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In Iraq, five leaders of IGs were detained
The Iraqi military, together with the Syrian democratic forces, detained five leaders of the Islamic state in the border area of the five leaders. This was reported on Twitter by the special representative of the US President in the region Brett McGurk, without revealing the names. For terrorists, the IS closes all ways to escape, he emphasized.
The detention of the "five most wanted leaders of IGs" was welcomed on Twitter by President Donald Trump.
On the eve of the state television of Iraq announced the capture of senior IS figures - four Iraqis and one Syrians. The duties of the group included the management of the seized IS by the border region Deir ez-zor. According to The New York Times, among the detainees, the closest assistant to the leader of the IG Abu Bakra al-Baghdadi, known as Abu Zeid al-Iraki (the real name is Ismail Alvan al-Itavi).