The Kurds declared that Bashiqa east of
Mosul was finally cleared. They made the same announcement
the day before but there was still fighting going on in small pockets. Now the
Peshmerga said those were cleared up.
The army and Federal police were still pushing from the north
and south. The 9th
Division and Federal
Police freed 10 villages in the south, and the 16th Division two in the north. (1)
The Islamic State blew up another mosque in Mosul. The
United Nations reported
that during the opening days of November the group took away up to 300 former
soldiers from Mawali and Tal Afar west of Mosul. Their fate was unknown. Before
it lost Hamam al-Alil the militants also forced 1,500 families out and took
them to Mosul likely to be used as human shields. When the campaign started IS
was emptying villages in the south as they retreated and pushing them into
Hamam al-Alil. Now they have been moved to Mosul itself. Iraq Oil Report had
another southern town Abu Saif that was emptied of people who were forced into
the city as well. At the same time, the Federal police rescued
600 people from Hamam al-Alil when it was liberated.
FOOTNOTES
1. Face Iraq, "Security forces control the region of Shallalat
and control Baoizh after cleared of Daesh," 11/8/16
SOURCES
BBC, "Mosul battle: Experts probe IS mass grave at Hamam
al-Alil," 11/8/16
Buratha News, "Army troops liberated 9 villages north of the
Great Zab River in Nineveh," 11/8/16
- "Ayzah village liberated from Daesh terrorists,"
11/8/16
Face Iraq, "Security forces control the region of Shallalat
and control Baoizh after cleared of Daesh," 11/8/16
Iraq Oil Report, "Inside Mosul: Nov 8, 2016," 11/8/16
Al Maalomah, "Daesh blow up a mosque in central Mosul,"
11/8/16
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, “UN: IS Militants Abducted
Hundreds Of Ex-Iraqi Soldiers Near Mosul,” 11/8/16
Rojkan, Mira, "Peshmerga Conducting House-to-House Search
after Recapturing Bashiq," Bas News, 11/7/16
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