“Security and intelligence forces in Kirkuk controlled to destroy a terrorist network that intended to carry out several suicide operations in Kirkuk province,” he said.
Two terrorist elements affiliated with the terrorist organization ISIL were arrested during the operation, he added.
In December 2017, after almost 3 and a half years of fighting with the terrorist organization ISIL, which occupied about a third of the country, the Iraqi government announced the liberation of all its territories from the terrorist organization.
The remaining ISIL elements continue to operate in parts of Baghdad, Saladin, Diyala, Kirkuk, Niveneh and Al Anbar governorates.
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