PodcastErdoğan says senior ISIS militant captured
One of the most important senior executives of the ISIS has been captured in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Sept. 8.
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Turkish police captured senior ISIS militant Bashar Hattab Ghazal Al Sumaidai, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was quoted by state-owned Anadolu news agency as saying.
The militant, code-named Abu Zeyd, was captured in Turkey in an operation carried out by police and Turkey's intelligence agency, Erdogan told journalists on his return from a trip to the Balkans on Sept. 8, Anadolu said.
He was quoted as saying the militant was transferred to judicial authorities in Turkey after interrogation by police and intelligence personnel.
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