The wife of a known Daesh terrorist committed suicide by setting herself on fire in the western part of Mosul, a local source in Nineveh province, Iraq told Sputnik Arabic.
Wife of Infamous Daesh Terrorist Sets Herself on Fire in Western Mosul
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The woman, Nahla was originally from the village of al-Hud near the town of Qayyarah south of Mosul. She together with her husband and four sons were members of Daesh ranks.
The reported reason for her suicide was because her son Us lost his leg during an air strike by the international coalition.
Recently, Daesh terrorists have sustained heavy losses as the Iraqi army with the support of the international coalition has managed to liberate eastern Mosul.
However, despite their liberation the residents clearly remember the cruelty and mercilessness of Daesh and Nahla’s family.
They subjected the local residents to horrific torture. The woman together with her family members had killed hundreds of civilians in the town of Qayyarah.
According to accounts of the local residents, Daesh regularly tortured children as well. Female Daesh members were as cruel as male and they kidnapped young girls to torture them and sell them into slavery.
Last week, the charity Save the Children said that about 350,000 children are currently trapped in the western part of Mosul, ahead of the anti-terror operation.
"An estimated 350,000 children are trapped in siege-like conditions under ISIS [Daesh] control in western Mosul, risking summary execution by militants if they try to flee, as Iraqi and coalition forces look set to cross the River Tigris and advance deeper into the city," the statement said.
Furthermore, Mosul residents had to adhere to a strict dress code. Women had to keep their bodies covered with all-black clothes and cover their faces with veils two layers thick that obstructed breathing. Many women were not able to leave their homes for months.
Daesh members roamed the streets to ensure compliance with the rules, with the power to issue fines or lashes in punishment.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said six of its staff have been killed and two are missing in northern Afghanistan.
Six Red Cross Staff Killed, Two Missing in North Afghanistan
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The situation in Afghanistan has significantly deteriorated in recent months. the country is suffering from the activity of the Taliban, a militant group formed in the 1990s, seeking to establish Sharia law in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and from other terrorist groups including the Daesh, banned in Russia and many other countries.
"We confirm that six ICRC staff were killed and two are missing in Jawzjan province," the Red Cross said in a Twitter post, saying that it planned to issue a statement later.
Six Afghan Red Cross Workers Killed by suspected ISIL the country to areas hit by deadly snow storms, government officials said.
Six Afghan Red Cross Workers Killed by Suspected ISIL Militants
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Another two employees were unaccounted for after the attack in Jowzjan province, ICRC spokesman Thomas Glass said, but the aid group said it did not know who was responsible, Irish Times reported.
The aid workers were in a convoy carrying supplies to areas hit by avalanches when they were attacked by suspected Islamic State gunmen, Lotfullah Azizi, the Jowzjan provincial governor, told reporters.
"ISIL is very active in that area," he said referring to the terror group which has made limited inroads in Afghanistan but has carried out increasingly deadly attacks.
Jawzjan police chief Rahmatullah Turkistani said the workers' bodies had been brought to the provincial capital and a search operation launched to find the two missing ICRC employees.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said his group was not involved in the attack and promised that Taliban members would "put all their efforts into finding the perpetrators".
Yemen called off the permission for US Special Operations anti-terror ground missions, US media reported.
Yemen Rescinds Permission for US Counter-Terror Ground Missions
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Yemeni authorities made their decision after last month's raid, which resulted in civilian casualties, The New York Times newspaper reported, citing US officials.
On January 29, the US Special Forces launched a raid in Yemen, killing 14 al-Qaeda militants as well as civilians, including an 8-year-old daughter of previously assassinated al-Qaeda leader Anwar Awlaki. The raid reportedly targeted al-Qaeda leader Qassim Rimi.
Iraqi army generals and media services said Wednesday the country's security forces killed 26 ISIL militants in separate locations in Mosul, while bringing down drones guided by the terror group.
Iraqi Army Shoots down ISIL Drones, Kills 26 Militants in Mosul
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The security forces shot down three ISIL-guided drones that were heading to bomb civilians in the districts of al-Zohour, al-Masaref, al-Seddiq and al-Sukkar North of Mosul," said Col. Adel al-Jubouri, from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, Bas News reported.
Government forces had recaptured those districts from ISIL as part of operations between mid October and January 24th that drove extremists out of Eastern Mosul.
