Five IS commanders captured crossing into Iraq from Syria

by VTV412 May 2018 Last updated at 11:41 AM

VTV.vn - Iraq announced on Wednesday it had seized five top Islamic State group commanders, after an intelligence operation lured the fighters - including a close aide of the group's leader - across the border.

The five commanders are described as "some of the most wanted" leaders of the ISIS. Four are said to be Iraqi and one of Syrian nationality.

They were shown on TV in yellow prison uniforms. One of them was the governor of the Islamic State's Euphrates province / and considered one of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's most trusted commanders. Baghdadi, who declared himself ruler of all Muslims in 2014, is now believed to be hiding in the Iraqi-Syrian border region after losing all the cities and towns of his self-proclaimed caliphate.

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