Activities of military confrontations continue between security and Iraqi military forces , and fighters Daesh in Mosul city center, and that characterized by the criteria of field of communication between the two parties , and the use of all types of weapons , light, medium and mortars, cannons, drones , planes of the international coalition, the Iraqi Air Force and Army Aviation in the pursuit of goals and sites taken by elements Daesh as a haven for them, or places from which to conduct offensive operations across the Tigris River toward the adjacent residential neighborhoods of the river on the left coast, using river boats carrying a number of elements affiliate to Daesh , trying to find a foothold to be deployed from which to conduct offensive operations , or assault on the sites of security and military Iraqi forces which had taken its positions between the residential neighborhoods, or in government sites, and official buildings.
And these forces managed to foil several operations, and offensive attacks that fighters of Daesh attempted to implement it, and to address them and killed many of their fighters, and captured others, and in all of this , the locals who are in residential neighborhoods are paying the price of these confrontations of the martyrs and the wounded who are dying, in addition to demolish and burn their property as a result of mutual bombardment.
And we can read the features of the next phase of the clashes, according to the following criteria :
- The continuing of the operations of field bombardment with mortar, implemented by fighters Daesh , which became runs along the bank of the Tigris River from the point of the left coast, specifically in the areas of : (Rachidia – al-Shurta –al-Majmoaa al-thakafia –al-Dhubat – Jarmjh), and the corresponding it offensive and target operations by the Iraqi security forces due to the presence of these elements in the places from which they attack from the areas and districts of right coast.
- Escalation the activities of aerial bombing carried out by the international coalition under the direct supervision and support of the United States, and its intelligence organs that were able to identify a lot of sites, and important goals of the elements Daesh and directing more than 50 air strike a day to their positions in the right Sahel.
- the completion of all readiness and preparations to enter the first stage of confrontation in the area of the right coast after they prepared security and military plans under the direct supervision and joint coordination between all parties of the joint operations room in Baghdad and Erbil, with which it shares many of the bodies of European and US military institutions, most notably the (French troops and the US).
- the continuing to put security controls, and identify the tasks of field services ; to strengthen the security and stability case , which Iraqi security and military forces were able to control it after the withdrawal of Daesh fighters from it , and after the training process and development of tactical plans and curricula carried out by the forces of the Spanish army in Basmajh district in eastern city Baghdad, for a number of elements and employees of the Nineveh province police department for distribution and deployment in many areas that have been liberated, and the field control with the intensification of training courses, and prepare properly for these elements; to exercise its security functions accurately and properly.
5.working on the rehabilitation of Qayyarah Air Force Base, from which the international coalition aircrafts began to perform many sorties targeting places of leaders and fighters Daesh in Mosul city center and the bombing of their positions in the area of the right coast , as the runways at the base was used for the landing aircraft (F-16 and the Sukhoi) in DC dens Daesh and all these activities that would promote the process of advancement of land forces in the right side.
- To enable the military units near the eastern bank of the Tigris River to target and foil all armed offensives waged by fighters Daesh through their penetration using the river boats , where they were able to thwart a broad attack on the important parts of five residential neighborhoods of eastern bank of the Tigris River namely: (al-Malyah, officers- al-thakafa,al-Zerayah), and ended with the restoration of control by Iraqi forces again on these neighborhoods.
These offensive operations comes from Daesh fighters because they are taking advantage of the security vacuum left by anti-terror forces after the end of its combat missions and the withdrawal of Nineveh Guard troops from residential neighborhoods after the issuance of orders from their military command in Baghdad.
- The rise of large numbers of elements of the armed militias within the coast left center irritated the people of the city of Mosul, and those elements worked to provoke the locals with some acts and sectarian attitudes, which reflected negatively on the role of military forces that entered the city, where these elements are practiced sectarian chants and shouts , raising sectarian flags and banners on the roofs of buildings, specifically the mosque of the Prophet Younis( peace be upon him), in addition to raising pictures of some leaders of the popular crowd in key places of the left coast area repeating sectarian phrases, and slogans and raising banners in front of the grand Mosque in the area of agricultural district .
The unity of the Iraqi Studies
Translated by : Mudhaffar al-Kusairi
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies