Seven IS female elements arrested in northwest Samarra
Female IS fighters. (Reuters)
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) Seven Islamic State (IS) female elements were arrested on Tuesday northwest of Samarra, Commander of Samarra Operations, Major General Emad al-Zuhairi, announced.
“The intelligence of the Samarra Operations managed today to capture seven IS female elements northwest of Samarra,” a statements said.
“The female elements were coming from Mosul towards Baghdad using fake identifications,” the statement added.
Security forces in Samarra had arrested many elements belonging to the IS terror group while attempting to sneak into southern governorates.
Earlier today, tens of IS militants were killed as Iraqi jets launched several airstrikes in Anbar province.
A statement by the Defense Ministry’s War Media Cell said Iraqi jets launched several airstrikes that left an IS rest house and a weapon stash destroyed.
Furthermore, 21 IS militants were killed on Tuesday in a military operation southwest of Iraq.
Iraqi troops were able to a return life back to normal in the biggest cities of Anbar including Fallujah, Ramadi and others after recapturing them. However, Anbar’s western cities of Annah, Qaim and Rawa are still held by the extremist group since 2014, when it emerged to proclaim a self-styled Islamic Caliphate.
There has not been an officially-declared military campaign to free those regions, but the province’s military command launched a brief assault early January that managed to recapture some western villages before stopping again.