Iran executes nine convicted ISIS fighters
Nine members of the armed group ISIL (ISIS) who were found guilty of planning attacks against civilians were put to death by Iran. The executions were reported Tuesday by the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan News Agency, which said the men had been detained in 2018 during a deadly fight with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) […]
Thirteen arrested in Turkey for alleged financing of FETÖ terror network
About 13 of the 34 individuals apprehended due to their affiliations to the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) were detained, according to Turkish officials on Friday. Earlier this week, police conducted coordinated raids in five locations, including Istanbul and the western province of Izmir, and apprehended 41 people. According to investigators, seven other suspects escaped overseas. […]
Türkiye and U.S. to work more closely on Syria and fighting terrorism
Washington and Ankara issued a joint statement Tuesday calling for more coordination and cooperation in Syria and the fight against terrorist organizations. The U.S. welcomed Turkey to Washington for a new Syria Working Group conference, with Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau representing the U.S. and Deputy Foreign Minister Nuh Yılmaz representing Turkey. Turkish Ambassador […]
Istanbul police apprehend 16 suspected Daesh operatives in counterterrorism operation
According to authorities on Thursday, 16 alleged members of the terrorist organisation Daesh were taken into custody in Istanbul. A total of 23 people are being sought by the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul on suspicion of acting as “foreign terrorist fighters” inside Daesh. According to police, a search is being conducted for the […]
Iraq arrests IS suspect tied to deadly New Orleans truck attack on new year’s day
Iraq’s court announced on Sunday that Iraqi authorities have arrested a suspected Islamic State member for inciting a truck-ramming attack in January that left 14 dead in the US city of New Orleans. Iraq’s war against ISIS continues, with the group severely diminished but still exerting a nagging threat through sleeper cells and insurgent strikes, […]
Türkiye arrests 89 suspected Daesh members in coordinated raids
Turkish forces detained 89 suspects who had ties to Daesh terrorist organisations during nationwide operations, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. The operations took place in provinces of Antalya, Batman, Denizli, Elazığ, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, Kahramanmaraş, Kırıkkale, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa, Van and Yozgat. The suspects face charges of belonging to the terror group, […]
Türkiye arrests 105 Daesh suspects in nationwide anti-terror sweep
Turkish Security authorities detained 105 Daesh terrorism suspects in operations that were implemented across 23 provinces, said Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya. Yerlikaya informed that operations were conducted between 19-27 March by Provincial Police Departments and Provincial Gendarmerie Commands, coordinated under the Office of the Chief Public Prosecutor and Gendarmerie General Command, the Counter-Terrorism Department (TEM), […]
Iraq intensifies crackdown on ISIS, arrests 7 militants in raids
Iraqi security forces have detained seven suspected ISIS militants during operations in various provinces, according to state media, as the country intensifies its efforts to eliminate jihadist remnants. Military intelligence forces carried out separate operations “through well-planned ambushes and raids on terrorist locations” that “resulted in the arrest of seven terrorists wanted by the Iraqi […]
Turkey kills 24 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria
The Turkish defence ministry announced that its security forces killed 24 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq and Syria over the past week. Turkish forces have continued attacks in the region after a call for disarmament from the PKK leader and a separate agreement between U.S.-backed Kurds and the new government in Damascus. During a briefing […]
Turkey cautiously monitors SDF-Damascus deal amid counter-terrorism concerns
The Turkish government is cautiously optimistic about an agreement between the Kurdish-led and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s new administration, a Turkish official stated, saying it wanted to first notice how it would be enforced. The SDF, a group that controls much of northern Syria and which Turkey considers a terrorist organisation, has marked […]