Tag: IS

Baghdad : Iraq has dismantled the biggest Islamic State (IS) cell in Iraq's western province of Anbar and captured 186 militants, who committed terrorist attacks in the country, Iraqi Ministry of Interior said. "A joint force captured the biggest IS cell in Anbar responsible for suicide attacks, planting roadside bombs and assassinating military personnel on the international highway west of the country," Saad Maan, spokesman of Baghdad Operations Command, said during a joint press conference with head of Anbar's provincial council Ahmed al-Alwani on Monday. According to Maan, the detained extremist...