SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi forces detained two women over membership of Islamic State (ISIS) militants in Kirkuk, the intelligence agency said on Saturday.
Iraqi Intelligence Service said in a statement that the two women were wanted in accordance with Article 4 of counter-terrorism law, according to state news agency (INA).
“The two female terrorists … were distributing warrantees to families of ISIS terrorist gangs in Kirkuk,” the intelligence agency said.
Recently, Iraqi forces have stepped up efforts to detain ISIS militants in the provinces of Kirkuk, Saladin, Nineveh, Anbar and Baghdad. The security forces have detained and killed dozens of ISIS members in the past weeks.
Iraq declared victory over Islamic State in December 2017 but the militants have regrouped in the Hamrin mountain range which extends into the northern provinces – an area described by officials as a “triangle of death”.
