2 month agoAftermath of an SVBIED attack on an SDF position in Hajin today.
SDF continue to advance in Hajin Town in Deir ez-Zor. According to ANHA they control 50 per cent of Hajin now. K24 reporters on the ground narrowly escaped a Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED) attack in Hajin today.
Amaq reports about IS attack in Judaydat area, east of Karamah Raqqa countryside
SDF has fully captured Hajin town from ISIS,capturing an important ISIS HQ
2 month agoPhotos of a daesh SVIED that was destroyed before it could hit SDF none SDF were injured
UK: A suspected Islamic State-inspired terror plot has been foiled following an armed police raid in Newcastle. A 33-year-old man was arrested in the operation.
2 month agoVideo of explosion today in Al Rai
Per @brett_mcgurk, "A couple of thousand.of the most hardened ISIS fighters" remain holed up in the Hajin and DeirEzZor area On October 2, when asked how many ISIS were in the area, @OIRSpox told Pentagon reporters, "We always said around between, you know, 1,000 and 2,000"
[email protected]'s @brett_mcgurk called the SDF incursion into Hajin "a pretty significant achievement" while talking to reporters Tuesday but cautioned retaking the last 1% of the so-called caliphate from ISIS would require "a period of months"
SDF captured area around the Firdaws mosque in Hajin.
Inherent Resolve: Between Dec. 2 and Dec. 8, CJTF-OIR conducted 251 strikes consisting of 494 engagements in Syria and Iraq.
IS claims stabbing attack south of Shaddadi yesterday Hasakah province
IS claims 3 attacks in Raqqa and near Karamah. At least (IED and armed assult on SDF CP in Raqqa) were previously reported by other sources as well
2 month agoNew Video inside of Hajin town by SDF fighters
Reports that SDF has reached the Health center in Hajin town
2 month agoEgypt- @EgyArmySpox release gun cam footage of airstrikes targeting 3 "highly dangerous" militants, as well as airstrikes against a variety of targets in North and Central Sinai
Strasbourg shooting suspect's mother, father and two brothers held in detention for questioning: sources close to investigation to Reuters
An explosion in the city Al Bab, Aleppo. Multiple casualties reported
Clashes at Sultan Mosque and 20th street in Hajin
Hajin: Heavy Clashes between SDF and ISIS near Al-Sultan Mosque,at the 20th street
2 month agoAn explosion device blasted in the city of Manbij, it was planted on the side road of the village of Haj Abdin, southwest of the city center. Manbij
Egypt Says 27 Militants Killed in Sinai, Border With Libya
Motorcycle bomb exploded at Al Rai town in Northern Aleppo
2 month agoArmored SVBIED conducted near Hajin's hospital.
Strasbourg gunman cried 'Allahu Akbar': prosecutor
SDF reached Hajin town hall and control the street still intense clashes on either side
Girl killed and about 30 other civilians wounded in car bomb blast in Azaz, Northern Aleppo
More than 300 policemen look for the Strasbourg attacker
SDF advancing in Hajin. Grand Bazar and the General Hospital just controlled
ISIS targeted pro-Assad forces positions in Sukariya, west to Al Bukamal in east Deir Ez-Zor Governorate with mortars
President Erdoğan: "There is no threat of ISIS in Syria anymore. This is a fairy tale for us. "
ISIS claimed attack on SDF in Manbij city, Eastern Aleppo
2 month agoHere is the identity of the Strasbourg terrorist who was raided this morning - Chekatt Cherif. Grenades found at his home.
2 month agoFrance Strasbourg The assalians is Cherif C, a 29 years old man of North African origins (2nd generation immigrant).
2 month agoDeath toll in Strasbourg rises to 4, the suspect was on the terror list
2 month agoJasib Abbas Darraji of Brigade 4 Badr Military Wing was killed after striking an IED north of Baquba today.
Shooter in Strasbourg attack was from the city, aged 29 and was a known threat listed as "fiché S" by the authorities, according to BFM TV. He's still in the loose but surrounded. Two dead and 11 wounded, of which seven seriously
3 HIMARS from the Omar oilfied and coaltion strikes in last hour on the Hajin town
Deir ez-Zur Eastern countryside: Al-Assad's forces launched raids and arrests in the town of Subikhan today, targeting a number of civilians for forced conscription.
"We have managed, thanks to the great work our folks are doing out there, to target and capture and detain some of his closest associates" per @brett_mcgurk on ISIS leader Baghdadi "If he's still with us, I don't think it will be for too much longer"
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, "He is in deep, deep hiding at best" per @StateDept's @brett_mcgurk "There have been times we thought he was no longer around and he would issue an audio tape, so it's hard to say" if he's alive "Know for sure, he was in very very deep hiding"
"Ballpark we're talking a period of months" to defeat ISIS in Hajin stronghold, per @brett_mcgurk
"There is a significant concentration of the most hardened ISIS fighters in that little splotch of territory" @brett_mcgurk says of Hajin Syria "A couple of thousand hardened fighters remain in that area"
"I just try to stay away from numbers" @StateDept's @brett_mcgurk says when asked about how ISIS fighters are left "The numbers have been all over the place.It's not numbers. It's capabilities," which he says are "significantly degraded"
"I think it's fair to say Americans will remain on the ground after the defeat of the caliphate, until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeat is enduring" per @brett_mcgurk re Syria
"Areas we have cleared of ISIS, they have not returned to claim physical space" per @brett_mcgurk "There are clandestine cells. No one is saying they are going to disappear. Nobody is that naive"
"You have to make sure the internal security forces are in place to ensure that those gains, security gains are enduring" per @brett_mcgurk when asked how long coalition will stay in Syria "So that will take some time"
"The military objective is the enduring defeat of ISIS" per @brett_mcgurk "And if we've learned one thing over the years, the enduring defeat of a group like ISIS means you can't just defeat their physical space and then leave"
"It's going to take time but it will get done. It's a very difficult campaign" @brett_mcgurk says of effort to oust ISIS from its last Syria stronghold
2 month agoDepartment of State:Special Presidential Envoy for the Global @Coalition to Defeat ISIS @Brett_McGurk provides an update on the campaign to defeat ISIS.
"We got it to a point where almost every ISIS fighter is wearing a suicide bomb, a suicide vest, the extent of IED emplacements, it's very very difficult fighting, so it's taking some time" per @brett_mcgurk Adds almost 1400 civilians have fled Hajin in last week or so
"We're down to the last 1% in the conventional military fight" @brett_mcgurk says of ISIS in Syria "We are preparing ourselves for the longer term and we feel pretty confident those pieces are getting into place"
"We're at a point in the campaign where we're really looking ahead to make sure we can endure, sustain all these gains" per @brett_mcgurk "The big focus of that is stabilization.this will really take a period of years" Notes 4 million Iraq is have returned to their homes
US-backed Syria n Democratic Forces "have pushed into the town of Hajin" - the last ISIS stronghold in Syria - in the past 48 hours, per @StateDept's @brett_mcgurk, adding "The end of ISIS will be a much more long term endeavor.No on is declaring mission accomplished."
Blast hits Khanaqin, northern Diyala province. 2 policemen killed and 4 wounded.
Iraq federal police out of Kirkuk conducting "large scale clearance" ops in Hawijah area "targeting ISIS fighters and senior leaders hiding in the mountainous terrain", per Col Byrom
2 month agoIraqi, French and U.S. 3d Cavalry Regiment artillery units on Firebase Saham conducted strikes to stop ISIS fleeing Syria into Iraq.
2 month agoIraqi artillery units worked side-by-side with 3d Cavalry Regiment Troopers to conduct fire missions against ISIS.
