Iraq ‘nets 40 ISIS operatives’ in major swoop

AFP reports :

Iraq's intelligence service said Thursday it detained 40 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group as part of a major operation in Baghdad and Diyala provinces. "The Iraqi national intelligence service, in coordination with Baghdad and Diyala security forces, carried out an operation which resulted in the arrest of 40 members of varying rank," a statement said.

Diyala is a province just northeast of the capital where ISIS has not had fixed positions in almost a year but has carried out several deadly suicide car bombings.