Syria/Iraq update 7/21/2018..Militants who Refused Reconciliation Leave to the Terrorist Paradise in Idlib

Syrian army retakes territories near Golan Heights

Quneitra : Islamist Militants who Refused Reconciliation Leave to the Terrorist Paradise in Idlib

Second group of militants evacuated from Quneitra province

Syrian Army Liberated the Strategic Hill of Tall Al-Jābiyah in Western Daraa

Mass graves with 1,200 civilians found in Raqqa, US-led coalition denies responsibility

Residents call for Syrian government to return to Raqqa

Residents of Raqqa, a former stronghold of the so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL) in northern Syria, spoke about how the conflict had impacted their city, footage filmed on Thursday shows. Many residents recalled times before the conflict where services such as water and electricity weren’t so scarce. One woman said, “There is no electricity in the town, there is no water. We are working and we can’t decide whether to eat or to buy electricity and water.” Another Raqqa resident expressed her wish for the government to re-establish itself in the region, and to provide civil services again. “I wish that reconciliation would take place, and the country would be better than before; the water and electricity [would return]. When the government is back, reconciliation will happen and this country would be back as it was,” she stated.

France and Russia carry out first joint aid mission in Syria

Eshtabraq’s freed abductees and hundreds of Kefraya and al-Fouaa locals arrive in Lattakia city

From the funeral of the Martyr hero Captain Yousef Mohammed Sulaiman who received the honor of martyrdom in Deir Al-Zour Albuqamal and was received by his father, Colonel Mohammed Suleiman. The hero of the village of Tallinn Banias… With pride and honor, the body of the heroic martyr Captain Yousef Mohammed Sulaiman was martyred today in Deir al-Azzur and the heroic martyr of Tartous Banias Tallinn village From the military hospital in Tartous to his last resting place

Iraq: Fear and devastation plague Mosul one year after liberation

In 2016, Iraqi forces backed by firepower of the US-led coalition descended on the embattled city of Mosul, Iraq’s second most populous city and the largest ever to fall into the hands of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIL/ISIS). The battle which followed the Mosul offensive began on 16 October 2016 and lasted for nearly nine months. Described by Major General Rupert Jones, deputy commander of the Combined Joint Taskforce as the “toughest urban combat that has probably been fought since WWII,” the final battle to liberate the city ended on 21 July 2017, although Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had already proclaimed its liberation ten days earlier. As Mosul marks the first anniversary of its liberation, daily life struggles for its locals prevail, with many living in fear that IS is slowly making a comeback.