ISIS arrests 40 of its elements who fled from Mataibija area
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(IraqiNews.com) Diyala – The president of the security committee in Diyala provincial council, Sadiq al-Husseini, announced on Thursday, that ISIS arrested more than 40 of its elements, who fled from Mataibija area, noting that ISIS had transferred them to an area in the outskirts of Hawija district in Kirkuk.
Husseini said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “ISIS organization, which is based in Hawija south of Kirkuk, arrested more than 40 of its elements, including field leaders, who fled from their positions in the Mataibija area on the border between the provinces of Diyala and Salahuddin into pathways in Hamrin Mountains.”