Iraq report - 10/16/2015

Al-Nusra Terrorists Perpetrate a Massacre in Homs, “Synchronized” with Syria-Russia Operations

Global Research,

15 October, 2015

Terrorists of Jabhat al-Nusra perpetrated a massacre in Teirmaal village in Homs northern countryside on Thursday.

A military source told SANA that terrorists committed their crime at 7:00 am in synchronization of the army operations in the area, adding that the act aimed at accusing the Syrian Army and the Russian air force of targeting civilians.

“The Syrian Ministry of Defense stresses that the Syrian Army and the Russian air force do not target civilian-populated areas and holds Jabhat al-Nusra and its associates full responsibility for such crimes,” the source said.

The armed terrorist groups had perpetrated a number of crimes against civilians in several areas, the purpose of many of these acts were to accuse the Syrian Army of targeting civilians. Photos and videos footages of such acts have been used repeatedly to mislead local and international public opinions.

In November 2012, terrorists committed a massacre against two families in al-Marjeh in Aleppo city, misleading media outlets distributed the footages and photos and alleged the Syrian Army was the perpetrator.

A terrorist rocket attack in Homs city leaves 3 civilians injured

In a relevant context, three civilians were injured due to a terrorist rocket attack in al-Arman neighborhood in Homs city.

Two rocket shells fired by terrorist organizations positioned in the northern countryside of Homs hit al-Arman neighborhood, a source at Homs governorate told SANA.

The attack, the source said, left 3 civilians injured and caused material damage to the citizens’ properties and the infrastructure in the site.

Victims in a terrorist explosion of a car bomb in al-Tal, Damascus countryside

Terrorists detonated a car bomb in al-Tal city in Damascus countryside on Thursday, leaving a number of victims among the civilians.

Civil sources told SANA that terrorists blew up a car bomb behind the municipality building in al-Tal city, causing several victims and injuries among the civilians.

Meanwhile, a medical source at al-Mowasa hospital told SANA that two children and a man were received in the hospital, having different injuries due to the explosion.

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Material damages in a mortar shell that fell near TV& Radio building

Terrorists fired a mortar shell that fell in the surrounding of Umayyad main square in Damascus.

A police source told SANA that a mortar shell hit the fence of the Radio and TV building without leaving any causality.

“Iraqi forces recapture most Baiji oil refinery from Daesh“

Iraqi Army Makes Significant Progress Inside Baiji, Al-Baghdadi, and Al-Ramadi

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraqi-army-makes-significant-progress-inside-baiji-al-baghdadi-and-al-ramadi/

The Iraqi Army is on a roll inside the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham’s (ISIS) heartland, retaking several sites from the aforementioned terrorist group in the last 48 hours.

On Wednesday morning, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) – in coordination with local tribesmen and popular committees – captured the strategic Majid Checkpoint and Communication Tower to the east of Al-Baghdadi city in the Al-‘Anbar Governorate of west Iraq after intense firefights with ISIS that stretched to the late afternoon.

On the outskirts of the provincial capital of the Al-‘Anbar Governorate, the Iraqi Army’s 16th Brigade – in coordination with their popular committees – captured the Residential Complex inside the village of Al-Tamim, furthering the plight of the ISIS terrorists holed-up in the city of Al-Ramadi.

Meanwhile, in the Baiji countryside of the Salaheddeen Governorate, Hashd Al-Sha’abi has reportedly captured the village of Makhoul after launching a counter-assault against the terrorist group in this area.

In addition to their success outside of Baiji, the Iraqi Security Forces and their popular committees have surrounded ISIS at the Baiji Oil Refinery, capturing the remaining oil plants and plaster substance factories encompassing the northeastern outskirts of this strategic site.

The Iraqi Army and popular committees have made significant progress in the last two months, capturing several towns from the terrorist group’s possession, while also storming the ISIS heartland in the Al-‘Anbar Governorate; if they continue down this route, they will be able to retake Al-Ramadi and Baiji.