5 terrorist suspects arrested in Kirkuk
They were interrogated and transferred to the court.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Five suspected terrorists have been arrested in different parts of the Kirkuk province, Iraq's military spokesperson announced in a tweet on Sunday.
Yehia Rasool, the spokesperson for Iraq's Commander in Chief, did not elaborate further on the identities of the arrested "terrorists".
تمكنت مفارز @Inss131 في محافظة كركوك وبعد استحصال الموافقات القضائية من إلقاء القبض على (5) إرهابيين في أماكن متفرقة من المحافظة ينتمون إلى فلول عصابات داعش الإرهابية - قاطع كركوك ويعملون بما يسمى (ديوان الجند ضمن مفارز الدعم اللوجستي). pic.twitter.com/A18xOvmc32
— يحيى رسول | Yehia Rasool (@IraqiSpoxMOD) April 17, 2022
He added that the National Security Service detachments in Kirkuk arrested the suspects after obtaining judicial approval. They were interrogated and transferred to the court.
The Iraqi Federal Police also said they had destroyed an ISIS hideout in a valley south of Kirkuk and seized several weapons and explosives.
Meanwhile, Iraqi Federal Police said they had destroyed an ISIS hideout in the Mizil valley south of Kirkuk and seized several weapons and explosives.
On Wednesday, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced the launch of the Iron Hammer Operation in Kirkuk Governorate, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported.
The INA report said the operation's goal is to clean the "Wadi al-Shay and Wadi Azgaitun in Kirkuk Governorate and the areas adjacent to the Hamrin Mountains" of ISIS hideouts and caves.
Iraqi F-16 fighter jets also targeted a group of ISIS militants in the country's eastern Diyala province on Sunday afternoon, the military announced.
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ISIS is currently most active in these disputed territories between Baghdad and Erbil, where a major security vacuum emerged between Iraqi and Kurdish positions in late 2017.
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Since November, however, the Peshmerga and the Iraqi military have increased joint operations to clear ISIS remnants from these areas, including Kirkuk, Makhmour, and Garmiyan.
