Turkey captures 10 Islamic State militants in Syria, sources say

* The sources said ‌the suspects caught in the operation, carried ‌out in coordination with Syrian intelligence, were linked to past attacks in Turkey. * One of the suspects - ⁠all ​of ⁠whom are of Turkish origin - had connections to the ⁠perpetrators of a 2015 bomb attack at Ankara ​train station in which more than 100 ⁠people were killed, state-owned Anadolu reported.

Turkey captures 10 Islamic State militants in Syria, sources say

The ​Turkish intelligence agency MIT ​captured 10 ‌suspected Islamic ​State militants in Syria and brought them back to ‌Turkey, the Anadolu news agency on Saturday cited security sources as saying. * The sources said ‌the suspects caught in the operation, carried ‌out in coordination with Syrian intelligence, were linked to past attacks in Turkey.

* One of the suspects - ⁠all ​of ⁠whom are of Turkish origin - had connections to the ⁠perpetrators of a 2015 bomb attack at Ankara ​train station in which more than 100 ⁠people were killed, state-owned Anadolu reported. * The sources said ⁠another ​of those detained had served as the group’s intelligence chief responsible for ⁠Turkey.

* The suspects are accused of taking part ⁠in ⁠armed training, propaganda work and planning or supporting attacks, the sources added.

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