Iraq Says It Captured Key Leaders of Islamic State

Success of operation coordinated with the U.S.-led coalition announced days ahead of Iraqi election

ERBIL, Iraq—Iraq’s intelligence agency said it captured five high-level Islamic State members earlier this year in a raid coordinated with the U.S.-led coalition.

Syrian national Saddam al-Jamal, the most prominent of the five men detained after being lured into Iraq from Syria, said in a short video released by the intelligence agency late Wednesday that the extremist group had lost most of its resources and was in “a bad state.”

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