BAGHDAD, Jan 29 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS), announced yesterday, the arrest of two Daesh militants, in the western province of Anbar, and the destruction of three Daesh hideouts in the northern Kirkuk province.
A CTS statement said that, the arrests were carried out during two separate operations, based on precise intelligence and judicial warrants.
Separately, CTS forces in Kirkuk located and destroyed three Daesh hideouts during search and ambush operations, it added.
The operations come, amid heightened vigilance as Iraqi security forces on Tuesday arrested a Daesh militant, wearing an explosive belt, in Anbar, thwarting a suicide bombing attempt.– NNN-NINA