War News 3-27-2017

IS Chief Al-Baghdadi's Role in Mosul Ended: Commander

He has no longer a role in the fight in Mosul

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26/03/2017 - 18:58




MOSUL — The Islamic State (IS) chief Abubakir al-Baghdadi is not in central Mosul where the military operations are taking place, and he has no role over the fight in Mosul, said Nineveh operations commander on Sunday.

Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah, the commander of Nineveh operations stated that the IS leader al-Baghdadi is no longer inside the city of Mosul where the fight is continuing against the militant group.

Yarallah said in a press statement "the information we have shows that al-Baghdadi does not exist in the areas we are fighting."

"Our intelligence indicates that he [Baghdadi] is in al-Jazeera area near the Syrian border, especially in the areas that have not yet been liberated, and there is information that says he was wounded in an air raid and has been transferred to al-Raqqa," he said.

According to other information, Baghdadi is hiding in Baaj area in west of Mosul near the Syrian border, the commander said.

He stressed that Baghdadi is no longer important; he lost control of the entire territory, and those who fight with him do so without his leadership, adding that he is playing no role in the areas we are fighting in Mosul, and his role ended in this region.

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Iraqi Army Chief of Staff: We liberated 50% of the areas of Ayman Mosul
Chief of Army Staff Othman Al-Ghanmi



Army chief of staff Osman al-Ghanmi said that the joint Iraqi forces liberated 50 percent of the areas of Ayman al-Mosul, indicating that the organization called the terrorist began to collapse.

Al-Ghanmi said that the organization fought fiercely on the right side of Mosul and the security forces needed some time after a defeat calling for the cleansing of cities of war debris and the elimination of pockets, calling for control of the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent the infiltration of terrorism to Iraq in full.

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The joint operations: «Da'ash» committed the massacre of «New Mosul» terrorist bombing
Monday, March 27 2017 - 8:46 AM



The Joint Operations Command on Sunday issued a new clarification on civilian casualties in Al-Resala neighborhood, known as the "New Mosul District" in Mosul. The command announced the death of more than 60 civilians in a terrorist bombing that destroyed several houses in Al-Resala neighborhood on that side.

The Joint Operations Command said in a statement on Sunday and responded to "morning" a copy of it: "It is repeated with every victory achieved by Iraq attempts and allegations to confuse the public opinion and broadcast stories of exaggerations and major errors."

The statement added: "On March 17, 2017, the anti-terrorist sector began to storm the Al-Resala neighborhood and blew up the terrorist" Da'ash "gangs. A number of large car bombs with suicide bombers to disrupt the progress of our units, after the destruction of the enemy was able to clear the entire neighborhood of the message at 1800 hours of the same day, second: at 0825.

An air strike was launched from the International Coalition on a group of "Aldawash" At the request of the Iraqi forces, third: through For accurate information from citizens who said that the gangs "Daash" are holding families in booby-trapped houses and forcing them to stay in them and use these houses for snipers and suicide bombers and explode them when the advance of our forces where a team was formed to examine this house and found it booby-trapped and detained 25 women and children were all rescued in peace Fourth, a team of military experts was formed from field commanders to examine the house where the media reported that the house was completely destroyed 100 percent.

All its walls are booby-trapped and there is no hole or function that was exposed to an air strike.

And found a large wheel of a car bomb exploded and evacuated 61 bodies of him and during the talk with eyewitnesses from the area said that "dodged" homes were broken and forced families to descend in the basements and used these houses to fire at our security forces, This day used booby-trapped tanks in this segment, where it exploded on Saturday evening, March 25, at 1915 hours a large barrel on our pieces in the same cut. "

"We call on all media and political figures to be precise and take information from their official sources to find out the facts. Our forces are still engaged in fierce battles and sacrifices to liberate our people and our people in Nineveh. Investigations are continuing," he said.

The defense and federal and ordered the Minister of Defense Irfan Hayali to open an immediate investigation into the incident, and a statement of the ministry on its website on Saturday said: "The Minister of Defense ordered an immediate investigation into the incident in the new neighborhood of Mosul on the right coast."

In turn, confirmed the Federal Police Commander Major Raed Shaker Jawdat, that the organization "Daash" heavy artillery shelling all areas of engagement and booby-trapped houses and buildings in Mosul.

"The Federal Police is keen on the security and safety of citizens during the battle to liberate Mosul," Jawdat said in a statement. "The Federal Police leadership has mobilized its capabilities to help the people and evacuate the displaced."

Jawdat added that "the federal police resorted to the use of warplanes equipped with bombs with limited impact during the targeting of elements," Dahesh "to preserve the lives of civilians and their property, despite the difficulty of the battle and fortify the enemy in populated areas," asserting that "the organization" calling "bombardment heavy artillery or what Called "Hellfire" all areas of engagement and houses and buildings and explodes and detonates the mechanisms mined in the residential neighborhoods, causing the deaths of civilians.

