SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Kurdish counter-terrorism forces detained a senior member of the Islamic State (ISIS) group in Erbil, Iraqi premier’s spokesman said on Thursday.
Yehia Rasool, spokesman for Iraq’s commander-in-chief of the armed forces, said the Iraqi counter-terrorism service launched a “qualitative operation” in coordination with the Kurdish forces in Erbil to detain an ISIS leader.
The counter-terrorism forces detained Abu Mansour, who was “the so-called general administrative of the state of the south of ISIS group,” Rasool added.
The Iraqi security forces have detained dozens of ISIS suspects in coordination with the Kurdish forces in the past months.
In 2017 Baghdad announced victory over the militant group, and attacks in Iraqi cities have since become much rarer, although troops continue to fight ISIS sleeper cells in mountainous and desert areas.
The militants still mount deadly operations, mostly at night and in remote areas.
