Türkiye neutralized Abu al-Qurayshi, the so-called chief of Daesh/ISIS terrorist group, throughout an operation in Syria on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has introduced.
“The National Intelligence Organization (MIT) had been following the so-called chief of Daesh, code-named Abu Hussein al-Qurayshi, for a very long time.
“This is the first time I am telling this here. This person was neutralized in an operation carried out by the MIT yesterday,” Erdogan mentioned in a dwell interview on Turkish broadcaster TRT Turk on Sunday.
“We will continue our struggle with terrorist organizations without any discrimination,” he added.
In 2013, Türkiye turned one of many first international locations to declare Daesh/ISIS a terrorist group.
The nation has since been attacked by the fear group a number of occasions, with over 300 folks killed and lots of extra injured in not less than 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb assaults, and 4 armed assaults.
In response, Türkiye launched anti-terror operations at house and overseas to forestall additional assaults.
‘Racism, Islamophobia, discrimination on rise in West’
Erdogan mentioned racism, Islamophobia, and discrimination are spreading within the West “like cancer cells,” including: “Western countries have not yet demonstrated efforts for confronting this threat.”
Hate speech and assaults focusing on Muslims and the mosques overseas are additionally rising, he confused.
“Vile acts by racist groups, such as arson against mosques and tearing up the holy Quran, have also increased … We take every step to ensure the safety of life and property of our citizens,” Erdogan mentioned.
Recent months have seen a number of acts of Quran burning, or makes an attempt to take action, by Islamophobic figures or teams in northern Europe and Nordic international locations.
Turning to murders by neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground (NSU) group, Erdogan mentioned Türkiye can be following it. “If deemed necessary, we have to file all kinds of suits in international courts, from material to moral compensation, to obtain results,” he added.
The far-right terrorist group NSU killed eight Turkish immigrants, a Greek citizen, and a German policewoman between 2000 and 2007, however the circumstances remained lengthy unsolved to this point.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
