Senior Qaeda operative arrested in Iraq’s Anbar province

By NNN-KUNA

Baghdad : The Iraqi Ministry of Interior has announced that Iraqi forces have detained the assistant of Abu Ayub Al-Masri, senior Al-Qaeda leader, in Al-Anbar.


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The ministry said Thursday that the Iraqi forces managed to arrest Nazal Sabar Al-Jughaify, aka Abi Al-Jarrah, who is an assistant of Abu Ayub Al-Masri, and another Al-Qaeda senior leader in western Iraq on Tuesday.

The statement said the arrest took place in Al-Ramadi, Al-Anbar’s largest city.

The arrestee was spotted and captured after two years of trying to track him down.

Iraqi Sahwa and tribal forces succeeded in a couple of years to clear Al-Anbar of Qaeda operatives, after it used to be a stronghold of the terrorist group.

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