Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkish forces had killed ISIS leader Abu al-Hussein al-Qurashi in Syria.
Erdogan confirmed in an interview with the Turkish TV station “TRT” that “this person was neutralized as part of an operation carried out by the Turkish National Intelligence Service in Syria yesterday.”
He added that Turkish intelligence had been following al-Qurashi for a long time.
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On Friday, Turkish police arrested 14 people in a security operation targeting the terrorist organization “ISIS” in Istanbul.
Teams from the Anti-Terrorism Division carried out simultaneous raids at 12 addresses in Istanbul, according to the Anadolu Agency.
The operations resulted in the arrest of 14 people, who were transferred to the State Security Directorate.
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2023-04-30 21:29:21
