Turkish police detain 24 suspected IS members

STORY: Turkish police detain 24 suspected IS members SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police detaining at least 24 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in anti-terror operations across Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish police have detained at least 24 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in anti-terror operations across Türkiye, the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Saturday. The operations, dubbed "Bozdogan-15," were carried out in eight provinces across the country, Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, without specifying the dates of the operations. The minister said the operations were conducted in coordination with intelligence and counterterrorism directorates. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013 and blamed it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since 2015. In D

Libyan PM stresses importance of Security Directorates Support Force

STORY: Libyan PM stresses importance of Security Directorates Support Force DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of graduation celebration of the security forces 2. various of the training STORYLINE: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday stressed the importance of the Security Directorates Support Force of the Interior Ministry. Dbeibah made the remarks during a graduation celebration of the second batch of the security forces in the capital Tripoli. The prime minister stressed the need to support security directorates with trained graduates and cadres, the information office of the prime minister said in a statement. "The prime minister expressed gratitude for the Police Training Institute for its efforts to conduct continuous training courses to produce qualified batches that would assist the Ministry of Interior in carrying out its role," the statement said. Libyan authorities have been struggling to achieve security and peac

Libyan security arrests 300 illegal migrants

STORY: Libyan security arrests 300 illegal migrants DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of illegal migrants 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ASHRAF BEN-ISA, Commander of the Security Directorates of the Western Region STORYLINE: The Libyan security arrested 300 illegal migrants in the western cities of Zuwara and Surman, a security official said Friday. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ASHRAF BEN-ISA, Commander of the Security Directorates of the Western Region "A total of 300 illegal migrants of different nationalities were arrested, 110 of whom were arrested at the beach as they were boarding boats to cross the sea, while the rest were arrested in different locations in the cities." Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, making the North African country a preferred point of departure for illegal migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores. In 2021, a total of 32,425 ille