ISIS lost only 40% of its members: Iraqi military analyst
ERBIL, Iraq (North Press) – “ISIS may only lost 35% or 40% of its militants, but it lost its economy, weapons and equipment,” said Mu’ayed al-Juhaishi, an Iraqi military analyst on Tuesday.
In an exclusive interview with North Press, al-Juhaishi pointed out that the child entered Hawl Camp when he was 10, is now 15 or 16 years old, which means he is a militant now.
“Thus, Hawl Camp has become a place for producing ISIS,” he added.
“ISIS is still existent in caves in Badoush Mountains, Makhoul Mountains, between Diyala and Khanaqin on the Iraqi-Iranian border, and between Diyala and Kirkuk,” he noted.
The military analyst stated that some countries kept ISIS as a pressure card to use it whenever they want.
On April 7, the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) in Iraq announced the killing of 60 ISIS militants during an air raid by the Iraqi forces in Hamrin hills in the central of the country.
On March 24, the spokesperson of the Iraqi Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Yahya Rasoul, announced the killing of 27 ISIS members during the “Eager Lion” operation that lasted two weeks.
“The operation was launched with the participation of Counter-Terrorism Service and Iraqi aircraft in the mountains of Makhmur, southeastern Mosul on March 9 to target ISIS sleeper cells,” Rasoul said in a statement.