Shafaq News- Diyala
Iraq’s National Security Service (INSS) on Sunday uncovered anddestroyed a weapons cache left behind by ISIS in Diyala, as part of ongoingsecurity operations across the country’s north and east regions.
The raid, conducted in the Nada area of Baladruz district, recovered 2560mm mortar shells, 19 large rockets, and three improvised explosive devices.
Although ISIS lost territorial control in Iraq in 2017, it continues tooperate as an insurgent network across the desert and rural areas. Inmid-April, the Interior Ministry reported that security forces dismantled fourISIS-linked cells during operations conducted in 2026, warning that the grouphas increasingly relied on social media and online gaming platforms to recruityoung people.
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