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Iraq: Mosul Humanitarian Response: Weekly Explosive Incidents Report (30 April - 6 May 2017)

Countries
Iraq
Sources
iMMAP Inc.
Publication date

April 30, 2017

  • Popular Mobilization Forces liberated Umm Sharak, Tuwaimin, Husaynah, Butha Al-Mushirfa, and Umm Al-Shatn villages on the northwest of Hatra district of Ninewa Province.

  • Popular Mobilization Forces found and cleared 40 IEDs on the southwest of Kirkuk province after repelling an ISIS attack.

  • Iraqi Military Forces found and cleared chemical materials which is used for making explosives in Al-Sihha neighborhood of west Mosul.

  • Near Telafar district in Ninewa province, Coalition Forces launched one strike destroyed a bunker.

May 02, 2017

  • Iraqi Military Forces destroyed ISIS weapons and explosives devices in Mosul Al-Qadimah, west Mosul.

  • ISIS executed 10 civilians as they were trying to flee from the ISIS controlled areas in 17 Tammuz neighborhood on the western part of Mosul city.

  • Popular Mobilization Forces found and cleared a huge amount of IEDs and explosives in the north part of Salah Al-Din province.

  • Near Mosul city in Ninewa province, Coalition Forces launched four strikes engaged three ISIS tactical units and two sniper teams; destroyed six fghting positions, three artillery systems, three mortar systems, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, a front-end loader, a VBIED factory, and an ISIS staging area; damaged three ISIS supply routes, and suppressed two mortar teams and two rocket teams.

May 03, 2017

  • Iraqi Military Forces recaptured the areas of Qtheb Alban neighborhood, Al-Makawi, Khatuna, and Al-Malwiya areas of Mosul city.

  • Iraqi Military Forces launched shells in 17 Tammuz, Mushirfa, Al-Najar, and Al-Refae neighborhoods on the western part of Mosul city.

  • ISIS captured 22 civilians from Mushirfa neighborhood of Mosul city, accusing cooperation with Iraqi Military Forces.

May 04, 2017

  • Iraqi Military Forces liberated Ninewa Gas Station, Hasuna, and Dijla villages of Mosul city.

  • Iraqi Military Forces clashed against ISIS in Hawi Alkanisa, Mushirfa, and Al-Harmat neighborhoods of Mosul city.

  • IEDs and booby-trapping factories were found and cleared by the Iraqi Military Forces in 17 Tammuz, and Al-Harmat neighborhoods of Mosul city.

May 05, 2017

  • Iraqi Military Forces liberated Mushirfa Al-Thaniyah, Hawi Alkanisa neighborhoods and The Monastery of Michael of Mosul city.

  • 3 Peshmerga Forces were injured due to an IED explosion on the road in Zerga area (54 km west of Khurmatu) in Salah Al-Din province.

  • Near Mosul city in Ninewa province, Coalition Forces launched seven strikes engaged seven ISIS tactical units and a sniper team; destroyed nine mortar systems, nine fighting positions, two heavy machine guns, two tactical vehicles, two ISIS-held buildings, an anti-air artillery system, an artillery system, a command and control node, a VBIED, an ISIS bridge, a front-end loader, a weapons cache, a rocket system a VBIED factory; damaged 23 ISIS supply routes, three fighting positions; and suppressed six mortar teams.

  • Coalition Forces launched one strike in Kirkuk province; which engaged an ISIS tactical unit and destroyed a fighting position.

May 06, 2017

  • Iraqi Military Forces liberated Al-Muhsirfa neighborhood of Mosul city.

  • Clashes occurred between Iraqi Military Forces and ISIS in the areas of Al-Zanjili, 17 Tammuz neighborhoods, and Wadi Akab Industrial Area of West Mosul.

  • Popular Mobilization Forces found weapons and heavy machine guns in the areas between Qairawan subdistrict and Hatra district of Ninewa province.