Major General Rasool: Military operations against ISIS gangs are ongoing and we have achieved positive results, 1 dec

Major General Rasool: Military operations against ISIS gangs are ongoing and we have achieved positive results

Baghdad-INA 
The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, confirmed today, Sunday, that military operations against ISIS gangs are ongoing, while pointing out the arrest of prominent leaders within those gangs.
 
Rasool told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The military operations against ISIS terrorist gangs are ongoing in accordance with the directives of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, with an emphasis on pursuing the remnants of the organization accurately and continuously."
 
He added that "intelligence efforts play a pivotal role in these operations," praising "the prominent role of the Military Intelligence Directorate in implementing the tasks of continuous monitoring and accurate planning."
 
He pointed out that "the operations being carried out include the areas of the Balkana and Hamrin Mountains and the depth of the desert," indicating that "these operations are carried out in full coordination between the Joint Operations Command and the security and intelligence services, in addition to the air support provided by the Air Force and Army Aviation."
 
He pointed out that "a number of prominent terrorist gang leaders were eliminated, including the so-called "Wali of Iraq" and a number of his assistants, in addition to achieving positive results recently through a precise air strike in Hamrin Hills areas."