The ISIL terrorist group has burnt alive 10 civilians in Southern Mosul on substantiated charges of cooperation with the Iraqi army forces, a security source revealed on Wednesday
ISIL Burns Alive 10 Civilians for Cooperation with Iraqi Army
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Colonel Khalid al-Jawari, a commander of the Nineveh province liberation operation, was quoted as saying by al-Qods al-Arabi newspaper that
the civilians were burnt in Wadi al-Hajar region for allegedly establishing ties with the Iraqi forces through cell phones.
Also, residents of Mosul announced on Wednesday that the
ISIL has executed 7 of its members near the fifth bridge in Western Mosul for escaping from the terrorist group's hidden base in the region.
Relevant reports about the ISIL crimes in Iraq also said on Tuesday that
the kidneys of 45 patients were stolen by the ISIL militants in the hospitals located on the right side of Mosul, Iraqi media said.
The reports cited an informed but unidentified source saying that the extremists have not only stolen the kidneys of civilian patients but even those of their own members.
The source also said that the civilian victims who turn to hospitals for surgery are shocked when they find out that instead of the intended surgery for them, their kidneys were taken away. ISIL uses its own surgeons for organ thefts, according to the source who added that the organization has an agreement with mafia and human organs trafficking nets and funds its operations by selling human organs.
The Yemeni army's artillery units pounded the gathering centers of the Saudi-backed militants in Ta'iz province, killing and injuring several militias.
Saudi-Backed Militias' Concentration Centers Come Under Yemen's Artillery Attacks
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The Saudi-backed militias' concentration centers in Hamir district in the town of Maqbaneh sustained heavy losses in the Yemeni forces' artillery attacks on Tuesday night.
There is yet no report on the exact number of casualties on the part of the Riyadh-backed militants in Hamir district, but similar attacks by the Yemeni forces usually leave heavy losses and casualties on the Saudi-backed troops.
The Yemeni forces targeted and destroyed a military vehicle of the Saudi-backed militias in al-Hamra hilltop in Maqbaneh region as well.
In a relevant development on Tuesday, the Yemeni popular forces killed three Saudi-paid mercenaries in Sana'a province's Nihm district.
The mercenaries were killed when a guided missile hit the military vehicle carrying them, local media quoted a military official as saying on Wednesday.
The Saudi forces invaded residents of al-Awamiyah region in Eastern province, shelling the house of a martyr in al-Jamimah district.
Saudi Army Raids People in Awamiyah Region in Eastern Province
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Local sources said that the Saudi army fired indiscriminate cannon shells at the house of martyr Mursi al-Rabah who was killed by the security forces.
Meantime, social media activists in Awamiyah announced on their twitter pages that the Saudi forces wanted to arrest a member of martyr al-Rabah family.
They added that the move was made after the Saudi military men destroyed al-Mousawarah village, the birthplace of late cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Late last month, a large number of people in Eastern Saudi Arabia had staged protest rallies and set up tents in certain districts of Awamiyah region to voice support for residents of al-Mousawarah village.
Also in January, people in Saudi Arabia’s Shiite-populated Qatif region poured into streets to mark the first anniversary of the execution of prominent cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi regime.
The rally was held in al-Awamiyah village in Eastern Province, and the protesters carried photos of Sheik Nimr and placards in condemnation of the Saudi regime, chanting the slogan “Sheikh Nimr is always alive”. They also condemned the kingdom for executing the cleric on fabricated charges.
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the country's security forces are monitoring movements of the “isolated” chief of ISIL terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Abadi: Iraq ‘Monitoring’ Movements of 'Isolated' ISIL Leader
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“He’s almost alone at the moment. He doesn’t have many people to trust. He is in isolation, we’re monitoring his movements,” Abadi said in an interview with the France 24 television channel, presstv reported.
He stressed that Baghdadi is keeping a very low profile. “His communication with other terrorists is very low. In many times, it is almost nonexistent.”
The prime minister, however, declined to reveal any details of Baghdadi’s whereabouts.
Answering a question whether Baghdadi was still in the Northern city of Mosul, the group’s last stronghold on Iraqi soil, Abadi smiled and said, “I’m not commenting on it.” He also noted that most of the Baghdadi’s aides had been “killed and eliminated” in recent operations.
