Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 12
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
Turkish police arrested Tarik Ahmet, “agriculture minister” of the “Islamic State” (IS) terrorist group, in Kayseri Province.
“Along with Tarik Ahmet, nine more members of the IS were arrested,” the province police said in a message Jan. 12.
In December 2017, one of the executioners of the IS, a 28-year-old terrorist nicknamed Mahmud, was arrested in Turkey’s Hatay Province on the border with Syria.
Syria has been suffering from an armed conflict since March 2011, which, according to the UN, has so far claimed more than 500,000 lives. Militants from various armed groups are confronting the Syrian government troops. The "Islamic State" (IS), the YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) and the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) are the most active terrorist groups in Syria.
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