| (VOI) - Iraqi Interior Ministry’s forces arrested a senior leader of al-Qaeda group after armed clashes, during which three security elements were wounded in eastern Mosul, the ministry said on Tuesday. “The emergency forces clashed with al-Qaeda gunmen in al-Zuhour region in eastern Mosul, where Adel Ismail Ahmed, al-Qaeda leader, was arrested and three security elements were wounded,” General Abdul Karim Khalaf, the director of the national command center, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI). He did not add more details. Earlier in May, the commander of Ninewa operations, Staff Lieutenant General Riyadh Jalal, announced the commencement of Operation Lion's Roar with the aim of tracking down al-Qaeda operatives. Five days later Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launched another security campaign dubbed Um al-Rabieen with the same purpose. |