Iraqi army is working on evacuation routes for Fallujah residents, while the Anbar provincial government has set up camps for the displaced people, he added.

The combined operation includes thousands of forces -- the Iraqi army and federal police, Sunni tribal fighters and the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service, in addition to Iraq's popular mobilization forces that are taking part outside the city, Warren said.

Coalition airstrikes from Taqqadum with some artillery fire are also supporting the operation to retake Fallujah, the colonel said, but he added it’s still early in the fight, “so it's unclear how long this battle will last.”

ISIL fighters have performed in one of two ways in the last several months, Warren said. “In Ramadi, we encountered an enemy that chose to stand and fight,” he explained. “More recently in Hit and in Rutbah, ISIL hid behind women and children before throwing down their weapons and running away. In both cases, they lost.”

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Summaries of Arabic news stories about the Iraqi civil war and the US-led coalition attacks on northern Iraq Sunni areas, from yeqen.net:

 

تفجيران منفصلان غربي العاصمة بغداد يوقعان عشرة قتلى وجرحى

تاريخ النشر : الجمعة 29-04-2016 08:21 مساء

قتل وأصيب عشرة أشخاص ، اليوم الجمعة ، بتفجيرين منفصلين أحدهما في منطقة حي الفرات ، والآخر في حي العدل غربي العاصمة بغداد.

وقال مصدر حكومي في تصريح لموقع إخباري إن "عبوة ناسفة انفجرت ، مساء اليوم ، بالقرب من محال تجارية في منطقة حي الفرات ، غربي بغداد ، مما أسفرت عن مقتل شخصين وإصابة سبعة آخرين بجروح متفاوتة".

وأضاف المصدر أنه "في حادث منفصل انفجرت عبوة لاصقة كانت مثبتة اسفل عجلة مدنية يستقلها صاحب أسواق ، لدى مروره في حي العدل غربي العاصمة بغداد ، ما أدى إلى مقتله في الحال".

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مقتل وإصابة عشرة من ميليشيا الحشد بهجوم شمال شرقي الفلوجة بالأنبار

تاريخ النشر : الجمعة 29-04-2016 06:37 مساء

قتل وأصيب عشرة من ميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي ، اليوم الجمعة ، بهجوم لمسلحي ( التنظيم ) استهدف تجمعا لهم شمال شرقي مدينة الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار. 

وقالت مصادر صحفية إن "مسلحي ( التنظيم ) شنوا هجوما استهدف مواقع لميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي في منطقة الصبيحات شمال شرقي مدينة الفلوجة ، ما أسفر عن مقتل أربعة أفراد من الميليشيات وإصابة ستة آخرين بجروح". 

وأضافت المصادر أن "الهجوم أسفر أيضا عن تدمير عدد من العجلات التابعة لميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي".

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هجوم يستهدف الجيش الحكومي والميليشيات جنوب شرقي الفلوجة بالأنبار يخلف 30 قتيلا وجريحا

تاريخ النشر : الجمعة 29-04-2016 04:17 مساء

قتل وأصيب 30 من أفراد الجيش الحكومي وميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي ، اليوم الجمعة ، بهجوم شنه مسلحو ( التنظيم ) استهدف ثكنات للجيش الحكومي جنوب شرقي الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار. 

وقالت مصادر صحفية إن "هجوما مسلحا شنه مسلحو ( التنظيم ) بمنطقة المعامير التابعة لقرى زوبع جنوب شرق الفلوجة ، ما ادى الى مقتل 20 فردا من الجيش الحكومي ومليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي ، واصابة عشرة اخرين بجروح متفاوتة". 

وأضافت المصادر أن "خسائر كبيرة في العتاد تكبدها الجيش الحكومي والميليشيات خلال الهجوم نفسه".

