Paramilitary fighters foil Islamic State infiltration attempt into Iraq
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) – Pro-government fighters of al-Hashd al-Shaabi foiled on Saturday a plot by Islamic State to infiltrate into Anbar province coming from Syria to carry out terrorist attacks.
“Acting upon accurate intelligence reports, an artillery shelling was launched targeting a gathering of Islamic State in Syria, killing several terrorists,” Alghad Press website quoted al-Hashd al-Shaabi, aka Popular Mobilization Forces, as saying in a statement.
“The terrorists were planning to sneak into Iraq and attack security forces stationed west of Anbar,” the statement added.
Bomb explosion wounds two Iraqi children in Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) – Two Iraqi children were wounded Wednesday in a bomb blast, west of Fallujah, Anbar, a security source was quoted as saying.
“A roadside bomb exploded today in al-Nassaf district, west of Fallujah, leaving two children severely wounded,” the source told Al-Ahd News website.
The source added that security forces cordoned off the blast site and carried the wounded children into a nearby hospital for treatment.
Iraqi troops apprehend Islamic State militant in Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi intelligence service announced on Wednesday the capture of an Islamic State militant a few hours after he came back from Turkey.
Acting upon intelligence reports, military intelligence agents managed to arrest an Islamic State militant, who fled to Turkey following the Islamic State’s collapse in Iraq in December 2017, Alghad Press website quoted the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate as saying in a statement.
The terrorist took part in the armed attacks that was launched by Islamic State against security forces during the group’s capture of a large swath of Iraqi territories during the period from 2014 to 2017, the statement read.
He was taken to a detention center for interrogation, the statement concluded.