ISIS update 12/11/2016..Peace talks meant to ease terrorists' losses

Peace talks meant to ease terrorists’ losses

Militants are fleeing Aleppo disguised as civilians.

Report from Aleppo | December 10th 2016 | Conversation with warm and fuzzy jihadists

Thousands of Civilians Evacuated from Aleppo City, Hundreds of Militants Surrender

The Russian Peace Coordination Center in Syria announced on Sunday that evacuation of civilians from militant-held districts of Eastern Aleppo city has been underway, while hundreds of militants have given up fight against the Syrian Army.

The Russian Defense Ministry quoted the Peace Coordination Center as announcing that over 2,100 civilians have been evacuated from the militant-held regions in Eastern Aleppo during the last night, while almost 300 militants have laid down arms and have surrendered themselves to government officials.

“The Russian center for Syrian reconciliation continues providing humanitarian assistance to local residents leaving militants-controlled Eastern Aleppo neighborhoods, Overnight… 2,124 city residents left Aleppo districts controlled by militants including 1,007 children. A total of 291 militants laid down their arms and left for the Western part of the city,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov told reporters on Sunday.

“The Russian center for reconciliation has organized evacuation of another 8,000 civilians from Eastern Aleppo districts through humanitarian corridors,” Konashenkov said, adding that all of them are being admitted at special humanitarian centers and provided with food and medical aid.

Konashenkov announced on Saturday that almost 50,000 civilians were evacuated from militant-held districts of Eastern Aleppo in two days.

“Approximately 50,000 civilians, including children, left the militant-held districts of Eastern Aleppo city in last 48 hours,” Konashenkov said, adding, “Syrian government forces will start their anti-terrorism offensives once evacuation of people from Aleppo’s Eastern districts ends.”

He further underlined that non-stop exit of civilians was underway continuously through the specified humanitarian corridors, and continued, “The Russian Peace Coordination Center in Syria is monitoring evacuation of civilians from besieged districts of Aleppo by drones.”

“More than 20,000 residents left Eastern Aleppo in the first phase on Saturday, and 1,217 militants laid down their weapons,” Konashenkov said

“The Russian Center for Reconciliation, through humanitarian corridors near Karim El-Hun and Mahayar, has organized the evacuation of civilians from the Eastern parts of Aleppo to the safe areas of the city,” he added.

“We are appealing to those who have been for months announcing their readiness to send humanitarian aid to Aleppo: the representatives of the United States, Britain, France, Canada, the European Union and international organizations… It’s time to back up your promises,” the spokesperson underscored.

A field sources said that halt in military operation does not mean ceasefire but it only can slow down army operations and missile or artillery attacks on terrorists’ position in the Eastern districts of Aleppo to pave the ground for the exit of civilians from the remaining district in Southeastern Aleppo that are still under militants’ control.

The terrorist groups targeted the districts of Bostan al-Qasr (Bustan al-Kaser) and al-Sukri by mortar shells and explosive gas cylinders to prevent evacuation of civilians and meantime provoke the army men to start operation against militants.

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Syrian army pushes ISIL terrorists out of Palmyra

Syrian Army in Full Control of Ancient City of Palmyra

Syrian Army troops with the back up of the Russian and Syrian fighter jets managed to drive ISIL out of the neighborhoods they lost to the terrorists on Saturday, and imposed full control over the historical city of Palmyra (Tadmur) in Eastern Homs.

The army soldiers, backed up by the Russian and Syrian warplanes, pushed ISIL terrorists back from neighborhoods near Palmyra’s entrance, inflicting major casualties on the militants.

ISIL carried out one more large-scale attack on government positions at the Eastern entrance of Palmyra on Saturday night. They took control of the strategic height of al-Tar in the Northern side of Palmyra and the village of al-Ameriyeh Northwest of the city. They further laid siege on the city.

As the ISIL terrorists were entering the Eastern districts of Palmyra, the army troops started to evacuate civilians from the city and transfer them to the T4 region and airport, but after arrival of reinforcements, the government forces carried out crushing attacks on the terrorists and retook some of the lost neighborhoods with the back of the Russian and Syrian aircraft.

The army men, fresh forces and the Syrian and Russian fighter jets inflicted major losses on the militants and took back the village of al-Ameriyeh and the Eastern neighborhoods of Palmyra.

The government forces further targeted ISIL’s movements and gatherings in the wheat silos and al-Tar height, inflicting major losses on them and pushing them back from most of these two regions.

Massdar news reported that the Russian Special Forces with the back up of the Russian fighter jets and choppers played a crucial role in recapturing lost region in the Palmyra operation.

A field source said that the Syrian government forces are fortifying their position in the city to prevent any advance of the ISIL.

The sources added that the Takfiri terrorists try to maintain their position in Palmyra’s outskirt, but the Russian and Syrian warplanes are targeting them continuously.

