Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Baghdad

Islamic State of Iraq emir nabbed in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Army forces managed on Friday to arrest Islamic State of Iraqi emir in Falluja and three of his aides, a security source said. “Army forces arrested Abu Adel, the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq in Falluja, and three of his aides after receiving inellegence information on their presence in separate areas in the city,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The forces seized also a big weapons depot in a wanted man’s house in al-Jaghiefi neighborhood, where they found 11 sticky bombs, explosive belts, light weapons and amounts of TNT and C4,” he added. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of Anbar, is 60 km west of the Ramadi, which lies 110 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SH (TP) 1216

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