ISIS update 2/28/2016..Russia, US hail Syria ceasefire; violence continues in parts of the region
Russia, US hail Syria ceasefire
ISIS attack Girê Spî from inside Turkey
Shelling, airstrikes reported in Northern Syria
SAUDIS AND TURKS PREPARE AIR, SEA, AND LAND WAR AGAINST ASSAD
Daesh claims responsibility for Hama car bomb attack
‘7 blasts in 10 minutes’ rock pro-Kurdish city Diyarbakır embattled by Turkish forces
At least seven blasts within 10 minutes have been reported in a suburb of Diyarbakır, the largest city in the Kurdish southeast of Turkey, which has been a scene of long security operation launched by Ankara against PKK fighters.
The explosions rocked the Sur district of the city, DIHA, a pro-Kurdish news agency, reports adding that about 200 civilians have been caught in the bombing. It is unclear what happened to the civilians and whether there are any dead or injured.
Turkish soldiers engage Kurdish activists in Diyarbakir, 4 wounded – report
Turkey: Turkish police attack pro-Kurdish activists in Diyarbakir
Turkish security forces fired tear gas and water cannon against a demonstrators in Diyarbakir’s Sur district, Saturday, who came out to protest against the ongoing military operations and curfew in the city.
“Residential areas in Damascus shelled despite truce”
Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad blasts that killed 31
Over 70 feared killed, 100+ wounded in Baghdad blasts
Over 70 people were killed and 100 others wounded in Sadr City, a southern suburb of the Iraqi capital, as two bombs went off at a crowded market, according to Reuters. Islamic State militants claim the attack.
Earlier, Alsumaria TV reported 28 fatalities. Security sources also told the channel there were several children among the victims.
The explosions ripped through a market selling mobile phones in the mainly Shiite Muslim district.
The assailants were suicide bombers riding motorcycles through the crowd, two police sources told Reuters.
But according to AP’s sources, there was a bomb planted in the market area. Just minutes after it went off and a crowd gathered at the site of the explosion, a suicide bomber blew himself up amid dozens of people.
………….Earlier on Sunday, Iraqi forces managed to repel an attack by ISIS on the Baghdad suburb of Abu Ghraib, officials told AP.
According to police, suicide car bombers struck a security force barracks and several gunmen opened fire. At least 12 government members and 35 security forces were killed in the attack, medical officials said.
The situation is currently “under control” and a local curfew has been imposed, said Major General Saad Harbiya, the commander of military operations in western Baghdad.
Terrorism should be countered through international teamwork
Iraqi Special Forces Golden Division in combat with ISIS in Ramadi countryside
Militants Withdraw from Border Town in Raqqa
The ISIL terrorist group confirmed on Sunday that it has pulled its fighters back from a key town in the Northern part of Raqqa province at the border with Turkey under the heavy attacks of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Kurdish fighters have significantly advance against the ISIL militants in the town of Tal Abyadh and have pushed the terrorists back form the town.
The YPG and SDF fighters are now engaged in fortifying their positions inside and outside of the town.
The ISIL suffered a heavy death toll in the attacks.
Reports said on Saturday that the YPG) alongside the SDF have engaged in heavy fighting with the ISIL terrorists in the Northern part of Raqqa province.
The Kurdish forces stormed the ISIL positions near the town of Tal Abyadh and inflicted major losses on the terrorists.
On Wednesday, the Kurdish fighters, after almost six day of intense battle against al-Nusra Front, the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Harakat Nouriddeen al-Zinki and Al-Shamiyah Front, imposed full control over the Bani Zeid Youth Housing Complex in Aleppo city.
The SDF that is comprised of mainly Kurdish fighters as well as a few hundred Syrian Arab dissident forces have received trainings from the US and have been provided with scanty US-coalition air support in their battles in Raqqa province in Northeastern Syria; but in Northern and Northwestern battlefronts, they have been operating alongside the YPG and received the Russian air backup in their Aleppo wars that started with the conquest of Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates early in February.
Assisted by the Syrian army – that has along with popular forces and Hezbollah conquered almost all militant-held regions in Eastern, Southern, Western and Northwestern Aleppo province – and Russian air support, the Kurdish forces fighting against the terrorists in North-Northeast Aleppo province have been making striking advances against the al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham and ISIL terrorists in February.
Earlier this month, the YPG and SDF fighters prevailed over the terrorists in the highly strategic city of Tal Rifat in Northern Aleppo and captured the city.
The YPG, who enjoyed the Russian air backup, prevailed the terrorists’ positions from the Western direction and shook hand with the Kurdish units of the SDF who entered the town from the North.
Syrian Soldiers Capture Key Height at Lattakia Border with Turkey
Syria: Gov’t Forces Continue Nonstop Advance in Lattakia
Syrian Army, Allies Score More Victories against Terrorists in Aleppo
Syria: Russian Warplanes Pound Terrorist Centers in Aleppo
Syria: Saudi Aid Found in Terrorists’ Positions in Aleppo
Over 100 Terrorists Cross Turkish Border to Syria
Syrian Army Inflicts Major Casualties on Militants in Hama
Several Militant Commanders Killed in Syrian Airstrikes in Deir Ezzur
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2016/02/isis-update-2282016russia-us-hail-syria.html
