Five Egyptian terror suspects were arrested in Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki 's Office said in a statement.

The five Egyptians along with an Iraqi were detained by national police commandos in a raid, the statement said, without elaborating.

The Iraqi authorities and the U.S. military claim that a large number of foreign militants have infiltrated into Iraq since the outbreak of the Iraqi war in 2003, mainly from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria.

Foreign fighters are accused of launching a series of attacks on coalition forces and the Iraqi government and igniting sectarian tensions.

The statement also said that another 78 terror suspects have been arrested in raids across Iraq.

Source: Xinhua