Turkey detained 10 Islamic State terrorists in Syria, sources say

The Turkish intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected Islamic State militants in Syria and brought them back to Turkey, the Anadolu news agency cites security sources as saying.

The sources says 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 reports.

The sources say 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 add.