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4 IS militants arrested in Iraq

Baghdad, Mar 21 (UNI) Four extremist Islamic State (IS) militants were arrested in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah and Salahuddin provinces, Iraqi security authorities said on Friday.
Iraqi security forces arrested two IS terrorists in a village in eastern Salahuddin province, and they were handed over to relevant authorities, the Iraqi interior ministry said in a statement.
In a separate statement, the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) announced that it arrested 2 IS militants, one in Salahuddin province and the other in Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.
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