Two Islamic State members arrested in Mosul: Security Center
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have arrested two Islamic State members, who took part in fighting against security troops in Mosul, the Security Media Center said on Tuesday.
In a statement, Maj. Gen. Yahia Rasool, the spokesperson for the center, said "the intelligence department of the Federal Police managed to arrest two Islamic State members in Nineveh."
The operation, according to Rasool, "was carried out after information shows that the militants were there in Mosul."
Islamic State cell, of 13 members, arrested in operation, west of Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State cell has been arrested in a wide-scale security operation, west of Mosul, Nineveh police commander said on Tuesday.
Speaking to BasNews, Maj. Gen. Hamada Names al-Jabouri said, "local security forces managed, today, to cordon off western Ahlila village, west of Mosul, after information from the intelligence indicated presence of an Islamic State cells there."
Troops, according to Jabouri, "managed to arrest 13 members of a dormant cell. Weapons were confiscated. The members were taken to the headquarters of Nineveh Operations Command for investigations ahead of standing trial before Iraqi judiciary."