Iraqi forces capture deputy of IS slain leader Baghdadi

 DUBAI: Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of Islamic State in charge of the group's finance and a deputy of slain leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Twitter on Monday. 

"While our [Iraqi security forces] heroes focused on securing the elections, their [Iraqi national intelligence services] colleagues were conducting a complex external operation to capture Sami Jasim," he said, without providing further details of the operation. 
Baghdadi was killed in a raid by US special forces in northwestern Syria in 2019. 
The US state Department had at the time offered a reward for information leading to the location of Islamic State leaders it identified including Jasim.

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-forces-capture-deputy-of-is-slain-leader-baghdadi/articleshow/86932359.cms

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