The Turkish intelligence service captured eight Daesh/ISIS terrorists in southern Türkiye‘s Hatay province, safety sources stated on Wednesday.
Among these captured was Ahmed A.Okay. Ali, codenamed Abu Suleyman Al Ashkar, Daesh/ISIS’ so-called senior coastal unit commander, stated the sources, who requested to not be named as a result of restrictions on chatting with the media.
The terrorist ringleader and 7 terrorist members had been discovered to be residing in numerous homes belonging to Daesh/ISIS in Hatay, a province bordering northern Syria.
In addition to a big cache of explosives and ammunition seized, sources stated movies had been discovered exhibiting the suspects burning a Turkish flag whereas taking an oath to affix the phobia group.
In 2013, Türkiye grew to become one of many first nations to declare Daesh/ISIS a terrorist group.
The nation has since been attacked by the phobia group a number of instances, with over 300 individuals killed and a whole lot extra injured in a minimum of 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb assaults, and 4 armed assaults.
In response, Türkiye launched operations at residence and overseas to forestall additional assaults, together with a number of counter-terrorist operations resembling Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).
