By DPA
Baghdad : Joint Iraqi-US forces have arrested an Al Qaeda leader in the Iraqi city of Baquba, 60 km north-east of Baghdad, reports said Wednesday.
Ahmed Mazhar al-Azzawi, the leader of Islamic State in Iraq, an affiliate of the Al Qaeda terrorist network, was detained during search operations Tuesday in Khan Bani-Saad wal Moradiya, Iraqi state newspaper al-Sabahr reported.
The reported added that the detention followed confirmed intelligence information.
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