Hello and welcome to the 508th installment of the SWD .

Military events/news are listed below by the governorates:

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Aleppo:

Yekîneyên Parastina Gel’s (People’s Protection Units) ‘Wrath of Olives Operation Room’ assassinated a member of Sharran district’s local council, Akash Haji Ahmad Ali on a road in Der Sawan village. Full statement by the ‘Wrath of Olives Operation Room’;

Persons who acted together with the Turkish state as an agent for them have been warned since the first day of the invading Turkish state’s barbaric attacks against Afrin. The Turkish state has accelerated their recruitment efforts in the region recently to achieve their goals. Our forces have been monitoring the agent named Ekaş Hecî Ehmed Elî (42) who was a member of the traitors council formed by the Turkish state and he has been captured and killed in the Dêr Sewan village. The agent named Ekaş Hecî Ehmed Elî aided the Turkish soldiers in the invasion of the Dêr Sewan village along with his family and later continued his agent activity. Due to the initiatives taken by this agent, dozens of civilians have been abducted by the Turkish state’s allied gangs. The fate of these civilians is still unknown. The agent named Ekaş has also sent messages to the people who have had to migrate from Afrin and threatened to kill them. On this basis, as the Wrath of the Olive Action Room, we warn all traitors and agents once again and call on them to come back from the line of treason. With the resistance of our people, the invaders will be defeated. These agents and traitors have their game sheets in the invaders’ hands, they will be torn up and burned whenever the invaders wish. Leave this treason behind and accept the free life along with your resisting people. We promise that we will avenge every last drop of blood our martyrs shed and every single civilian who has been subjected to attacks by the Turkish state and their gangs. Be patient Afrin, the time for vengeance draws near.

Yekîneyên Parastina Gel’s (People’s Protection Units) ‘Wrath of Olives Operation Room’ stated that an element of Ahrar al-Sham was killed in an operation conducted by the operations room in Al-Bab area. Full statement by the ‘Wrath of Olives Operation Room’;

As part of a series of specific operations carried out by the Wrath of Olives operation room against the mercenaries of Turkey after monitoring and tracking one of the mercenaries of the so-called Ahrar al-Sham in al-Bab area, our fighters ambushed him on August 3, 2018 when he was riding his motorcycle on a road near Hezwan village, targeted him and seized his weapon of Kalashnikov kind. The killing of the mercenary was documented with video by our troops. We reaffirm once again that we are existed in every place where there is injustice, so we vow to anyone who participated in the occupation of Afrin, looted its wealth and insulted its people with reprisals against them.

Unknown gunmen stormed Jamieat Obaida al-Khayria’s (Obeida Charity Association) headquarters in the city of Al-Atarib and attempted to kidnap its director, Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Faj. The gunmen failed to kidnap Al-Faj, however, he was wounded in the encounter.

Idlib:

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham arrested a commander of the Free Syrian Army’s Quwwat al-Shahid Ahmad al-Abdo (Forces of Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo), Anas Jeroudiyah (Abu Malik) and his brother Qassim Jeroudiyah during the group’s operations against individuals who promote reconciliation with the Syrian government, however, the two individuals were arrested on unknown charges.

Improvised explosive device wounded a civilian near Al-Jawalat market in the city of Saraqib, southeast of Idlib.

Daraa:

Several left over Islamic State-affiliated Jaysh Khalid ibn al-Walid’s improvised explosive devices killed four and wounded 15 civilians in Kouya and Sahem al-Jawlan in Al-Yarmouk basin.

Al-Suwayda:

Syrian Arab Army and allied militias continued sending reinforcements for the upcoming offensive against the Islamic State’s elements present in northeastern desertous region of the governorate. Syrian Arab News Agency stated that the Syrian Arab Air Force conducted airstrikes against the Islamic State in and around Al-Waer, Ard al-Karaa, Mazrea al-Hhatib, Sneim al-Ghirz, and east of Dabatheh, Rabbet al-Hisn and Tell Razin.

Approximate situation in northeastern Al-Suwayda. Source: Emmanuel

Afghanistan

Faryab Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed eight and wounded three elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) in Ghormach district.

Kunduz Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s sniper killed an element of the Afghan Local Police in Kunduz district. Similarly, an element of the Afghan National Army was killed by an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s sniper in Khan Abad district.

Approximate situation in Kunduz province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Takhar Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed four and wounded three elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Baharak district.

Nangarhar Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed five and wounded four elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Bati Kot district.

Approximate situation in Nangarhar province (red = Afghan National Security Forces, blue = Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and yellow = Islamic State), HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Logar Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed seven elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Azra district.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan killed three elements of the Afghan Local Police in Muhammad Agha district.

Paktia Province:

Four elements of the Afghan National Security Forces surrendered to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan with their weapons in Zazi district.

Paktika Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed 25, wounded eight, and arrested one element of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Laja Mangal and Sharana districts, according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

Farah Province:

Approximate situation in Farah province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Urozgan Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed 14 and wounded four elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well as found and defused 14 improvised explosive devices in Shinoghul area of Tarinkot district.

Nimruz Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed two elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as well as found and defused five improvised explosive devices in Delaram district.

Helmand Province:

Afghan National Security Forces killed 20 and wounded ten elements of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in Garmsir, Nad Ali, and Jerashk districts, according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Afghan National Security Forces also reportedly arrested two women from Pakistan in the aforementioned districts.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan killed and wounded 11 elements of the Afghan National Security Forces in Naqel Abad and Khash Hak Killi areas of Nad Ali district.

Approximate situation in Helmand province, HD version of this map can be found here. Source: Afganistan Bülteni

Kandahar Province:

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attacked two Afghan National Army’s posts in Bala Zarhi and Narghal areas of Arghandab district. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan overran one of the two checkpoints, reportedly killing 17 and wounding three soldiers. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan seized an armored personnel carrier, two vehicles, four motorcycles, three PK machine guns, and five assault rifles from the post.

CJTF-OIR :

Between the 30th of July and the 5th of August 2018 CJTF-OIR has conducted 14 strikes in Syria. CJTF-OIR ‘s main focus in Syria at the moment is Deir al-Zour-Albu Kamal region where they did 14 strikes supporting SDF ‘s operations against IS destroying an IS command and control center, an IS staging area, an IS vehicle-borne IED factory, six IS supply routes, and seven IS vehicles.

Full report on CJTF-OIR strikes conducted in both Syria & Iraq can be found here.

Amaq Agency:

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