ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) – The Turkish intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected Islamic State militants in Syria and brought them back to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency on Saturday cited security sources as saying. • The sources said the suspects caught in the operation, carried out in coordination with Syrian intelligence, were linked to […]
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Turkey captures 10 Islamic State militants in Syria, sources say
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ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) – The Turkish intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected Islamic State militants in Syria and brought them back to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency on Saturday cited security sources as saying.
• The sources said the suspects caught in the operation, carried out in coordination with Syrian intelligence, were linked to past attacks in Turkey.
• One of the suspects – all of whom are of Turkish origin – had connections to the perpetrators of a 2015 bomb attack at Ankara train station in which more than 100 people were killed, state-owned Anadolu reported.
• The sources said another of those detained had served as the group’s intelligence chief responsible for Turkey.
• The suspects are accused of taking part in armed training, propaganda work and planning or supporting attacks, the sources added.
(Reporting by Daren Butler; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)