Security operation launched against ISIS in Kirkuk

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq announced on Sunday the launch of a security operation in Kirkuk governorate, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

The statement explained that a force from the 40th Brigade in the PMF launched a search and clearance operation in the areas near the Zab River in Kirkuk governorate.

The statement clarified that the security operation aims to arrest and eliminate terrorists after receiving intelligence information that ISIS members infiltrated some villages to threaten citizens in the governorate.

Iraq announced in December 2017 that it eliminated ISIS terrorists and imposed full control over all Iraqi territories, including the border with Syria, but some hiding ISIS terrorists are still active in some areas of the country.

The Iraqi authorities announced in mid-August the launch of the fifth phase of Operation Solid Will to pursue remnants of ISIS terrorist groups in the buffer zone with Kurdistan region.

The Solid Will is a series of military operations launched by the Iraqi forces late last year with the aim of pursuing the remaining terrorists of ISIS.

The Iraqi security forces continue their pre-emptive operations within their own strategy to eliminate any existence of ISIS terrorists in Iraq.

Source: Iraqinews