Iraq arrests ISIS leader, and initiates security campaign
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – On Monday, Iraqi forces announced they captured a leader in the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) in central Iraq, while the areas west country witness a sweeping operation to pursue sleeper cells of the organization.
Major General Yahya Rasul, the spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces said under orders by armed forces, the Anti-Terror Apparatus carried out a “qualitative operation” resulted in the capture of an ISIS leader known as Abu Hamza al-Mitweti.
Rasul added al-Mitweti served as a security leader in “Kirkuk Province” and worked formerly as commander of storming battalion in the Fourqan Division in the “Nineveh Province.”
This comes as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) launches a security operation in cooperation with the army from four axes west and south of Mosul close to the Syrian border.
The PMF said the operation aims at pursuing ISIS sleeper cells in those areas and to bridge the gaps that could be used by the terrorist organization from which it could carry out operation against civilians or security forces.