The Islamic State (ISIS) appears to be on the ropes amid the intensifying coalition air and ground campaign and the reported "waves of assassinations" of its leaders.
Sources have revealed that the terrorist group is panicking and has declared a state of emergency in the Iraqi city of Mosul, withdrawing all its patrols from streets, after its forces suffered significant losses in at least three towns in Mosul district, Iraqi News reported.
"The international coalition airstrikes on Tuesday and Wednesday, destroyed gatherings points and headquarters of ISIS in the forest areas in Mosul, and also destructed an ISIS headquarters in al-Imam al-Azam College," the sources said.
"ISIS have panicked after the waves of assassinations and have begun to cut off the main roads to the residential neighbourhoods, after declaring a state of emergency in the city," they added.
As it faces mounting threats to its occupation of Mosul, the ISIS police chief in the city said on Monday they have closed all the authorised Internet cafes in the city and executed five workers in these cafes for collaborating with Iraqi security forces, according to Iraqi News.
"At dawn today, the ISIS Islamic Police closed all the seven authorised internet cafes in Mosul for sharing information with the security forces. The ISIS members also executed five workers of these cafes for collaborating with the security forces," said Amir Wathiq, the ISIS police chief in Mosul.
Also on Monday, an Iraqi military commander announced that dozens of ISIS fighters were killed in an airstrike launched by international coalition forces in Anbar province.
"Iraqi troops are continuing the liberation battles of the western areas, backed by the international coalition aviation launched an airstrike targeting ISIS members near Haditha west of Anbar, killing dozens of ISIS members," Captain Shahwan al-Ghariri said.
The terror group continues to be losing its grip of its occupied territories following months of airstrikes and anti-terror efforts by the U.S. and its allies, along with attacks by the Iraqi and Kurdish armies' ground forces, according to The Christian Post.
The U.S.-led coalition is training several thousand Sunni tribal fighters with the aim of liberating Mosul, the largest Iraqi city still under ISIS control, The Daily Mail reported.
Coalition forces have long been targeting Mosul since its liberation would be seen as a major loss for the terror group, which has been carrying out a campaign of genocide against Christian and other religious minorities in the region.
