Omer Olcay
21 July 2020•Update: 21 July 2020
ANKARA
Turkish security forces arrested two terrorists linked to Daesh/ISIS terror group in northern Syria, just south of the Turkish border, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
“2 DAESH terrorists, who were found to be carrying out terrorist activities in order to disturb the environment of peace and security in the Euphrates Shield region, were detained in an operation,” the ministry said on Twitter.
Separately, Turkish security forces arrested two people allegedly linked to terrorist organizations along the Turkish-Syrian border in Hatay province, the ministry said in a statement.
Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terrorist operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable peaceful settlement by locals: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).
Turkey was among the first countries to list Daesh/ISIS as a terror group in 2013.
The country has since been hit by the group numerous times in at least 10 suicide attacks, seven bombings, and four armed attacks, in which at least 300 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured.
In response, Turkey has launched military and police operations at home and abroad to prevent further terror attacks.
