11 October 2022 - 05:18
Iraq Popular Mobilization unit arrest senior ISIS leader in Baghdad

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization unit (PMU) on Monday announced that it has managed to arrest a senior ISIS chieftain in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

AhlulBayt News Agency: Iraq’s Popular Mobilization unit (PMU) on Monday announced that it has managed to arrest a senior ISIS chieftain in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Issuing a statement, PMU, also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi said that the ISIS terrorist was arrested after a seven-month pursuit and judicial approval.

In December 2017, after nearly three and a half years of fighting with the ISIS terrorist group, which occupied about a third of the country, the Iraqi government announced the liberation of all its territories from the hands of this terrorist group.

The remaining elements of ISIS are still operating in areas of Baghdad, Saladin, Diyala, Kirkuk, Niveneh, and Al Anbar provinces.


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