11 Daesh Terrorists Arrested in Iraq’s Mosul Ahead of Arbaeen
One of those arrested is a woman and another one a senior member of the terrorist outfit, the ministry said on Thursday, Shafaq News reported.
They were arrested by the police of Nineveh Governorate after intelligence gathering operations that led to identifying the terrorists.
It comes as the Arbaeen season approaches and as the Iraqi authorities have intensified efforts to ensure the security of pilgrims.
Daesh terrorists made swift advances in northern and western Iraq over the summer of 2014, after capturing swaths of northern Syria.
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Afterwards, a combination of concentrated attacks by the Iraqi military and the volunteer forces, who rushed to take arms after Ayatollah Sistani issued a fatwa calling for the fight against the militants, blunted the edge of Daesh offensive and forced the terrorist group withdraw from much of the areas it had occupied.
In November 2017, Iraqi military forces captured the border town of Rawa, the last remaining town under Daesh control, marking the collapse of the terror group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
However, the terrorist group still maintains a presence in some rural areas.
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