Iraq: 12 Terrorists Arrested In Nineveh

Iraqi forces in Mosul. (File Photo/AFP)
Iraqi forces in Mosul. (File Photo/AFP)
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Iraq: 12 Terrorists Arrested In Nineveh

Iraqi forces in Mosul. (File Photo/AFP)
Iraqi forces in Mosul. (File Photo/AFP)

The Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) said Saturday that 12 terrorists were arrested in separate regions of Nineveh governorate.

The militants were working for the so-called Diwan Al-Jund, Tigris district, General Camps, and the Military Diwan. They were also wanted per the provisions of Article 4 on terrorism.

"The terrorists confessed to participating in several terrorist operations against the security forces and citizens, as well as urged citizens to join ISIS gangs under threat,” a statement by the IIS read.

"Legal measures were taken against them," the statement added.

In 2017, Iraq declared final victory over ISIS after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.

Iraq declared military victory over ISIS in December 2017 after Iraqi forces drove its last remnants from the country, three years after the militant group captured about a third of the country's territory.



Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Syrian Youth Will Resist Incoming Government

A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Syrian Youth Will Resist Incoming Government

A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)
A defaced portrait of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Damascus, Syria, 18 December 2024 (issued 22 December 2024). (EPA)

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday said that young Syrians will resist the new government emerging after the overthrow of President Bashar sl-Assad as he again accused the United States and Israel of sowing chaos in the country.

Iran had provided crucial support to Assad throughout Syria's nearly 14-year civil war, which erupted after he launched a violent crackdown on a popular uprising against his family's decades-long rule. Syria had long served as a key conduit for Iranian aid to Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in an address on Sunday that the “young Syrian has nothing to lose" and suffers from insecurity following Assad's fall.

“What can he do? He should stand with strong will against those who designed and those who implemented the insecurity," Khamenei said. “God willing, he will overcome them.”

He accused the United States and Israel of plotting against Assad's government in order to seize resources, saying: “Now they feel victory, the Americans, the Zionist regime and those who accompanied them.”

Iran and its armed proxies in the region have suffered a series of major setbacks over the past year, with Israel battering Hamas in Gaza and landing heavy blows on Hezbollah before they agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon last month.

Khamenei denied that such groups were proxies of Iran, saying they fought because of their own beliefs and that Tehran did not depend on them. “If one day we plan to take action, we do not need proxy force,” he said.