ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq and Kurdish security forces have detained four suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members, according to a government statement issued on Saturday.
“A joint security coordination between the Counter-Terrorism Cell of our agency and the General Directorate of Operations of the Asayish in the Kurdistan Region resulted in the arrest of four terrorists” who were wanted under the law, the Iraqi National Security Service stated on X.
One of those arrested is a "specialist in manufacturing ISIS weapons,” the statement said.
Two of the suspects “worked in what is known as the ‘Development and Military Manufacturing Authority’ affiliated with the ISIS terrorist gangs” in Anbar province, the statement said.
“As for the other two suspects, it was revealed that they belonged to what was formerly referred to as the Nineveh and Dijla provinces” and had directed attacks against security forces in the past, the security service added.
The investigation revealed that the suspects used forged identity documents to evade security and move around freely.
ISIS seized control of vast swathes of Iraqi territory in 2014. It was declared territorially defeated in 2017, but Kurdish and Iraqi security forces continue to carry out frequent operations against remnants of the group.
“A joint security coordination between the Counter-Terrorism Cell of our agency and the General Directorate of Operations of the Asayish in the Kurdistan Region resulted in the arrest of four terrorists” who were wanted under the law, the Iraqi National Security Service stated on X.
One of those arrested is a "specialist in manufacturing ISIS weapons,” the statement said.
Two of the suspects “worked in what is known as the ‘Development and Military Manufacturing Authority’ affiliated with the ISIS terrorist gangs” in Anbar province, the statement said.
“As for the other two suspects, it was revealed that they belonged to what was formerly referred to as the Nineveh and Dijla provinces” and had directed attacks against security forces in the past, the security service added.
The investigation revealed that the suspects used forged identity documents to evade security and move around freely.
ISIS seized control of vast swathes of Iraqi territory in 2014. It was declared territorially defeated in 2017, but Kurdish and Iraqi security forces continue to carry out frequent operations against remnants of the group.
