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Top Daesh Informant Arrested in Iraq’s Saladin

8:23 - February 01, 2021
News ID: 3473857
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A top Daesh informant has been arrested in a suburb of Shirqat town in Iraq’s Saladin province, the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense said.

 

According to the Iraqi directorate, the Daesh informant was detained when the Iraqi forces were chasing other remnants of the terrorist group.

The informant was responsible for monitoring the Iraqi security forces’ movements, according to the directorate.

 

Another Daesh element arrested in Nineveh

The police department of Iraq’s Nineveh province says Iraqi security forces detained the terrorist in an area west of Mosul.

The Takfiri element used to work with Daesh when the city of Mosul was fully controlled by Daesh terrorists.

The rapid reaction force of the police department of Nineveh has also arrested another terrorist in Mosul al-Jadeed region, according to Press TV.

 

End of PMU mission in Anbar

Fighters from Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, have finished their security operation in Anbar province, the PMU announced Sunday in a statement.

It also said the PMU forces managed to secure four regions in the province, and accomplished all the objectives of their mission by destroying several Daesh hideouts and seizing their arms.

Iraq declared victory over Daesh in December 2017 after a three-year counter-terrorism military campaign.

The terror outfit’s remnants, though, keep staging sporadic attacks across Iraq, attempting to regroup and unleash a new era of violence.

Tags: iraq ، military ، Saladin ، daesh
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