Sharjah 24 – AFP: Iraq has captured the alleged finance chief of the Daesh group, Sami Jasim al-Jaburi, who was sought by the United States, in an operation abroad, Iraqi authorities said Monday.
Jaburi, also the suspected former deputy to the late Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was arrested "in Turkey", a senior Iraqi military source told AFP without elaborating.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi had earlier announced on Twitter that Jaburi was arrested by the intelligence services "outside the borders" of Iraq, in a "complex external operation," without naming the location.
It was not immediately clear if Turkish authorities were involved and there was no immediate reaction from Ankara.
The US had offered a reward of up to $5 million for the capture of Jaburi.
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