ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Islamic State (ISIS) has arrested four Kurdish civilians inside Mosul on charges of spying for Iraqi and Kurdish forces, a Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official in Mosul said Thursday.
“ISIS militants have arrested four Kurdish civilians in the Mosul neighborhoods of Gobjalil and Nabi Younis,” Saeed Mamuzini told Rudaw. “They have been accused of spying for Kurdish and Iraqi forces,” he added.
“These four detainees are ordinary people and have no contact with Kurdish forces or the Iraqi army,” he said.
Last month, ISIS removed a number of local members from sensitive positions following suspicions of spying. They were replaced with foreign fighters after the ISIS governor in Mosul was killed in a coalition air strike.
Radhwan Hamdouni, known as Abu Laith, was the ISIS wali (governor) of Mosul. He and three other military leaders were reportedly killed in an air strike near Mosul in November.
Sources said that since then ISIS has been relying more on its foreign fighters because it is unsure of the loyalty of locals in Mosul.
Last September, ISIS reportedly removed and executed a number of its Kurdish members on charges of spying for the Peshmerga forces.
“ISIS militants have arrested four Kurdish civilians in the Mosul neighborhoods of Gobjalil and Nabi Younis,” Saeed Mamuzini told Rudaw. “They have been accused of spying for Kurdish and Iraqi forces,” he added.
“These four detainees are ordinary people and have no contact with Kurdish forces or the Iraqi army,” he said.
Last month, ISIS removed a number of local members from sensitive positions following suspicions of spying. They were replaced with foreign fighters after the ISIS governor in Mosul was killed in a coalition air strike.
Radhwan Hamdouni, known as Abu Laith, was the ISIS wali (governor) of Mosul. He and three other military leaders were reportedly killed in an air strike near Mosul in November.
Sources said that since then ISIS has been relying more on its foreign fighters because it is unsure of the loyalty of locals in Mosul.
Last September, ISIS reportedly removed and executed a number of its Kurdish members on charges of spying for the Peshmerga forces.
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