The source also said that an ISIL convoy of vehicles carrying a number of terrorists that had left al-Sukhnah region for Palmyra was destroyed in the air raids.

A military source also told RIA Novosti that the Syrian army managed to repel ISIL attack on Palmyra, regaining full control over the embattled city.

“Let me repeat that Palmyra is under the control of the Syrian army troops,” the source said, adding that ISIL terrorists are carrying out intense attacks, but they have been repulsed.

On Saturday, the army sent hundreds of fresh forces to the ancient city of Palmyra (Tadmur) to repel ISIL’s large-scale attacks and take back the lands lost in recent days.

Hundreds of forces arrived in the Eastern territories of Homs city to help the army men to fend off ISIL’s continued attacks and then take back lost lands near Tadmur.

ISIL terrorists started large-scale offensives against government positions and managed to capture several gas and oil fields and heights near the city.

Meantime, the army soldiers and National Defense forces with the back up of Russian and Syrian fighter jets warded off ISIL’s attacks in some of the flanks and killed tens of the terrorists.

The Russian Air Force also dispatched a number of choppers to T-4 airbase Northeast of Palmyra to back the ground forces to take back the lands lost to the ISIL and repel terrorists’ attacks.

A field source said that bad weather did not allow the Russian and Syrian aircraft to provide good support for the army men during the Thursday attacks of the ISIL.

“But Syrian bombers and the Russian choppers targeted heavily the movements and gatherings of ISIL near the energy fields,” the source added.

Another source disclosed that Palmyra and its road was under the full control of the army soldiers, adding that ISIL did not have enough fighters to capture Tadmur.

ISIL had gathered a number of forces from other regions for carrying out the attack in Homs, while advances of Ankara-backed militants in Euphrates Shield Operation in al-Bab region in Northern Aleppo and continuation of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces’ Euphrates Rage Operation to liberate Raqqa city have forced ISIL to use its forces in those battlefields in Aleppo and Raqqa provinces.

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Iraq for Mosul talks

Iraq War December 10th 2016 | Battles For Mosul – Inquiry Over Actions

IRAQI SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN MOSUL BY US AIRSTRIKES

Battle for Mosul Day 55: 31 Mosul Districts Liberated So Far

The comprehensive military campaign to liberate the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul continued on Sunday with the Iraqi volunteer forces ending the fifth round of military operations in the Western flank of the city of Mosul, while other units of armed forces declared that they have set 31 districts free in the city.

PMF Ends 5th Phase of Operation, 31 Mosul’s Districts Liberated

The Iraqi volunteer forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) ended the fifth round of their military operation in the Western flank of the city of Mosul as the country’s joint military forces have seized back 31 districts in the city.

“Hashd al-Shaabi has concluded its fifth phase of military operations in the Western flank of Mosul after liberating Tal Abta,” the Iraqi volunteer forces’ media center declared on Sunday.

On November 25, the Iraqi volunteer forces started the Fifth round of their military operation to capture the remaining areas in the Western flank of Mosul.

Meantime, the Nineveh Liberation Operation Command Center announced that Iraq’s joint military forces have managed to win back 31 districts of Mosul and are purging the ISIL terrorists from the newly-liberated areas.

Iraqi Troops Gain More Ground in Mosul despite ISIL Inhumane Tactics

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Units captured two new districts in the war-ravaged city of Mosul in Iraq’s Northwestern Nineveh Governorate.

“Counter-Terrorism Units liberated the districts of al-Murur and Qadissiyah al-Oula in Mosul,” the Iraqi Army General Command said in an official statement, ARA News reported.

“ISIL suffered heavy losses under heavy bombardment by our forces,” it added.

Iraqi Security Forces also seized control of three neighborhoods in the Eastern part of Mosul city after fierce clashes with ISIL fighters.

“The ISF have secured the neighborhoods of al-Adil, Taamim and al-Eylam,” the Iraqi General Command said.

15 Decomposed Bodies Found in Southern Mosul

Iraqi security forces found on Sunday 15 decomposed bodies of civilians strewn inside a water well South of Mosul, presumably executed by ISIL militants, local officials said.

Head of the Shura district council, Khaled al-Gar, said in a statement that the bodies were found at a water well a Saf al-Tout, adding that security forces and concerned authorities were working to identify the dead civilians. He said initial information suggest they were executed by ISIL, Iraqi News reported.

Shura had been recaptured by Iraqi joint forces late November.

Iraqi Forces Battle ISIL for Control of Village Southeast of Mosul

Iraqi army forces, backed by popular forces, said they were advancing in the fight to retake Ganous village South of Mosul from ISIL militants.

Army troops engaged in heavy machine-gun clashes with militants holed up in the village of Ganous, near the town of Shirqat, about 70 km South of Mosul, NRT reported.

The forces have been fighting for the control of the village for almost a week now, but the militants have hit back with suicide car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades, army and police officers said. 

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