Five persons With ties to ISIS captured in al-Sulaymaniyah
Shafaq News/ Iraq's federal intelligence agency has apprehended five persons with ties to the Islamic State extremist group in al-Sulaymaniyah, an official press release said on Thursday.
According to the press release, the arrestees are wanted by the Iraqi judiciary in accordance with Article 4/Terrorism and enlisted on the agency's most wanted database.
Yesterday, the Asayish directorate in al-Sulaymaniyah announced it thwarted an attempt to establish a "princedom" loyal to ISIS in the governorate in an operation that spanned over five months.
According to an official statement, 54 members were arrested and three were killed in the operation