Daesh Command Center in Iraq’s Diyala Reduced to Rubble
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Pro-government fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units have managed to completely destroy the command center of the Daesh terrorist group in the country’s eastern province of Diyala, A high-ranking security official says.
Chief of Diyala's provincial police, Faisal al-Abadi told Arabic-language Baghdad Today news agency on Saturday "Daesh sustained substantial losses this year, and most of its commanders who were members of the so-called War Council were killed during military operations in Diyala.”
He added, "Daesh’s War Council was completely destroyed in the province.”
Meanwhile, Daesh terrorists have shot and killed the imam of a mosque in Iraq’s western province of Anbar after he delivered a sermon in condemnation of the extremists, and demanded an all-out campaign against them.
Qutri al-Obeidi of Hashd al-Sha’abi forces told al-Maalomah news website that Daesh terrorists stormed into Mounir Okab al-Duleimi’s house in the town of Rutbah, and opened fire at him.
Obeidi added that investigations showed Duleimi’s murder came in the wake of his Friday sermon.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, pledged on June 30 to hunt down Daesh terrorists across Iraq after a series of attacks and abductions carried out by the terrorist group.
"We will chase the remaining cells of terrorism in their hideouts and we will kill them, we will chase them everywhere, in the mountains and the desert,” Abadi said.
Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh in the Arab country on December 9, 2017.
On July 10 that year, the Iraqi prime minister formally declared victory over Daesh in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ main urban stronghold in the conflict-ridden Arab country.
In the run-up to Mosul's liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had made sweeping gains against Daesh.
Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January 2017 after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19 last year.
Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks.
Chief of Diyala's provincial police, Faisal al-Abadi told Arabic-language Baghdad Today news agency on Saturday "Daesh sustained substantial losses this year, and most of its commanders who were members of the so-called War Council were killed during military operations in Diyala.”
He added, "Daesh’s War Council was completely destroyed in the province.”
Meanwhile, Daesh terrorists have shot and killed the imam of a mosque in Iraq’s western province of Anbar after he delivered a sermon in condemnation of the extremists, and demanded an all-out campaign against them.
Qutri al-Obeidi of Hashd al-Sha’abi forces told al-Maalomah news website that Daesh terrorists stormed into Mounir Okab al-Duleimi’s house in the town of Rutbah, and opened fire at him.
Obeidi added that investigations showed Duleimi’s murder came in the wake of his Friday sermon.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, pledged on June 30 to hunt down Daesh terrorists across Iraq after a series of attacks and abductions carried out by the terrorist group.
"We will chase the remaining cells of terrorism in their hideouts and we will kill them, we will chase them everywhere, in the mountains and the desert,” Abadi said.
Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh in the Arab country on December 9, 2017.
On July 10 that year, the Iraqi prime minister formally declared victory over Daesh in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ main urban stronghold in the conflict-ridden Arab country.
In the run-up to Mosul's liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had made sweeping gains against Daesh.
Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January 2017 after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19 last year.
Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks.