U.S.-Iraqi Sting Ops Yields Capture of 5 Islamic State Commanders

Cross-border sting operations carried out jointly by Iraqi and American intelligence officials led to the capture of five high-ranking Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists who were hiding in Syria, including a top aide to the group’s chief Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi. The three-month operation, which tracked a group of senior Islamic State leaders who had been...