Iraqi security arrest four Islamic State members in Mosul city
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that it arrested four dangerous Islamic State militants in the group’s last stronghold of Mosul.
In remarks to the Iraqi Alghad Press website, spokesman for the Interior Ministry Maj. Gen. Saad Maan said, “The four terrorists were arrested in al-Zahraa and al-Qahira districts in Mosul’s eastern side.”
“One of the arrestees was working for the terrorist group’s Iftaa (religious opinion) department,” Maan pointed out.
23 Islamic State members arrested in operation, west of Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Twenty-three Islamic State members were arrested in a security operation carried out in west of Mosul, a source from Nineveh police said on Wednesday.
Speaking to BasNews, Cap. Jassim Maarouf, of Nineveh Police Command, said “security forces carried out a wide-scale operation, after receiving information over infiltration of Islamic State members into al-Zanjili and Souq al-Maash region.”
Security forces, according to Maarouf, “besieged the region and carried out a campaign that resulted in arresting 23 militants possessing weapons and lists with names of policeman to kill them.”
The militants “were taken to the command headquarters for investigations ahead of standing trial,” Maarouf said.