Daesh Financier Killed in Western Iraq

Date: 14 September 2020 - 21:41

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BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – The Iraqi military has eliminated a senior ringleader of the Daesh, who was responsible for bankrolling terrorist group’s camps, in the western Anbar province, Iraq’s Security Media Cell, an official outlet providing information on the country’s security, said on Monday.
"The Iraqi forces’ counter-terrorism service made a landing in the town of Rutba in the Anbar province. [As a result of the operation,] a terrorist, who has been the major provider of finance for Daesh camps in Rutba, was killed”, the statement said.
The military also detained another high-ranking Daesh terrorist during the operation, it added.
Rutba, which is located on the Baghdad-Amman highway, had been controlled by terrorists from 2014-2016. On Sunday, the security media cell also announced the death of two Daesh terrorists following the coalition’s airstrike in northern Iraq.
The Iraqi armed forces along with popular movements have been carrying out counter-terrorism operations against Daesh in Iraq since August 2014.
In 2017, the Iraqi authorities announced the country was completely liberated from the militants after over three years of fighting. However, pockets of terrorist remnants continue to engage in sabotage and terrorist attacks in the country. They are pushed back by both the government forces and popular movements.