Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured 10 ISIL suspects wanted under Red Notices in an operation carried out in Syria in coordination with Syrian intelligence, security sources said.
The suspects were brought to Türkiye following the cross-border operation, the sources said.
Nine of them were arrested after procedures carried out jointly by MİT and the police anti-terror department, while the detention period of one suspect was extended.
Security sources said the suspects were Turkish nationals who had crossed from Türkiye into Syria to join ISIL and had operated within the group.
One of those captured was linked to the perpetrators of the 2015 Ankara train station attack, according to the same sources. The attack, carried out by ISIL, killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds.
MİT contacted Syrian intelligence after determining that the suspects were in Syria. Their locations were identified and their movements were monitored before the operation.
The suspects were later taken to Türkiye for questioning.
In their statements to police, the suspects gave information on instructions they received from ISIL, weapons and ideological training within the group, and propaganda activities carried out on behalf of the organization, according to security sources.
The operation targeted figures allegedly active in ISIL’s Türkiye-linked structures, including members involved in logistics, media, intelligence and administrative activities, the sources said.
