Turkey captures 10 Islamic State militants in Syria, sources say

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ISTANBUL, May 23 (Reuters) - The Turkish intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected ​Islamic State militants in Syria ‌and brought them back to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency on ​Saturday cited security sources as ​saying.

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  • The sources said the suspects ⁠caught in the operation, carried ​out in coordination with Syrian ​intelligence, were linked to past attacks in Turkey.

  • One of the suspects - all of ​whom are of Turkish origin - ​had connections to the perpetrators of a ‌2015 ⁠bomb attack at Ankara train station in which more than 100 people were killed, state-owned ​Anadolu reported.

  • The ​sources ⁠said another of those detained had served as ​the group’s intelligence chief ​responsible ⁠for Turkey.

  • The suspects are accused of taking part in armed training, ⁠propaganda ​work and planning ​or supporting attacks, the sources added.

Reporting by ​Daren Butler; Editing by Tomasz Janowski

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