The ceasefire, when it was in effect, was a reported boon for Jabhat al-Nusra, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, which did not participate in the truce, according to the Washington Post. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura to resume peace talks and restore a partial ceasefire. His resignation complicates efforts by U.N. Alloush, who is also the political leader of the Jaysh al-Islam militia, cited the Assad regime’s intransigence in negotiations and the lack of progress on the delivery of humanitarian aid as reasons for his decision. Mohammed Alloush, the chief negotiator for the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, announced his resignation from the HNC in a letter on Sunday. The Islamic State continued its campaign of frequent car bomb attacks today, killing 24 people in attacks on the neighborhoods of Shaab and Sadr City in Baghdad, and in Tarmiyah, north of the capital. military advisors working with Kurdish troops, but local forces would not confirm the identity of the commandos. Agence France-Presse reported seeing what appeared to be U.S. The Peshmerga have reportedly captured three villages in the first day of the new offensive. support, began operations on Sunday to retake areas east of Mosul.
In northern Iraq, Kurdish Peshmerga forces, also with U.S. Approximately 1,000 Islamic State militants are believed to be in Fallujah, and have prevented the estimated 50,000 civilians from fleeing. coalition, but some reports have raised concerns about the role of Iranian-backed Shia militias and the presence of IRGC commander Qassim Suleimani as Iraqi forces try to retake the Sunni city. Iraq’s Counterterrorism Service, a group of elite commandos, are leading a three-pronged assault against the city with air support from the U.S.
Iraqi forces pushed into Fallujah today after completing operations to surround the city over the weekend.
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