"Our heroic armed forces have eliminated Daesh commander Abu Yaser Al-Issawi as part of an intelligence-led operation," Kadhimi tweeted. Last week, Islamic State claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing which killed at least 32 people in a crowded Baghdad market. It was the first big suicide bombing in Iraq for three years. Many of the insurgents were later recruited by Islamic State, whose fighters swept across a third of Iraq in 2014. By 2017, however, Islamic State insurgents had been driven from all territory they held.

Source: bd News24 January 28, 2021 16:52 UTC