Turkey arrests hundreds of suspected terrorists link with ISIS and PKK

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TURKEY : Turkey started operation against terrorists, arrested around 600 people in a link with Islamic State (ISIS) and Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK).

According to the State News Agency, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, "Turkey's antiterrorism operation against ISIS and other militant targets is not over, Turkish forces arrested nearly 600 terror suspects, bombed ISIS positions in northern Iraq and rounded up Kurdish militants in a daylong operation.

In the operation conducted by the Turkish Air Force, five PKK camps in Zap, Basyan, Gare, Avashin and Metina in northern Iraq were targeted. PKK training facilities, shelters and anti-aircraft batteries were kept in the five camps. The PKK headquarters located in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq were also reportedly hit in the attacks, reported by state news agency.

The group PKK is considered a terrorist organization by the United States and European Union and Turkey but PKK militants have come to the aid of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who have been fighting ISIS in northern Iraq.

PKK also enjoying the secret support from Iran.


The Turkish airstrikes on ISIS coincided with ground troops targeting PKK militants in shelters, depots and caves around mountainous areas near the Iraq border.

This week the U.S. reached a tentative agreement with Turkey to increase U.S. and coalition access to Turkish air bases.


"We attach great importance to our cooperation with the U.S. and believe that it will result in an effective fight against the ISIS threat," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. CNN reported

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Syrian army kills many ISIS terrorists, repels ISIS attack on hill in Sweida,

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SYRIA :  Syrian Army has killed scores of ISIS terrorists in Daraa, Idlib  and Lattakia countryside, repelling their attack on Bouthaina hill in Sweida, reported by state news agency.

According to a military source, an army unit in cooperation with popular defense groups repelled ISIS terrorists' attack on Bouthaina hill in the northeastern countryside of Sweida, killing many terrorists.

More terrorists affiliated to the al-Nusra Front and allied groups were eliminated during a series of operations carried out by army units in and outside Daraa.

The official news agency (SANA) reported that army units mowed down many of al-Nusra Front terrorists, who were infiltrated from Daraa al-Balad into Daraa al-Mahatta, and pounded several hideouts of al-Nusra Front and the so-called the 'al-Mothanna Movement' near Bosra square in Daraa al-Balad.

A rocket launcher belonging to terrorist organizations was destroyed south of Tafas town in Daraa countryside, a military source confirmed.

Last night, army units killed over 40 terrorists in various areas in Daraa countryside. reported state news agency.

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Sad News: At least 28 Died, 100 injured After Blast Near Turkey’s Border, ISIS were behind attack

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At least 28 people have died and 100 injured in the result of explosion at a rally in the southwestern Turkish town of Suruc, on the border with Syria, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said.

The ministry said the blast was a result of a terrorist attack, but no one has yet claimed responsibility, but ISIS involvement could not be ignored, according to CNN Turk.

“Our security forces took all necessary measures to ensure the safety of our citizens,” the ministry said in a statement.

“We condemn those who carried out this treacherous attack targeting peace and tranquility in our country,” the ministry said.

The governor of Sanliurfa Province, Izzettin Kucuk, said it was likely a suicide attack, the BBC reported.

Senior government officials told both the AP and Reuters that early indications suggested ISIS were behind the attack.

The attack took place in Amara Central Park in Suruc, a short way across the border from the conflict-hit Syrian city of Kobane, which has been the scene of intense battles between ISIS militants and Kurdish forces.

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