{"id":84400,"date":"2022-09-22T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=84400"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:27:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:27:45","slug":"iraq-reveals-number-of-isis-militants-on-its-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/84400\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq reveals number of ISIS militants on its soil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERBIL, KRI, IRAQ (North press) \u2013 <\/strong>Iraq&#8217;s Joint Operations Command revealed on Thursday the number of militants of the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) on Iraqi soil, saying they spread in \u201cfour to five areas in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spokesperson for Iraq&#8217;s Joint Operations Command, Major General Tahseen al-Khafaji, said in a statement made to Iraqi official media \u201cThe number of ISIS militants in Iraq is very low, there are less than 1.000 ones, mostly locals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Khafaji noted these militants spread onto four to five areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iraq\u2019s Joint Operations Command has taken important measures to control the border, and they are ready for any emergencies that could develop at the border, according to al-Khafaji.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, the command said there is cooperation with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) via the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in sharing intelligence information to pursue militants of the group, preventing them from sneaking in order to arrest them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Periodically, a number of Iraqi areas, notably in central Iraq, witness operations to pursue ISIS sleeper cells that carry out sporadic operations against security forces and locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Hozan Zubeir 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