Kurdistan
Screengrab from a video showing the Sulaimani-based Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) carrying out an operation against suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members near the Hamrin Mountains on June 4, 2025. Photo: CTG
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A number of suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists were arrested in a Kurdish counter-terrorism operation carried out near the Hamrin Mountains, the Sulaimani-based force said on Wednesday.
“In the operation, which was carried out swiftly, precisely, and without casualties, the forces successfully arrested a number of suspects with a history of terrorist activities,” the Sulaimani-based Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) said in a statement.
It described one of the suspects as “a logistical officer” for ISIS “in a designated area,” without disclosing further details.
The operation was carried out in cooperation with the US-led international coalition against ISIS.
ISIS rose to power and seized control of large swathes of Iraqi territory during a brazen offensive in 2014. It was declared territorially defeated in 2017 when its so-called caliphate in the country fell to Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, supported by a US-led international coalition.
Despite its territorial defeat, the group continues to carry out hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions in several provinces, particularly in areas disputed between Erbil and Baghdad, which stretch across the provinces of Salahaddin, Diyala, Kirkuk, and Nineveh.
The US-led global coalition provided both the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga with air and ground support, as well as training and equipment, in the war against ISIS.
“In the operation, which was carried out swiftly, precisely, and without casualties, the forces successfully arrested a number of suspects with a history of terrorist activities,” the Sulaimani-based Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG) said in a statement.
It described one of the suspects as “a logistical officer” for ISIS “in a designated area,” without disclosing further details.
The operation was carried out in cooperation with the US-led international coalition against ISIS.
ISIS rose to power and seized control of large swathes of Iraqi territory during a brazen offensive in 2014. It was declared territorially defeated in 2017 when its so-called caliphate in the country fell to Iraqi and Kurdish fighters, supported by a US-led international coalition.
Despite its territorial defeat, the group continues to carry out hit-and-run attacks, bombings, and abductions in several provinces, particularly in areas disputed between Erbil and Baghdad, which stretch across the provinces of Salahaddin, Diyala, Kirkuk, and Nineveh.
The US-led global coalition provided both the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga with air and ground support, as well as training and equipment, in the war against ISIS.
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