IS leaders withdraw from Anbar heading towards Syria

Iraq's intelligence service announced on Thursday that it had dismantled a cell in Baghdad and foiled dozens of suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital, while the House of Representatives postponed a vote on a bill to amend the amnesty law. The Iraqi intelligence said in a statement issued on Thursday that the cell that was dismantled had previously carried out suicide bombings in Baghdad. The cell, which belongs to the so-called Baghdad state, has planned for new suicide bombers.

In Anbar, the deputy commander of Al-Jazeraa operations, Abdul Jabr al-Hurdawi, announced the withdrawal of IS's leaders and elements from areas that are still under its control in Anbar province, such as Rawa and Ana, and headed towards the Syrian regions of Albuqmal and others. 

Hurdawi hailed the role of military aviation in targeting extremist positions in those districts. Al-Hurdawi said, "The presence of extremists in Ana and Rawa is little compared to the source that the intelligence indicates the start of the extremists in these areas, especially their leaders, withdrew towards the depth of Syria".

"Intelligence has enabled the International Alliance to launch a simultaneous air strike targeting extremist targets to organize a preacher in his court and Rawah west of Anbar, which resulted in the destruction of a laboratory for the production of improvised explosive devices and rocket launchers," said Major General Noman al-Zobaie.

 He added that "the air strike targeted groups of elements of the organization within the targets that were bombed, killing dozens of elements," Daash "who were trying to booby-trap wheels and manufacturing bombs to kill innocent civilians and targeting the army and police.

Anbar provincial council member Fahad al-Rashed revealed on Thursday details of the arrest of Taha Abdul Ghani, a member of the provincial council, and denied his release. "There are procedures and follow-up from the local government of Anbar in cooperation with the Joint Operations Command and the Prime Minister and the judiciary and preventive security to release Anbar provincial council member Taha Abdul Ghani after his detention a week ago."

Security sources have revealed the arrest of Anbar provincial council member Taha Abdul Ghani, who came after heavy weapons were seized in his personal car. He explained that the member of the Council was on a field trip to the island of Khalidiyah, and found remnants of war returning to periods of IS control on the area, and put it inside one of the cars of his personal protection, which is a missile.

"The information was checked and the Council member transferred to the judiciary to be released, because his arrest was ordered by a judicial order and a second judicial order must be issued for his release," he said, noting that he promised to release him in the next few hours," he stated.

On the other hand, Iraqi Parliament postponed the vote on the draft law of the first amendment to the law of amnesty in its session held on Thursday under the chairmanship of the President of the Council Salim al-Jubouri. A parliamentary source told Arabs Today that the parliament voted during its regular session today to respond to the draft law canceling the decision of the Revolution Command Council (dissolved) No. 204 of 2002 for the government. The source added that the House of Representatives decided to add a resolution on the crimes of the Anfal to its agenda for the day.