Iraq announces arrest of ISIS mercenaries' leader

The Iraqi Intelligence Agency said in a statement: "Through the continuous follow-up of the responsibility sectors and harnessing the sources, the detachments of the Intelligence Agency represented by the Federal Police Intelligence at the Ministry of Interior arrested a terrorist in the Al-Hurriya neighborhood in Kirkuk governorate, who is wanted in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 / terrorism for belonging to ISIS terrorist gangs within the Abbasi sector, Kirkuk.

The statement added that the detainee "works as a mufti in the so-called Office of Judiciary and Grievances in the Abbasid district. He also works in the so-called military detachments and he is from an ISIS family. He has two of his brothers wanted by the judiciary according to the Terrorism Law." He confessed to belonging to those criminal gangs, and referred him to the judiciary to complete his investigative papers. "

ISIS mercenaries returned to activity in a number of Iraqi cities through the implementation of many attacks on the security and military forces.