In a statement issued by the Central Command of the United States of America, which leads the coalition: "The preliminary assessment of the results of the air strikes that were carried out from March 16 to March 23 shows that the coalition directed, strikes to terrorists," urging "and military equipment in the area where he was bombed According to reports, civilian casualties were reported on March 17.

The Central Command said it had "taken seriously the accusations against the coalition of killing civilians in this area west of the city of Mosul," noting that it opened an investigation "to find the facts regarding this strike and the validity of allegations of civilian casualties."

For his part, Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri, called on the competent security authorities to report on the ongoing military operations on the right side of the city of Mosul.

"What is happening on the right coast is very dangerous and the security authorities must report on the causes of the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians," Jubouri said in a statement.

He called on "the bodies responsible for the security file to submit quick and urgent reports to the House of Representatives, including the events in the right side of the city of Mosul and the causes of the fall of hundreds of innocent civilians during the fighting," calling on "international and local human rights organizations to follow up the subject and prepare special reports to see The truth and who is responsible for the fall of these large numbers of civilians.

" MP Mishaan al-Jubouri also issued a statement on the same thing.

He said: "We condemn the massacre that took place on the right side of Mosul, which left hundreds of innocent civilians dead, and that what happened in Mosul is horrific and unacceptable by all accounts, whatever its justifications.

Especially that it is an act of exhortation.

" He also renewed his support for the Iraqi armed forces, which cleans the country of the abomination of terrorist groups, and reiterates its full commitment to every effort that contributes to the elimination of terrorism

The Holy Chaldean Patriarch in Iraq and the world, Louis Rufail Sacco, expressed his "shock" at the incident in the new Mosul district on the right-hand coast of Mosul, while calling for respect for the laws of war.

"We are closely following the tragedies that are taking place in the beloved Mosul by the shadow of terrorism," Sako said in a statement.

"We are very happy with the victories of our armed forces of all kinds in liberating them and appreciating their sacrifices, but we were shocked by the massacre that took place in new Mosul.

In a statement, the Alliance of Iraqi Forces said in a statement on Sunday: "While we bless the glorious victories of our armed forces in all formations and names and generous sacrifices, we condemn the destruction of homes and the killing of hundreds of them by a supporter."

For its part, returned a member of the House of Representatives for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Rizan Sheikh Delir, the killing of civilians in Mosul, "the most heinous crime" in the twenty-first century after the capture and killing of Yazidis by "calling," calling for "the need to hold accountable the perpetrators of this terrible crime, Collective ".

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The federal police are making significant progress during the 72 hours that have passed between the right and center axes of Mosul

Monday, March 27 2017 - 11:47 AM


The commander of the federal police confirmed the advance of security forces fighting alongside anti-terrorism, elite forces and rapid response on the right coast of Mosul.

"The federal forces have made remarkable progress over the past 72 hours, in general, the two right axes and the center, which is witnessing fierce fighting with a crowd in the right-hand coast of Mosul," Major General Raid Shaker Jawdat told the Iraqi National Agency.

He added that "the federal forces managed to break into the field and market poets in the center of Mosul and ended the liberation of Arabism and combing the stoning of iron and the industrial city in full and return the population fleeing to their areas safe during the process of advancing security forces and the control in the past three days."

He added that "the forces continue to provide the least civilian casualties of the lives of unarmed civilians, which was taken from them, calling for human shields during the liberation of the safe coast," adding that "the forces continue to advance new plans were used with the start of the resumption of liberation since yesterday to maintain the lives of the people in The city where the federal security forces killed (four) snipers in an ambush of our security forces in the area of ​​Araba and stoning iron west of Mosul. "

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The federal police are approaching 300 meters from the humpback lighthouse
Monday, 27 March 2017 - 7:42 PM


The head of the federal police team, Raed Shaker Jawdat, said Monday that his forces approached 300 meters from the humpback lighthouse on the right coast of Mosul.

"Federal police units have moved 150 meters into the bar area during a process of detouring from the western wing of the old city and approaching 300 meters from the humpback," Jawdat said in a statement.

"The federal forces killed dozens of people and destroyed 26 vehicles and a car bomb and seized control of five outlets for supplies during the surprise attack from the West Wing."

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Direct the cleansing of the old city houses on the right coast, and expectations of resolving the battles soon

Monday 27 March 2017 - 03:05 PM


The Federal Police Chief of Police Brigadier General Salem Reza Wade announced the start of the federal police and rapid response with the support of the army's units to clean the houses of terrorists in the old city on the right side of Mosul.

"These forces are now fighting in narrow alleys and houses, depending on individual skills, because they can not enter these areas," Wadi told al-Marbad radio.

He said that the proper planning of the battle and the field presence of the military commanders and the high morale of the fighters amid the collapse of elements on the battlefield are all factors that accelerate the pace of the liberation of Ninewa province of terrorists .

The chief of staff of the elite commando brigade of the federal police also noted that the old city's roads were filled with the bodies of the terrorists, including the so-called Governor of Nineveh and many other leaders, adding that the last hours of Monday witnessed the destruction of three wheels belonging to Dahesh.

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