Türkiye detains 9 IS suspects in Ankara

STORY: Türkiye detains 9 IS suspects in Ankara DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Islamic State (IS) suspects detained STORYLINE: State-run TRT broadcaster reported that at least nine Islamic State (IS) suspects were detained in police raids in Türkiye's capital Ankara on Monday. Ankara police launched an operation against 10 foreign suspects, who were allegedly in contact with IS members in the conflict zones, the report said. Nine of the suspects were detained in the operation, while the police continue to search for the last one, it added. Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkish security forces captured senior IS figure Bashar Hattab Ghazal al Sumaidai. The Turkish government designated the IS a terrorist organization in 2013, and has held the group responsible for a spate of deadly attacks inside the country since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major crossing po

Erdogan says senior IS member captured

STORY: Erdogan says senior IS member captured DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish security forces STORYLINE: Turkish security forces captured one of the senior executives of the Islamic State (IS), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Thursday. Turkish police and intelligence captured Bashar Hattab Ghazal al Sumaidai, code-named Abu Zeyd and Master Zeyd, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. "International reports and the UN Security Council report also contained information that this terrorist was one of the senior executives of the Daesh (IS) terrorist organization. During his interrogation, there are his statements that he was a so-called 'qadi' in the so-called ministry of education and the ministry of justice," Erdogan told reporters on the presidential plane on his way back from Croatia. His connections in Syria and Istanbul had been followed for a long time, and intelligence information was obtained that he