Iraq thwarts rocket attacks against vital facilities
BAGHDAD (AA) – The Iraqi military has thwarted rocket attacks targeting vital facilities in northern areas of the capital Baghdad.
The Iraqi army’s Baghdad Operations Command said on Wednesday that its forces “arrested three suspects after monitoring their movements” in the Karkh and Rusafa areas in Baghdad.
After getting information about the enemy’s intention to target vital installations in the Tarmiyah district, north of Baghdad, two Katyusha rockets and detonators were seized, the command said.
It further said that “the weapons and detainees were handed over to the concerned authorities.”
ISIS has been active in the provinces of Salahuddin, Anbar, Kirkuk and Diyala, at a time when the federal government is struggling to contain the attacks of the terrorist group in the northern, western and eastern regions of the country.
In 2017, Iraq declared victory over ISIS by reclaiming all territories the terrorist group had controlled since the summer of 2014 which was estimated to be about a third of the country’s territory.
The group, however, still maintains sleeper cells in large areas in Iraq.
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