Persecution of Christians by ISIL
Kandic Faces Life Sentence After Conviction in US for Assisting ISIS
Kosovo-born New Yorker Mirsad Kandic, 40, faces up to life imprisonment for becoming an ISIS fighter, recruiting other ISIS fighters, and providing weapons, equipment, and battlefield intelligence to ISIS, the US Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
Montenegrin Govt Warns of Increase in Religious Extremism
An inscription reading 'Islamic State, State of Raqqa, Islamic Services Commission, Unified Taxation Office' painted on a wall of a destroyed building in Raqqa, Syria. Photo: EPA-EFE/AHMED MARDNLI
US raid in Syria killed top ISIL leader: Biden
A U.S. special forces raid in northwestern Syria early on Feb. 3 killed the top leader of the ISIL, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, President Joe Biden said.
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More than 30 ISIL suspects detained
Security forces have detained more than 30 people, including foreign nationals, in Istanbul and Ankara for their links to the terror group ISIL.
In Istanbul, anti-terror units launched simultaneous raids on 11 homes in four districts and rounded up 11 suspects, all foreign nationals, for their alleged links to ISIL.
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ISIL militants ‘paid way out of YPG jail’
YPG militants in charge of jails in northeast Syria housing about 10,000 men with alleged links to ISIL are releasing prisoners in exchange for money under a "reconciliation" scheme, the Guardian reported on Nov. 22.
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ISIL terrorist captured in Ankara escaped from camp in Northern Syria
A Russian national ISIL terrorist, who had been on Interpol's wanted list and was captured in Ankara last week, escaped from a camp in northern Syria, controlled by a U.S-backed terrorist group, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The SDF is affiliated with the YPG, which is the Syrian arm of the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.
Two ISIL terror suspects nabbed in Turkey
Two suspects with alleged links to the ISIL terror group were arrested in Turkey, security sources said on Aug. 4.
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Anti-terror police teams in the Black Sea province of Samsun launched an operation to nab one suspect in the Ilkadim district, according to sources who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.
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Turkish foreign minister meets Canadian, Lithuanian counterparts
The Turkish foreign minister on June 27 met his Canadian and Lithuanian counterparts separately in Rome.
"Met with the Foreign Ministers of Canada and Lithuania, Marc Garneau and Gabrielius Landsbergis in Rome, where we came to attend the Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIL and the Ministerial with limited participation on Syria," Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Twitter.
Turkey detains top ISIL suspect wanted by US
Turkish intelligence officers have detained an Egyptian-born terror suspect wanted by Washington who was a top explosives expert for ISIL, state media reported on May 24.
The suspect, identified as Mustafa Abdulwahab Mahmud and born in 1999, was detained with three others on the outskirts of Istanbul after fleeing Syria, the reports said.
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ISIS militants were released from prison step by step according to secret Turkish government document
“Individuals who were caught trying to enter our country illegally while operating in areas controlled by the ISIS in Syria have gradually been released”