Monday, 15 March, 2021 - 09:15
A view of the Iraqi-Syrian borders at Al Qaim Al Abu Kamal border crossing, after being reopened for travelers and trade in Anbar province, in Qaim, Iraq September 30, 2019. (Reuters) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat
The Iraqi army arrested five ISIS militants in Baghdad and Anbar governorates as security forces continue to pursue terrorists throughout the country.
Military spokesman Major General Yahya Rasool said the counter-terrorism unit carried out security operations and arrested two terrorists in Abu Ghraib - Karma, and three others in Heet district in Anbar.
Meanwhile, the Joint Operations Command announced that one of its units thwarted the infiltration of ISIS terrorists from Syria into Iraq at al-Dukji border area, west of Mount Sinjar in the northern Nineveh region.