IRAQ SAYS 22 DAESH/ISIS MEMBERS KILLED IN ANBAR

Sun 12 March 2023:

Iraqi security forces killed 22 members of the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group in a security operation in western Iraq, according to a top military official.

Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saedi, head of the Counter Terrorism Service, said senior Daesh/ISIS leaders were among those killed in the operation in Rutba town in Anbar province.

Speaking at a press conference in Baghdad, al-Saedi added that those killed wore explosive-laden belts.

Iraqi media said senior Daesh/ISIS leader Barzan Hussein, who served as the terrorist group’s governor of Fallujah, was among those killed.

Iraqi authorities announced victory against Daesh/ISIS on Dec. 9, 2017, yet the terror group still carries out sporadic attacks in the rural areas of these provinces.

Despite being defeated territorially by the combined forces of the Iraqi army, Iranian-backed paramilitaries and a US-led coalition in 2017, the UN experts say that, “[Daesh] remains a resilient and persistent threat owing to its decentralised structure and ability to organise complex attacks.”

The extremist group still maintains two distinct organisational structures in Iraq and Syria, in addition to regional networks across Turkey, Afghanistan, Somalia, Africa’s Lake Chad Basin, Libya, Yemen and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, so that it can “sustain the group’s global capability and reputation.”

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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