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2 IS militants killed, 6 arrested in Iraq
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Sun, Jan 17 2021 11:03 IST |
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Baghdad, Jan 17 : Iraqi security forces killed two Islamic State (IS) terrorists and arrested six others from across the country, the military said.
An army force, backed by Iraqi aircraft, attacked an IS hideout near the town of al-Garma in Fallujah, some 50 km west of the capital Baghdad, leaving two IS militants dead, Xinhua news agency quoted commander of Anbar s Operations Command Nasir al-Ghannam as saying in a statement on Saturday.
Separately, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) carried out operations in the provinces of Kirkuk, Salahudin, Anbar, and Baghdad, which resulted in the arrest of six IS militants, including an IS local leader, spokesman of the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces Yehia Rasool said in a separate statement.
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