The Iraqi security forces arrested one of the highest ranking members of the Islamic State (ISIS) this week after he attempted to escape across the border to Syria.
According to a military report, the Islamic State officer was identified as ‘Abdel-Ghani Zargham ‘Abdel-Sama, the terrorist group’s oil chief.
The reported added that ‘Abdel-Sama was traveling through the town of Masada in the northwestern countryside of Nineveh, when the Iraqi security forces ambushed his convoy.
‘Abdel-Sama surrendered immediately after he was surrounded by the Iraqi security forces.
