Security forces have killed the local leader of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced this and spoke of a “heroic operation” in the Hamring Mountains. In addition to the Wali (“governor”) of IS in Iraq, eight other high-ranking leaders of the terrorist militia were killed.
“There is no place for terrorists in Iraq,” Al-Sudani said. The Iraqi Command for Operations named the ISIS leader in Iraq as Jazeem al-Masruai as Abu Abdel Qadir. The other leaders belonged to the “front of the IS terrorist gangs”. Their names would be made public after DNA testing.
Weapon cache discovered in the mountains
During the operation, security forces discovered large quantities of weapons, ammunition and other equipment, as well as areas for the production of explosives. There was a “major IS headquarters” in the Hamrin Mountains, located in northeastern Iraq.
IS once controlled about 40 percent of Iraq and about a third of neighboring Syria. A US-led military alliance began the fight against IS, which is now considered militarily defeated.
There are still 2,500 IS fighters active
But ISIS has not disappeared. According to the US Central Command, there are currently approximately 2,500 IS fighters in both countries, carrying out repeated attacks. The organization Counter Extremism Project counted approximately seventy attacks in Syria alone in March this year. IS cells have also regained their strength in parts of Africa and South Asia.
Source: Krone
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