Turkish security forces arrested nine people Tuesday for alleged links to the Islamic State jihadist group as part of a series of operations carried out in the country’s capital, Ankara.
Security sources quoted by the Turkish state news agency, Anatolia, said that the suspects had allegedly maintained contact with terrorists in conflict zones. During the operations, materials and documents belonging to the group were seized.
Islamic State confirmed in November the death of Abu al Hassan al Hashemi al Quraishi, who had taken over in March after the death of Abu Ibrahim al Hashimi al Quraishi during an operation carried out by US special forces in the Syrian province of Idlib (northwest).
Following this, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesman Joe Buccino indicated that Abu al Hassan was killed in mid-October during an operation by the Free Syrian Army (FSA) – backed by Turkey – in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, in what he described as «another blow» to the terrorist group, which has lost three leaders since the 2019 death of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
