Baghdad:The Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) announced the arrest of two terrorists in the Anbar and Salah al-Din provinces. The arrests were carried out on Sunday as part of separate operations.

According to Iraqi News Agency, the operations were conducted under the directives of Defence Minister Naif Muhaif al-Shammari and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah. They were supervised by Military Intelligence Director Lt. Gen. Hassan Jawad al-Silawi. The units involved executed the operations based on accurate intelligence to target wanted individuals.

The intelligence detachments from the Fifth and 21st Infantry Divisions successfully apprehended the suspects following carefully planned ambushes. The individuals were wanted by the judiciary under Article 4/1 of Iraq’s Anti-Terrorism Law.

These arrests are part of the directorate’s proactive intelligence efforts in various operational sectors aimed at tracking down wanted individuals and dismantling remaining terrorist networks. The two suspects have been handed over to the relevant authorities for further legal proceedings.