Islamic State senior leader arrested in operation, north of Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi military intelligence has announced arresting Islamic State’s head of Nineveh police in an operation, north of Mosul.
In a statement on Saturday, the department said security troops managed to arrest one of IS prominent leaders, who used to be the police chief of the so-called Nineveh State. He was in charge of collecting the revenues of the militants. He was also famous for planting bombs.
The leader, according to the statement, has been hiding in Badush mountains since the liberations of Mosul. Troops then managed to arrest him at al-Shaiqara village, north of Mosul.
Iraqi troops kill seven Islamic State militants in Nineveh province
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi troops killed on Sunday seven Islamic State (IS) militants while trying to infiltrate into al-Ba’aj district in Nineveh province, a military spokesman was quoted as saying.
Speaking to the Kuwaiti al-Watan newspaper, spokesman for the Nineveh Operations Command Brigadier-General Mohamed al-Jabouri said, “A group of IS militants tried to sneak into al-Ba’aj district, 120 km northwest of Mosul, but security forces stationed there managed to foil their scheme and killed seven of them.”
“The IS insurgents sought to infiltrate into al-Ba’aj district to carry out terrorist attacks against security forces and citizens,” Jabouri said, adding that the troops seized all weapons from the terrorists.
Jabouri pointed out the security forces will continue to hunt for Islamic State infiltrators across the province.