Daesh Ringleader Captured in Iraq’s Nineveh
The terrorist element, known as Abu Hajar, was arrested in a refugee camp, Al-Alam reported.
The intelligence service had managed to detain Abu Abdulmalik, another ringleader of the terrorist group on Sunday.
Both had been on the wanted list of Iraq’s judiciary and security services.
Daesh has intensified its attacks in Iraq in recent weeks amid Baghdad’s call on the US to pull out its forces from the Arab country.
In a vote on January 5, the Iraqi parliament called for an end to the presence of all foreign troops, including Americans.
The vote came two days after the US military - acting on US President Donald Trump’s order - launched a fatal drone strike on senior Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani upon his arrival in the Iraqi capital at the invitation of the Baghdad government.
The attack also claimed the lives of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the PMU, and eight other Iranian and Iraqi people.
Washington has threatened sanctions should US troops be expelled instead of heeding the Iraqi parliament’s call to end the occupation of the country.
