News URGENT last hour: masked gunmen take over several cities in Northern Iraq, including Ramadi

[MelaninQueen]

This is a very preliminary report, since this is, according to many posts over social media, an highly-coordinated large scale event. According to local sources, the Iraqi Army has retreated outside the city of Fallujah following massive unrest from local Sunni population. There are reports of shootings in Ramadi, Baiji, Tikrit and Samarra. Three attacks in Mosul and Kirkuk have taken place in this early morning, stopping breathing and wounding several members of Iraqi Army and Federal Police.

Tribes in Anbar are now taking up arms against the Iraqi government, with their fighters taking over Ar-Rutbah and closing the International Highway. A major base of the Iraqi Army in Rutba district is now under gunfire from gunmen, there's an helicopter flying with callsign PAPA02 over the area right now.

EDIT: Fallujah has not fallen. Gunmen have only taken a police headquarters in Ramadi, Iraqi Army is on site, trying to dislodge the criminals from the western neighbourhoods of the city.

 

[MelaninQueen]

Confirmation that some of the "tribal fighters" are part of !S, as a black flag has been shown in a video posted on social media. According to unconfirmed reports, tribal elders have met with unknown gunmen (possibly affiliated by the banned criminal terror outlet known as D- in Pakistan). There is a report of heavy fighting in Al-Qaim between multiple parties, possible infiltration from !S fighters into Iraq. PMF and the border guards from the Ministry of Interior are on the site trying to repel the attack.

We could see airstrikes happening during this morning, since CJTF is mobilizing warplanes in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a major resurgence of terror since 2013.

 

[MelaninQueen]

Possible sandstorm might enter Syria in the following hours. All divisions in Anbar in high alert, and there is major activity of surveillance planes from Iraqi Air Force in Kirkuk and Salahuddin, expecting movements from criminals.

 

[Al-Maari600]

This is a very preliminary report, since this is, according to many posts over social media, an highly-coordinated large scale event. According to local sources, the Iraqi Army has retreated outside the city of Fallujah following massive unrest from local Sunni population. There are reports of shootings in Ramadi, Baiji, Tikrit and Samarra. Three attacks in Mosul and Kirkuk have taken place in this early morning, stopping breathing and wounding several members of Iraqi Army and Federal Police.

Tribes in Anbar are now taking up arms against the Iraqi government, with their fighters taking over Ar-Rutbah and closing the International Highway. A major base of the Iraqi Army in Rutba district is now under gunfire from gunmen, there's an helicopter flying with callsign PAPA02 over the area right now.

EDIT: Fallujah has not fallen. Gunmen have only taken a police headquarters in Ramadi, Iraqi Army is on site, trying to dislodge the criminals from the western neighbourhoods of the city.

The reinsurgence

 

[MelaninQueen]

The reinsurgence

No, I realized it was a delusion after I woke up from sleep (yesterday's morning)... I thought it was real.

 

[Al-Maari600]

No, I realized it was a delusion after I woke up from sleep (yesterday's morning)... I thought it was real.

ahh one of them ones