The chief of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq together with eight senior members have been killed in a navy operation, Iraq’s prime minister introduced Tuesday.
Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al Sudani stated that Jassim al-Mazroui Abu Abdul Qader was killed in an operation by counterterrorism forces and the nationwide safety service beneath the Joint Operations Command within the Hamrin Mountains in Salahuddin province,
“There is no place for terrorists in Iraq, and we will pursue them to their hideouts and eliminate them,” al-Sudani stated in a press release.
The Joint Operations Command stated in a press release that the operation was carried out “with technical support and exchange of accurate intelligence information by the international coalition forces.”
The identities of the others killed within the operation together with Abdul Qader can be introduced after they’re confirmed by DNA exams, it stated.
The assertion additionally indicated that “large quantities of weapons, ammunition and equipment were seized.”
Last month, the U.S. introduced an settlement with the Iraqi authorities to wrap up the navy mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition combating Daesh by subsequent yr, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they’ve lengthy occupied throughout a two-decadelong navy presence within the nation.
A coalition of greater than 80 nations, led by the United States, was shaped to combat Daesh, which misplaced its maintain on the territory it managed in Iraq in 2017 and in Syria in 2019, though sleeper cells stay in each nations and overseas.
For years, Iraqi officers had periodically known as for a withdrawal of coalition forces and formal talks to wind down the U.S. presence within the nation have been ongoing for months.
Iraqi officers have maintained that Iraqi safety forces are in a position to take care of the remaining sleeper cells and forestall the group from staging a resurgence.
Source: www.dailysabah.com