Iraq Arrests 10 Daesh Terrorists in Nineveh

Date: 16 September 2020 - 21:49

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BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – The intelligence service of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that it had arrested ten Daesh terrorists in Nineveh province.
"Through continuous monitoring of Daesh gangs in Nineveh Governorate, the intelligence represented by Nineveh intelligence arrested 10 terrorists in separate areas of the governorate,” according to a statement by the ministry, Shafaq News reported.
It also said "the terrorists worked in the so-called Diwan al-Jund, the state of Dijlah, the state of Nineveh, and Askar in the Dabiq army, using different names.”
"Through preliminary investigations, they admitted their affiliation with Daesh and their participation in several terrorist operations against the security forces and citizens,” it added, noting that "they were referred to the judiciary to be punished fairly”.
On Monday, the Iraqi military 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.
"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.
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.