Iraqi forces arrest ISIS commander in Nineveh provin.

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Services (CTS) secure a street near the old city in west Mosul on June 3, 2017, during their ongoing battle to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Saturday that one ISIS commander along with two of his deputies have been arrested in Northern Province of Nineveh.

The Iraqi Ministry of Interior issued a statement on Saturday noting that Security forces have captured an ISIS commander who was previously involved in a number of suicide missions in the country.

The ISIS elements were also responsible for several terrorist operations against security forces and Iraqi citizens.

The ISIS terrorist group has a number of cells in the northern, eastern and southern regions of Iraq and has intensified its attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces in the past two months which has been unprecedented since 2017.

In recent months, Hashed al-Sha’abi forces (PMF) and the Iraqi Army have carried out a series of operations against ISIS members in Al Anbar, Nineveh, Saladin governorates since the middle of last month.

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