TURKISH FORCES RAID DAESH BOMB WORKSHOP IN SYRIA’S AL-BAB, 1 TON OF EXPLOSIVES NABBED
A joint raid by the
National Intelligence Organization (MIT) and Turkish gendarmerie intelligence
units in northern Syrian town of al-Bab discovered a bomb workshop operated by
Daesh terrorists, seizing 1 ton of explosives. Acting upon information that
Daesh terrorists have a bomb workshop in the town center, MIT and gendarmerie
units launched the raid, which was joined by bomb disposal experts and local
security forces, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement Saturday.
The raid seized 80
improvised explosive devices, including those triggered by cellphones, radios,
mechanical timers, booby-traps and mass and jolt sensitive sensors, containing
approximately 1 ton of explosives including gelignite and fabricated
explosives. Terrorists plotting to carry out many bomb attacks in Turkey and
Syria were apprehended beforehand, the statement said. Security forces also
found 833 electric fuses, 300 batteries and other equipment and suicide vests enough
to prepare some 480 other explosive devices.
Al-Bab, an important
crossroads and settlement in northeastern Aleppo province, was liberated from
the four-year-long cruel Daesh rule on Feb. 22, 2017, by the Turkish Armed
Forces (TSK) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters as part of the Operation
Euphrates Shield launched on Aug. 24, 2016, to clear the terrorist group from
Turkey's border regions. Due to its strategic importance, al-Bab witnessed the
fiercest clashes between the Daesh terrorists and Turkish forces, especially at
the Sheikh Aqeel district overlooking the town.
The operation also
drove Daesh terrorists out of Jarablus, al-Rai and Azaz district near the
border with Turkey and prevented PKK terrorist group's Syrian affiliate
Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its People's Protection Units (YPG) militia
from unifying its so-called cantons in northern Syria. It also established a
terrorism-free zone in Syria that is more than 2,000 square kilometers, helping
more than 400,000 Syrian nationals inside Turkey to return to their homeland
while providing safety for hundreds of thousands of others displaced during the
8-year-long Syrian civil war and living in refugee camps near the border.
More than 300 people
have been killed in attacks claimed by Daesh in Turkey, where the terrorist
group has targeted civilians in suicide bombings, as well as rocket and gun
attacks. Turkish security forces have been involved in a long-running campaign
to thwart the Daesh threat. Some 2,000 people have been arrested and 7,000
others deported in operations against Daesh in Turkey, while around 70,000
people have been denied entry to Turkey over their suspected links to the
terrorist group. Security forces have also foiled at least 10 attack plots.
Figures show that some 18,500 suspects are currently being monitored for links
to the terrorist organization after being identified at airports upon arrival.
Sumber: Daily Sabah – 3
August 2019
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