Iraqi intelligence said it had arrested 31 members of the ISIL Takfiri group who were responsible for planning and carrying out 52 terrorist attacks in Baghdad.

Iraqi intelligence said it had arrested 31 members of the ISIL Takfiri group who were responsible for planning and carrying out 52 terrorist attacks in Baghdad.

It said in a statement that the operation was conducted in coordination with the security forces and the judiciary.

It "resulted in the dismantling of terrorist groups linked to what is known as Wilayat Baghdad (Baghdad province), a part of ISIL," the statement said.

The intelligence service said the 31 people arrested are ISIL members from all parts of Baghdad, as well as areas South and North of the capital.

"They confessed to 52 terrorist acts in different areas of our beloved Baghdad in 2014 and early 2015," the statement said.

It said "large quantities of arms, (explosive) belts, silencers, rigged cars and motorcycles, statements, videos of their cowardly operations" were seized.

"The reason for the decrease in attacks in Baghdad over the past three weeks is the arrest of this network," Fahim al-Atraqchi said.

Iraqi Army Liberates Area from ISIL in Anbar: FNA


The Iraqi army inflicted hefty losses on the ISIL terrorists in Anbar province, and managed to liberate an area from the control of the Takfiri group, a senior army official said.

Colonel Juma al-Jumaili said that the army troops, backed by popular forcers, claimed the lives of more than 23 ISIL terrorists in the Western province of Anbar, and succeeded in liberating al-Janabyin area.

He added that five vehicles belonging to the Takfiri group were also targeted during the operation.