Turkey declares fight against ISIS amid reports of moscow terrorists visiting Istanbul
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Turkey has detained 147 people as part of its operations against ISIS, while reports have emerged that two suspects in the moscow terrorist attack visited Istanbul before the incident.
Turkey's Interior Minister announced the detention of 147 people as a result of operations against ISIS amid reports of the recent arrival in Turkey of two suspected participants in a terrorist attack on concertgoers in moscow. This was reported by UNN with reference to Voice of America.
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Turkish Interior Minister Ali Erlikaya announces the detention of 147 people as a result of "operations against the ISIS terrorist organization conducted simultaneously in thirty provinces".
In total, from June 1, 2023 to March 25, 2024, 1329 operations were conducted against the terrorist organization
Emphasizes that the fight against terrorism will continue until the last terrorist is neutralized.
At the same time, it was reported that two of the four suspected attackers detained in russia had traveled to Turkey by plane shortly before the moscow attack.
The Associated Press agency, citing a Turkish security official, writes that Shamsidin Fariduni and Saidakrami Rahabalizoda were in Turkey in the winter and stayed in hotels in Istanbul. And on March 2, they flew to russia together on the same plane.
The New York Times also cited an anonymous Turkish official as saying that the two suspects passed through border control freely because there were no warrants for their detention at the time.
They are originally from Tajikistan, but lived and worked in russia.
Western media note that the Turkish side, while acknowledging the suspects' stay in Turkey, emphasizes that it was relatively short and that it was certainly not part of the preparations for the attack in russia.