Thursday, September 26, 2024

Baghdad

Key al-Qaeda leader nabbed in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A key member of al-Qadea-in-Iraq (AQI) organization has been arrested in downtown Mosul City, a local police source said on Wednesday. “SWAT personnel have arrested Salem Abdulmajeed al-Sabaawi, a prominent leader in al-Qaeda organization, on al-Jumhouriya St., downtown Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. An investigation is currently underway, the source pointed out, providing no further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 2