Turkey captures 10 Islamic State militants in Syria, sources say

ISTANBUL, May ‌23 (Reuters) - The ​Turkish ​intelligence agency MIT captured 10 suspected Islamic State ‌militants in Syria and brought them ⁠back to Turkey, the Anadolu news ‌agency on Saturday ‌cited security sources as saying.

• The sources said 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 reported.

• The sources said ​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 added.

(Reporting by Daren Butler; Editing by Tomasz ‌Janowski)

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