Turkish police arrest 13 Daesh suspects on Syrian border
Police in Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa have arrested 13 Daesh (ISIS)-linked terrorist suspects, including senior officials sought with a red notice, who illegally crossed the border through the PKK-linked People's Protection Units (YPG)-controlled territory, Daily Sabah newspaper reported.
According to the source, police launched an operation after receiving intel that a group of Daesh terrorists crossed into Turkey from Syria, with the help of YPG-linked smugglers. In the operations, police detained 12 terrorist suspects and two Syrian nationals who provided assistance in crossing the border.
Police said that suspects include seven Algerian nationals, two Syrians, two Iraqis and one Dutch, Moroccan-British and Egyptian, respectively.