Turkish authorities detained more than 200 people, including suspected ISIS-linked militants, in a sweeping Tuesday raid in Ankara ahead of a July 7-8 NATO summit.
Detention Operations
The raid came after Turkish authorities issued detention orders for 241 suspects, 209 of whom were taken into custody. Among the 209 detained, 56 were allegedly ISIS militants.
The detention operations occurred just two weeks before a planned NATO summit in Ankara on July 7 that President Donald Trump is expected to attend.
ISIS Activity
The ISIS-combating operations demonstrate the terrorist group’s ongoing activity in the region, showing the group is still functioning despite the U.S. campaign during Trump’s first term to eliminate the group’s caliphate and its control of large swaths of territory in the Middle East.
In recent years, ISIS has spread into the African continent, prompting a strong response from the U.S. In May, Trump authorized a series of strikes in Nigeria to combat the group.
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