Iraqi security forces arrested three ISIS militants in separate intelligence-based operations in Diyala and Anbar provinces and recovered a cache of weapons and ammunition abandoned by the group.
Syrian security authorities have arrested a senior ISIS commander during an intelligence operation, while officials have withheld his identity and further details.
Five TTP terrorists were killed in a joint police and security forces operation in Bannu, while separate attacks and clashes across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left a police officer and two civilians dead and several others injured.
Balochistan Interior Minister Mir Ziaullah Langau escaped unhurt after unidentified militants attacked his convoy in Mastung, injuring six security personnel. Mobile internet and train services were also suspended across the province over security concerns.
Kuwaiti authorities have arrested three suspected Daesh members accused of plotting attacks on a Shiite mosque and key national installations, according to a security source cited by AFP.
At least 15 militants were killed in a security operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, while a policeman was killed and several security personnel and civilians were injured in separate terrorist incidents across Upper Dir, Bannu, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan and Bajaur.
Three police officers were killed and four people injured in two separate terrorist attacks targeting police teams in Lahore, Pakistan. Police said the attackers were affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and identified Rehan Butt as the main suspect. The assailants also hijacked a police vehicle and fled after the second attack.
Pakistan’s military said 18 militants were killed after explosives being prepared at a militant hideout in Surab, Balochistan, detonated prematurely. ISPR said three civilians were also killed and two security personnel wounded. Security officials told Terror Monitor that the militants were affiliated with the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).
Pakistan’s security forces killed 10 militants and wounded 16 others during multiple intelligence-based operations against TTP-affiliated militants in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to security sources. Several hideouts were destroyed and weapons and ammunition were recovered.
