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Many women and children have been evacuated from the enclave to refugee camps run by Kurdish forces and the US-backed anti-government coalition Syrian Democratic Forces in anticipation of a final, bloody stand by ISIS fighters. There are indications Ndregjoni's niece and nephew may be among them, alongside other children of ISIS fighters from the Balkans.

Remaining civilians are expected to be evacuated from ISIL's final enclave in eastern Syria, the YPG said, clearing the way for them to wipe out the last vestige of jihadist rule that once straddled Syria and Iraq.

 Turkish police on Feb. 17 rounded up four suspects in an operation against ISIL in the northwestern city of Bursa, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.       

Twenty-seven suspects, including a senior member of ISIL, have been handed down lengthy prison sentences for planning attacks on a convoy of the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) "justice march" in 2017.

The Dancila Government firmly endorses the fight against terrorism and opposes all forms of extremism and fundamentalist behaviors and actions, because there is no justification for any kind of terrorism, regardless of whether is based on ideological, religious, political, racist, ethnic reasons or any other reason, Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall stated, while representing Romania at the me

The U.S. State Department on Feb. 4 called on countries to take in foreign fighters captured by YPG in Syria, two days ahead of a meeting in Washington of dozens of coalition partners fighting ISIL to discuss the way forward in Syria.

Four suspected members of ISIL were captured in southeast Turkey, according to security sources on Feb. 2. 

A Turkish father has finally reunited with his daughter after undergoing a tough quest to save his daughter who left her home in the Netherlands to join ISIL in Syria.

A Turkish man suspected to be an ISIL member has refused to testify in court in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, while the police detained 12 other suspects in the western province of Bursa, including two women sought internationally.

US President Donald Trump has said his Turkish counterpart assured him that any remaining ISIL fighters in Syria will be eliminated, after Trump abruptly ordered US troops in Syria to leave.