Turkish intelligence captures 2 Daesh/ISIS terrorists in Syria

ANKARA

An operation led by Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) led to the arrest of two Daesh/ISIS terrorists in Syria, security sources said on Monday.

The terrorists, identified as Orhan Moran and Mustafa Kilicli, have been brought to Turkiye, said the sources, who requested anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media.

They were handed over to gendarmerie forces in Turkiye’s southeastern border province of Hatay, the sources said.

In their preliminary statements, the terrorists admitted that they were planning attacks in Turkiye and on the Turkish military in Syria.

The suspects also acknowledged that they were helping other Daesh/ISIS terrorists in the region, the sources added.

Turkiye was one of the first countries to declare Daesh/ISIS a terror group.

Since it took the step in 2013, the country has been attacked by the terror group multiple times, with 315 people killed and hundreds more injured in at least 10 suicide bombings, seven bomb attacks and four armed assaults.

In response, Turkiye launched anti-terror operations at home and abroad to prevent further attacks.