Iraqi security forces arrest senior Islamic State media officer
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi security forces have arrested the chief editor of one of Islamic State’s media outlets, security sources were quoted saying on Sunday as authorities hunt for remnant militants.
Shafaq News website quoted the sources saying that the IS member, nicknamed Abu Saif al-Iraqi, was arrested in Mosul.
It said al-Iraqi was in charge of Al-Naba, one of Islamic State’s propaganda papers.
Islamic State militants have run several media outlets propagating their operations and even publicizing executions of civilians and security members since they took over a third of Iraq in 2014 to proclaim a self-styled “caliphate” in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
But many of the group’s mouthpieces seemed to fade out gradually as Iraqi forces took over territories held by the militants.
Seven Islamic State members arrested in security operations in Mosul
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced arresting five Islamic State members in Mosul, while two other members were arrested in an ambush, south of the city, according to the military intelligence.
In a statement on Sunday, Maj.Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the ministry, said Nineveh Police “managed to arrest five Islamic State members.”
The members, according to Maan, “were arrested in al-Tanak district, west of Mosul.”
Moreover, the military intelligence department revealed arrested two other members, one of whom was the driver of one of the group’s judges known as ‘Blood judge’
A statement by the department troops of the 20th division arrested the two members in an ambush set in Qayyarah and Hammam al-Alil regions, south of Mosul.