Thousands of Iraqi troops have starting mobilizing north and east of Mosul in khazer, AlQosh Tel eskuf and the Mosul Dam The way for Turkish troops towards Mosul in Bashiqa is sealed already by ISF. Erdogan talks too much.
There's close to 15,000 Turkmen/ Shabak shias from Nineveh within the PMF and they are taking part in the offensive especially in the niniveh plains and tel afar. They are also allied with christian, yazidi, and a some arab tribes in the area.
There is no one that can stop them from taking...
The Tikrit incident is a rare attack aimed to boost IS morals, just about they are about to loose the last few remaining towns and villages in Sallahiddin province.
8 martyrs and two dozen injured, majority of them are actually local police (sunni policemen from tikrit and nearby areas)...
Finally some long awaited news. Massive ops have started to liberate Hit and Ramadi peninsula in Anbar and shirqat/ northern Sallahiddin.
The gates of hell have been open against daesh.
Air forces, artillery and mortars are raining on IS positions while ground forces prepare to move in.
@f1000n i believe I wrote a detailed story about the events which led to IS takeover long ago. To lazy to dig through or type another one :/.
Some very great achievements this week.
Khaldiyah peninsulah is finally liberated. The reason why the op there took longer is because all Surviving...
Latest updates.
In Anbar two breaches have been recorded. A suicide bomber near the Jordanian border has killed 7 soldiers and civiians.
IS supporting population has assisted IS pockets in Albu itha area North of Ramadi. An attack on an iraqi forces outpost led to the death or nearly a...
-Iraq has much more manpower for the war, meaning there are enough men to cover all fronts and hold ground as well.
-iraq has one enemy, IS, rather then tens of "rebel" groups. IS has lost most of its financial and media support over the past year due to pressure against it's supporters...
New from this week.
Clearance operations continue in khaldiya island with some casualties from both sides. With the area being surrounded and no safe passage means the remaining daish fighters will fight untill killed or captured. House to house ops continue. Iraqi forces have also captured...
The Qayara-shirqat- hawijah operations are being held back because of the lack of accommodation for fleeing civilians. The iraqi forces changed their tactics because of that. Currently the ops are focused on cutting of and laying seige to towns and villages in the region. the ops have been...
More good news.
Iraqi forces swept up from Baiji to North of Qayara, an unexpected news which totally blindsided IS whom focused on defending only the actual towns of Shirqat and Qayara. The forces took over smaller towns and strategic roads then eventually swerved to meet up with the forces...
Qayara base summary.
Base is 2km x 20km. Has 1000+ housing units, 22 aircraft hangers, and 3 military camps.
Resulted in 47 IS killed, 14 suicide bombers/ VBIED's. And 15 vehicles destroyed as they tried to escape.
Over 400 iraqis killed by IS terrorist attacks in a single week. Yet some still cry about "sunni opression" whenever IS receives another defeat. May they rest in peace.
Falujah has been fully liberated including all the nearby pockets and areas.
Iraqi forces continue clearing IS pockets...
Federal police back to Baghdad after accomplishing the mission in Fallujah.
From a weeks ago, Iraqi forces heading towards shirqat. Residents of Alem cheer.
Note that shirqat is a mostly loyalist town. Although it's a sunni city, majority of the population are against daesh. Hundreds...
May Allah accept our martyrs.
Some updates.
Northern sallahiddin southern Nineveh.
Iraqi forces continue advancing North. Seems like they are not entering shirqat but instead will advance north then east to create a siege by cutting the road between Qayara and shurqat. Possibly make a joint...
Reports that another convoy of 20+ vehicles trying to rip through iraqi defences was targeted and destroyed by coalition forces. Location Albi Bali.
Northern Sallahiddin province.
Iraqi forces looses few vehicles in IS counter offensive. IS propaganda shows 4 vehicles including a destroyed...
They did have but too many vehicles and little ammo. 20 Helos involved in the operation. Some of the smaller helo's started flying low to the ground and emptying out the pilots/ soldiers on board personal weapons.
Note thats ots not a single convoy. It's many convoys trying to make their...
Some great news.
Iraqi forces have entered southern Nineveh from Sallahiddin province for the first time in 2 years. They have liberated several villages and are on the outskirts of Shirqat.
Around Fallujah and khaldiyah island IS fighters have massed into their remaining pockets. Totally...
With a much weaker and smaller enemy.
Your attempt at discrediting the victory means nothing. Besides the battle is totally different then it was in 2004.
The areas included nearly 30 towns and villages around Falujah including saqlawiyah and karma which the Americans NEVER actually...
IS has lost all of Falujah. The bastion which they laid all their strength to protect. The battle lasted about a month. Nearly 1500 IS fighters were killed and another 2000+ were arrested as they tried to flee with the civilian population.
Pockets of IS territory is collapsing quickly after...
More IS crimes against fleeing civilians. After the suicide bombing against the fleeing civilians in Saqlawiyah. IS has attacked some families trying to escape the city through the river. One boat has sunk and mostly women and children drowned. Some of them were saved.
The PMF and locals...