Iraq’s CTS captures senior ISIS commander in Baghdad
Shafaq News – Baghdad
Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) announced on Sunday the arrest of one of the “most dangerous militants” in Baghdad after tracking his movements for an extended period.
In a statement, the service described the operation as “part of ongoing preemptive efforts to pursue ISIS remnants across Iraq.’’
جهاز مكافحة الارهاب يلقي القبض على احد اخطر الارهابيين في بغداد============بجهد استخباري متميز ورصد دقيق ومتابعة لتحركات المطلوب لفترة طويلة، تمكن ابطال جهاز مكافحة الإرهاب من القاء القبض على احد اخطر الارهابيين في العاصمة بغداد والصادرة بحقه مذكرة القاء قبض من قبل قاضي جهازنا. pic.twitter.com/ag4k96htgw
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The detainee, whose name was not disclosed, initially served as a military commander in the group’s so-called “Southern Province.” He later joined the “Islamic Police” in Nineveh, worked in the “Sharia Committee – Preaching Battalion,” and eventually rose to the leadership of the “Nahawand Division.”
Iraq has been tracking ISIS remnants since the group’s military defeat in 2017, after it had seized nearly one-third of the country’s territory in 2014.
