Some 115 suspected Daesh members suspected of having planned attacks during the end-of-year holidays were arrested in Turkiye, the Istanbul prosecutor general announced on Thursday.
His office said it had ordered the arrest of 137 people, 115 of whom have been arrested so far, “following information indicating that the terrorist organization Daesh was planning attacks during Christmas and New Year celebrations.”
Turkey shares a 900-kilometer border with Syria, where terrorist groups are still active.
Washington recently blamed an ISIS sniper for the December 13 attack in Palmyra, Syria, in which two American soldiers and an American civilian were killed.
This week, Turkish intelligence services also carried out an operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, capturing a Turkish national who they said played an important role within ISIS.
At the time of his arrest, Mehmet Goren, since transferred to Turkey, was accused of having organized suicide attacks targeting civilians in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey and Europe.
