Iraq’s Anti-Terror Service Nabs Daesh Ringleader in Anbar
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) detained the so-called deputy governor of Daesh in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, a senior military spokesman said.
The top Daesh commander was arrested on Monday by a CTS special force, according to a statement by Major-General Yahya Rasool, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
In the statement, seen by Shafaq News Agency, Rasool described the Daesh element as a “dangerous terrorist leader.”
He said the terrorist was arrested after “intense monitoring and a high-level joint intelligence effort.”
Rasool said the operation resulted in the arrest of two terrorists involved in Camp Speicher massacre in Salahuddin Governorate.
In his Monday statement, General Rasool also noted that the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service carried out two missions in the Fallujah district, which resulted in the arrest of three members of the terrorist gangs.
Daesh began a terror campaign in Iraq in 2014, overrunning vast swathes in lightning attacks. After three years of the fierce fight, former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh and the end of the terror group’s territorial rule in the country on December 9, 2017.