The spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Yahya Rasoul announced on Saturday that eight “terrorists” were arrested in the governorates of Al-Anbar, Al-Sulaymaniyah, and Kirkuk.
Rasoul said in a statement, The counter-terrorism Service carried out an operation which resulted in the arrest in the arrest of five members of an ISIS cell within the districts of Al-Anbar Governorate, western Iraq.”
He added, “the Agency launched a second operation in coordination with the Asayish of Al-Sulaymaniyah Governorate, in which two persons affiliated with ISIS are arrested.”
Another terrorist was arrested in a third operation in Kirkuk.