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ملخص لاهم و أبرز المجريات الأمنية والسياسية التي جرت في العراق حتى مساء الجمعة

تاريخ النشر : الجمعة 29-04-2016 09:59 مساء

الأنبار : قتل وأصيب 30 من أفراد الجيش الحكومي وميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي ، اليوم الجمعة ، بهجوم شنه مسلحو ( تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية ) استهدف ثكنات للجيش الحكومي جنوب شرقي الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار. 

كما قتل وأصيب نحو 20 من أفراد الجيش الحكومي ، اليوم الجمعة ، بهجوم بعجلة ملغمة شنه مسلحو ( التنظيم ) على تجمع لهم ، شمال شرقي مدينة الرمادي مركز محافظة الأنبار. 

فيما قتل وأصيب عشرة من ميليشيا ما يعرف بالحشد الشعبي ، اليوم الجمعة ، بهجوم لمسلحي ( التنظيم ) استهدف تجمعا لهم شمال شرقي مدينة الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار. 

بينما قتل ستة مدنيين بينهم طفل وأصيب آخرون ، جراء القصف الحكومي الانتقامي على مدينة الفلوجة بمحافظة الأنبار خلال الـ24 ساعة الماضية. 

وأصيب 11 شخصا ، يوم أمس الخميس ، بقصف بالصواريخ وقذائف الهاون استهدف مستشفى حديثة وناحية بروانة في محافظة الانبار. 

بغداد : قتل وأصيب عشرة أشخاص ، اليوم الجمعة ، بتفجيرين منفصلين أحدهما في منطقة حي الفرات ، والآخر في حي العدل غربي العاصمة بغداد. 

وقتل وأصيب خمسة أشخاص ، اليوم الجمعة ، بانفجار عبوة ناسفة بالقرب من محال تجارية بمنطقة العبيدي ، شرقي العاصمة بغداد. 

فيما قتل شرطي حكومي ، يوم أمس الخميس ، بهجوم مسلح في منطقة الطارمية شمالي العاصمة بغداد ، بحسب ما أفاد مصدر حكومي. 

بينما عثر على جثتين لرجل وابنه ، اليوم الجمعة ، قضيا رمياً بالرصاص على جانب الطريق في منطقة الوردية جنوب شرقي العاصمة بغداد. 

واغتالت ميليشيات طائفية حكومية ، اليوم الجمعة ، صاحب مكتب للصرافة بهجوم مسلح ، في منطقة البنوك ، شمالي العاصمة بغداد ، وسرقوا منه مبلغا ماليا يقدر بنحو 65 الف دولار. 

كما شهدت بغداد تظاهر أتباع ما يعرف بالتيار الصدري ، اليوم الجمعة ، وسط العاصمة بغداد وفي محافظات البصرة وميسان وذي قار والمثنى وكربلاء وبابل والنجف والقادسية ، بهدف الضغط على الحكومة الحالية للحصول على مكاسب سياسية للتيار. 

واسط : استهدف مسلحون مجهولون مكتب النائب الحالي "كاظم الصيادي" في محافظة واسط ، يوم أمس الخميس ، بعبوات ناسفة ، ما أدى إلى إصابة أحد أفراد حماية النائب بجروح ، وتدمير المكتب بالكامل. 

التأميم : يشهد قضاء الحويجة بمحافظة التأميم ، وضعا انسانيا صعبا ، جراء القصف الانتقامي ( الحكومي والدولي ) المتواصل على القضاء ، والذي أدى إلى تدمير البنى التحتية وتفاقم معاناة أهالي القضاء ، بالإضافة إلى الحصار المفروض على القضاء من القوات الحكومية والميليشيات. 

البصرة : قتلت ميليشيات طائفية حكومية ، اليوم الجمعة ، مدنيا بهجوم مسلح في منطقة خمسين حوش وسط محافظة البصرة ، بحسب ما أفاد مصدر حكومي. 

السليمانية : أعلنت هيئة الأنواء الجوية الحالية ، اليوم الجمعة ، عن تسجيل هزة ارضية ضربت قضاء قلعة دزة في محافظة السليمانية من دون تسجيل اضرار.

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