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ISIS leader attempts entering Istanbul illegally, detained by police

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 9 Sep 2022 12:43
2 Min Read

Bashar Hattab Ghazal Al-Sumaidai, an important senior executive of ISIS, has been detained by Turkish security forces.

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  • Turkish police forces arrest Bashar Hattab Ghazal Al-Sumaidai, an ISIS terrorist. (Getty Images)
    Turkish police forces arrest Bashar Hattab Ghazal Al-Sumaidai, an ISIS terrorist. (Getty Images)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that ISIS terrorist Bashar Hattab Ghazal Al-Sumaidai, whose alternative name is Abu Zeyd, has been captured by the Turkish security forces. 

The terrorist, according to Erdogan, is "one of the most important senior executives of Daesh [ISIS] after [Abu Bakr Al-] Baghdadi and [Abdullah] Quardash." Baghdadi was killed in 2019 in Idlib, after which Quardash became the head of the organization. 

In a joint operation orchestrated by the General Directorate of Security, the Istanbul Police Department, and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT), Al-Sumaidai was captured, as the governmental bodies and authorities tracked the terrorist's connections in Turkey and Syria, discovering that Al-Sumaidai planned to enter Turkey illegally using a fake ID. He was transferred to Turkish judicial authorities after being interrogated by the MIT and Istanbul police. 

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The terrorist confessed to working for ISIS' education and justice ministries, while international reports have identified Al-Sumaidai as the head of the judiciary of ISIS. 

Possibly, he was appointed after Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashemi Al-Quraishi was killed, joining ISIS in 2013 after serving as a terrorist in Iraq.

Last month, in an act to mend relations with Damascus, Ankara called on the so-called "Syrian Opposition Coalition" to withdraw from Turkey. 

Ultimately, the Coalition forces will have to migrate and relocate to another country and halt all political and media activities in Turkey.

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