According to the Zaman news website, Yahya Rassoul, the spokesman for the Iraqi Armed Forces General Command, said in a statement that the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, with the help and coordination of the Sulaimani counter-terrorism forces, had succeeded in arresting an ISIS leader in the city.
The statement said that the arrested person was one of the most important and influential members of the ISIS and was arrested along with another ISIS member in Sulaimani.
It is also reported that two other members of the group have been arrested by Iraqi forces in Fallujah as part of anti-ISIS operations.
The Iraqi army has announced that it has launched an operation to clear ISIS remnants in the east and north of the country.
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