Iraqi forces carried out on Saturday, an airdrop operation to arrest a prominent leader of the terrorist organization "ISIS" in Kirkuk Governorate.

A spokesperson for the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, Major General Yahya Rasool, wrote on his official Twitter page: “In an airdrop operation, a special force from the Counter-Terrorism Service arrested a prominent leader in the" ISIS "gangs called (R.H), in Wadi Zgitoun, southwest of Kirkuk governorate, at dawn today, Saturday.

The Iraqi security forces continue to search, cleanse, and pursue ISIS remnants throughout the country, to ensure that the organization and its fleeing elements do not reappear.