(KUNA) -- A number of 25 gunmen were killed and 18 others were arrested in separate incidents when Iraqi military troops conducted operations in Souwairah city south of the capital, said the Defense Ministry on Saturday. The statement pointed out that military stormed Friday an insurgents' hideout in Al-Hufariyah area north of the city and added that the operations resulted in the killing of 10 insurgents and the arrest of 10 others.An interior ministry source also said that the military conducted another operation today where they killed 15 insurgents and arrested eight others in Shujairah area northern Souwairah city. Iraqi military forces are trying their utmost to protect the citizens through conducting operations to hunt down those who want anarchy to prevail in the country.