Two senior Islamic State leaders apprehended in Mosul, says official
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Two senior Islamic State (IS) leaders were arrested Monday in Mosul city as Iraqi troops continue to hunt for dormant IS cells across the country, a military official was quoted as saying.
Colonel Haseeb Maarouf from the Nineveh Operations Command told Basnews that the army’s 20th brigade arrested the Islamic State’s so-called finance minister in a military operation in northern Mosul.
“Another IS leader, who was in charge of planting bombs in the eastern and northern axes of Mosul, got nabbed in the clampdown as well,” Maarouf said, adding that the two were taken to the command’s headquarters for interrogation.
Maarouf further highlighted that a large cache of explosive materials and weapons were seized in the military operation.
Terrorist cell members arrested, south of Mosul: Military intelligence
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The military intelligence department has announced arresting an Islamic State terrorist cell in south of Mosul.
In a statement on Monday, the department said military troops “depended on accurate intelligence information to arrest members of a terrorist cell in al-Qayyarah, south of Mosul.”
The cell, according to the statement, “was planning to carry out several operations during the coming period of time.”