{"id":86552,"date":"2022-10-31T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=86552"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:37:30","slug":"iraq-arrests-isis-leader-and-initiates-security-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/86552\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq arrests ISIS leader, and initiates security campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) &#8211; <\/strong>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 \u201cqualitative 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