22 October 2014

Our sources are reporting that 7 ISIL gunmen have been killed in a clash with the forces protecting Sinjar. ISIL and Peshmarga forces have also clashed in Al-Khazir, east of Mosul, in which 4 gunmen have been killed.

Mosul activists are warning of the spread of disease, as the city's residents have been using river water. The lack of potable water is now in its 7th day and has affected the city's industries as well as its citizens.

The Kirkuk passport office has allocated Saturdays for dealing with the large numbers of Mosul migrants in Kirkuk.

21 October 2014

Our sources in Mosul are reporting that an army colonel Mohammed Hassouni Al-Juburi and his son were killed yesterday in Hammam Al-Alil by ISIL gunmen. The victim resisted the attack and was able to kill 3 of the attackers before he and his son were killed.

Peshmarga forces yesterday repelled an ISIL attack in the Rabee'a area, and another on the Mosul plains.

ISIL is now confiscating empty houses in Mosul that have been abandoned by their owners. The homes are being used for storing ammunition, IED production, and for housing some ISIL personnel.

Nineveh Traffic Police officers yesterday called on the central government to pay their salaries for the last 4 months.

According to our sources, most of the privately-owned electricity generators have stopped operating as a result of the city-wide water shortage that has affected for the last 11 days, and an electricity shortage for the last 6 days. Acticists are warning of the spread of diseases as a result of the water shortages.

Mosul students who are taking their exams in Kirkuk are complaining about the difficulty of the exams themselves and the difficulties they face in securing accommodation.

14 October 2014

Sources have confirmed that coalition warplanes yesterday struck targets south of Mosul; about 22 ISIL gunmen were killed.

Also yesterday, ISIL personnel abducted a number of journalists from Mosul; there has been an announcement that one of them, Muhannad Al-Ugaili, has been executed.

The Nineveh police commander, Khaled Al-Hamdani, announced yesterday that the Interior Ministry has approved the back salaries of police personnel who have reported to the training camp located near the Kurdistan Region where they will train for the liberation of Mosul. 5,000 personnel reported to the camp yesterday and it was announced that they would be paid their back salaries, as an incentive for others to report for training.

ISIL yesterday forbade students from Mosul - who wanted to take their exams in Kirkuk - to leave the city, fearing that they might join the resistance camps outside Mosul. They only allowed those who could designate a guarantor of their return following their exams in Kirkuk.

Civil services in Mosul are almost nonexistent; the streets are strewn with garbage because municipal workers have been slow in removing the piles of rubbish, a situation that has been ongoing ever since the fall of the city.