Iraq arrests two Islamic State terrorists in Maysan governorate

The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Monday that its forces arrested two members of the Islamic State terrorist group in the eastern governorate of Maysan.

Speaking to the privately-owned Alsumaria News TV channel, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, the ministry’s spokesman, said counter-terrorism forces and intelligence arrested two Islamic State terrorists, who are wanted on terror charges pursuant to article no. 4 of the anti-terrorism law.

According to the spokesman, the two terrorists were handed over to the competent authorities for interrogation and legal action.

Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against Islamic State in Iraq on December 9, 2017 three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.

The jihadist group had seized large swathes of Syria and Iraq in 2014, when it proclaimed a “caliphate” and imposed its rule over some 10 million people.

Source: Iraqi News