According to Al-Furat News, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Yahya Rassoul, announced on Monday that a terrorist (ISIL) plot had been foiled south of the capital, Baghdad.
A spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces said in a statement: “According to the instructions of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, the special forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service have continued their unique operations to defeat ISIL terrorist groups’ plans.
According to the statement, special forces of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service were able to thwart the ISIS plan in the south of Baghdad by arresting the leader of one of the terrorist cells.
At the time of his arrest, the ISIS leader confessed to having a stockpile of weapons, ammunition, explosives, war equipment, and a silencer.
The spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces also said that the forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service had gone to the neighborhoods of Anbar province and were able to arrest three ISIS terrorists.
Sadeq al-Husseini, a spokesman for the Diyala Axis in al-Hashd al-Shabi, told Al-Maluma that an ISIL leader was killed in an ambush in al-Hashd al-Shabi around al-Maqdadiya neighborhood, 45 km northeast of Baquba.
According to the report, the terrorist, known as “Osama al-Nahr”, is the butcher of ISIL and one of the most dangerous former and current commanders of al-Qaeda, who was captured and killed by Iraqi popular mobilization forces in the east of al-Maqdadiyah neighborhood in Baquba after years of persecution.
Al Jazeera reported on a drone strike on the Victorian base, which is home to US troops.
Last week, the US base was targeted by a rocket at the same time as the Ain al-Assad base.
