Firstly, we have a report that we have not yet been able to verify: that ISIL has executed 19 people, including the former (woman) parliamentarian Iman Muhammad Yunis al-Salman; according to our source, her parents have been told about her execution by ISIL.
Yesterday, airstrikes were carried out in Tell Afar and Rabi'a, killing and wounding many ISIL gunmen; our sources say that the Mosul Hospital received many dead and wounded, and there have been calls by ISIL for blood donations.
Federal and Peshmerga forces have been advancing to liberate the villages around Rabi'a, but the advance has been slow because of the booby traps the gunmen have set along the roads and within houses and any above-ground structure.
The head of the Nineveh Council, Bashar al-Kiki, announced that a volunteer military force is to be formed in the province in order to liberate it from ISIL's presence.
Yesterday, ISIL issued a statement calling on Christians and Yazidis to return to Mosul, provided that they adopt Islam as their religion; they would then not have to pay the proscribed bounty.
Yesterday in Mosul there was some cautious activity by its residents who have been almost continuously staying at home because of the security situation.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
07 October 2014
Our sources say that 25 ISIL gunmen were killed yesterday in airstrikes on the Zummar, Badush, and Eski Kelek areas. Meanwhile, drones are continuing their flights over Mosul, and the citizens there are welcoming the advances being made by central government security forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga in Rabi'a and Zummar.
However, the people of Mosul are fearful of possible reprisals, should Mosul be liberated. These fears are being stoked on Facebook, with warnings of reprisals against Mosul residents, by the Yazidis for example. Most likely is that ISIL is behind these warnings and allegations.
However, the people of Mosul are fearful of possible reprisals, should Mosul be liberated. These fears are being stoked on Facebook, with warnings of reprisals against Mosul residents, by the Yazidis for example. Most likely is that ISIL is behind these warnings and allegations.
Monday, October 6, 2014
06 October 2014
ISIL has distributed a statement in Mosul, demanding that doctors and university educators who have left Mosul must return within 10 days to take up their duties.
This is a part of the threat issued to all who have left Mosul; ISIL has deemed them all as being in violation of Shari'a law and must be punished accordingly.
ISIL is very concerned with medical issues; even with regard to exams, they have fixed exam dates between October 11 and October 23 strictly for medical students; medical institutes, the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, etc. We don't why they are emphasizing these fields: they may have more to gain from them, and they have not shown an interest in the other science subjects.
Sources are saying that some merchants and businessmen in Mosul have been permitted to import fuel and some foodstuffs, using their personal contacts, from Kurdistan and elsewhere, in order to cover the needs of Nineveh Province.
The available gasoline that has been imported from Turkey and Syria is inferior in quality and has damaged many vehicles, not to mention its being very expensive. One liter of this inferior gasoline now costs 1,750 Dinars (i.e. some 1.50 US dollars). That is why they have allowed some merchants to import from Kurdistan but we don't know if they will succeed.
Regarding the security situation in the province, ISIL yesterday executed 12 civilian tribal members from Qayrawan following their being held for five days after being abducted.
A coalition airstrike targeted a gathering of ISIL personnel in Sinjar, killing a number of the gunmen.
This is a part of the threat issued to all who have left Mosul; ISIL has deemed them all as being in violation of Shari'a law and must be punished accordingly.
ISIL is very concerned with medical issues; even with regard to exams, they have fixed exam dates between October 11 and October 23 strictly for medical students; medical institutes, the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, etc. We don't why they are emphasizing these fields: they may have more to gain from them, and they have not shown an interest in the other science subjects.
Sources are saying that some merchants and businessmen in Mosul have been permitted to import fuel and some foodstuffs, using their personal contacts, from Kurdistan and elsewhere, in order to cover the needs of Nineveh Province.
The available gasoline that has been imported from Turkey and Syria is inferior in quality and has damaged many vehicles, not to mention its being very expensive. One liter of this inferior gasoline now costs 1,750 Dinars (i.e. some 1.50 US dollars). That is why they have allowed some merchants to import from Kurdistan but we don't know if they will succeed.
Regarding the security situation in the province, ISIL yesterday executed 12 civilian tribal members from Qayrawan following their being held for five days after being abducted.
A coalition airstrike targeted a gathering of ISIL personnel in Sinjar, killing a number of the gunmen.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
02 October 2014
Yesterday, ISIL members arrested the pediatrician Ghalib Shakir (a man), the Nineveh Prosecutor-General Ibtihal al-Khiyali (a woman), and an elder of the Jubur tribes Qayyara, Fawwaz Abdul-Aziz. The reasons for the arrests are not known.
Archeologists in Nineveh are warning of the danger posed by ISIL on Nineveh's archeological treasures, following the theft and smuggling of some of them. They are also warning of the effects of air strikes on archeological sites.
