ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s counter terrorism department confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of two Islamic State (ISIS) members in Erbil, a day after other ISIS suspects plotting a suicide attack were arrested in Kirkuk.
The statement did not specify the conditions under which the two men were arrested, only mentioning that they were “active members of ISIS” and wanted by the Iraqi counter-terrorism service (CTS).
On the request of the Iraqi CTS, the two arrestees were turned over to their department, according to the statement.
In coordination with Sulaimani’s internal security forces (Asayish), the Iraqi forces arrested on Tuesday three ISIS suspects in Kirkuk, who were plotting to carry out a suicide attack during the month of Ramadan.
Dozens of ISIS suspects have been arrested across Iraq and the Kurdistan Region since last summer.
Two highly sought members were arrested in Kirkuk in early January, two days after three suspects of the terror group were arrested near Erbil.
Several other ISIS suspects, including a health worker, were arrested in Kirkuk in December.
In its propaganda magazine on Thursday, ISIS claimed to have conducted 14 attacks in Iraq from March 3 to March 9, killing and injuring 11 people.
By Chenar Chalak
