Yes, but it is difficult to separate pertinent events
from ordinary disappearances. There are no exact
matches. But there are many incidents of people going
missing. Most are classified as desertions as Coalition

forces squeeze the city. Especially when whole families
disappear together.
Since 1 APR 2016, there have been unusual disappearances
among the forces of the Amn al-Dakhili, the
internal security service responsible for maintaining
law and order. Members have vanished, leaving their
families behind, with nothing in their backgrounds
to suggest disloyalty or cowardice. Others have
disappeared for a week only to reappear again with
no explanation.
Rumors are circulating that some kind of purge
is going on and that those who disappear are tortured
for confessions, executed, and their bodies discarded.
The rumors are denied but the absences at roll call
are undeniable.