Warplanes have dropped leaflets over Mosul that call on the public to stay away from ISIL locations, in advance of airstrikes to be launched against them.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
01 October 2014
According to our sources in Mosul, security forces are advancing following the liberation of Rabi'a and its surrounding villages. The local Mosul Brigades resisting the ISIL gunmen within Mosul have killed one gunman in each of Salamiya and Qayyarah.
The Mosul Council met yesterday in a Mosul suburb adopted a number of decisions: to call on the Iraqi Parliament to issue smart cards to displaced people that would enable them to receive the one million Dinar grant without any (administrative) problems or delays. Also, teachers who have migrated from Mosul have called for their salaries to be transferred to Kurdistan, following ISIL threats to confiscate the salaries of all employees who have fled from Mosul and whom they consider to be cowardly and liable to having their funds confiscated. Many Mosul police personnel are also calling for their salaries to be paid.
The Mosul Council met yesterday in a Mosul suburb adopted a number of decisions: to call on the Iraqi Parliament to issue smart cards to displaced people that would enable them to receive the one million Dinar grant without any (administrative) problems or delays. Also, teachers who have migrated from Mosul have called for their salaries to be transferred to Kurdistan, following ISIL threats to confiscate the salaries of all employees who have fled from Mosul and whom they consider to be cowardly and liable to having their funds confiscated. Many Mosul police personnel are also calling for their salaries to be paid.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
30 September 2014
Yesterday, southern Mosul was targeted for the first time by British warplanes, killing - according to our sources - 9 ISIL gunmen. There were also clashes yesterday between a newly-formed Yazidi resistance group and ISIL gunmen, killing 10 gunmen and 3 Yazidis.
Yesterday the Mosul Provincial Council held its first meeting in Alqosh. The Council called for formulating a plan to liberate Mosul, for speeding up the formation of the National Guard, while calling on Parliament to consider the Yazidi victims on a par with the victims of Camp Speicher.
A U.S. airstrike on Makhmur yesterday - presumably relying on advance intelligence - killed a number of ISIL personnel who had gathered in the targeted location.
There has been a negative public reaction regarding new ISIL regulations imposing bounty payments disguised as Islamic 'Zakat' contributions. ISIL authorities have also begun leasing government buildings and property. Meanwhile, fuel prices are still rising in anticipation of the winter season.
Yesterday the Mosul Provincial Council held its first meeting in Alqosh. The Council called for formulating a plan to liberate Mosul, for speeding up the formation of the National Guard, while calling on Parliament to consider the Yazidi victims on a par with the victims of Camp Speicher.
A U.S. airstrike on Makhmur yesterday - presumably relying on advance intelligence - killed a number of ISIL personnel who had gathered in the targeted location.
There has been a negative public reaction regarding new ISIL regulations imposing bounty payments disguised as Islamic 'Zakat' contributions. ISIL authorities have also begun leasing government buildings and property. Meanwhile, fuel prices are still rising in anticipation of the winter season.
Monday, September 29, 2014
29 September 2014
Reconnaissance flights are continuing over Mosul, and strikes have been targeted on Guwayr, east of Mosul, according to our sources. The strikes have killed or wounded about 50 ISIL personnel.
The Mosul Brigades, a resistance group within Mosul, yesterday killed an ISIL gunman responsible for making explosive devices at his home.
With regard to services in the city, there is widespread disdain for the near-absence of any services and for the lack of basic supplies in the city.
Sources among the public are expressing concern over the approach of winter amid the fuel shortages. The available fuel is of low quality and expensive, with prices gradually increasing: the price of a barrel of heating fuel has reached 300,000 Dinars - a very high price when compared to prices in Baghdad and elsewhere. Mosul citizens are also fearful of the (possible) liberation of the city before winter. Buying and selling in Mosul is at a standstill, particularly that of cars and homes, with many of those who have money fearful of spending it. They are also concerned that buying a car or a home will be concluded using improper documentation, given the fact that the whole situation is unstable and out of the ordinary.
The Mosul Brigades, a resistance group within Mosul, yesterday killed an ISIL gunman responsible for making explosive devices at his home.
With regard to services in the city, there is widespread disdain for the near-absence of any services and for the lack of basic supplies in the city.
Sources among the public are expressing concern over the approach of winter amid the fuel shortages. The available fuel is of low quality and expensive, with prices gradually increasing: the price of a barrel of heating fuel has reached 300,000 Dinars - a very high price when compared to prices in Baghdad and elsewhere. Mosul citizens are also fearful of the (possible) liberation of the city before winter. Buying and selling in Mosul is at a standstill, particularly that of cars and homes, with many of those who have money fearful of spending it. They are also concerned that buying a car or a home will be concluded using improper documentation, given the fact that the whole situation is unstable and out of the ordinary.
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