On the 16th local time, the Iraqi National Security Service issued a statement saying that it had arrested a leader of the extremist group “Islamic State”. The statement said that after nearly ten months of surveillance and investigation, the Iraqi National Security Service successfully arrested a leader of the extremist group “Islamic State” returning from a neighboring country. The leader has been listed as a member of several terrorist organizations. Since 2004, he has been active as an Al-Qaida member in Baghdad, under the pseudonym “Abu Alia,” engaged in manufacturing improvised explosive devices, and led a group of five to carry out terrorist activities. Investigations revealed that the leader dropped more than 100 explosive devices while in Baghdad and was directly involved in terrorist attacks against various regions of Baghdad. After the Iraqi government declared victory in the war against terrorism in December 2017, he fled Iraq and hid outside Iraq for many years.

On the 16th local time, the Iraqi National Security Service issued a statement saying that it had arrested a leader of the extremist group “Islamic State”. The statement said that after nearly ten months of surveillance and investigation, the Iraqi National Security Service successfully arrested a leader of the extremist group “Islamic State” returning from a neighboring country. The leader has been listed as a member of several terrorist organizations. Since 2004, he has been active as an Al-Qaida member in Baghdad, under the pseudonym “Abu Alia,” engaged in manufacturing improvised explosive devices, and led a group of five to carry out terrorist activities. Investigations revealed that the leader dropped more than 100 explosive devices while in Baghdad and was directly involved in terrorist attacks against various regions of Baghdad. After the Iraqi government declared victory in the war against terrorism in December 2017, he fled Iraq and hid outside Iraq for many years.