Turkey detains four top IS members including ’emir’
Istanbul, (MILLAT ONLINE+AFP/APP):Turkish police have detained four key members of the Islamic State militant group, including an official
in charge of Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, the state-run Anadolu news agency said Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, counter-terror police caught the group’s so-called emir responsible for the
eastern Syrian region and three high-ranking members in a raid in western Turkey backed up by
the spy agency, Anadolu reported.
The emir, identified as K.E.H, was caught after trying to hide among refugees trying to
flee to Europe, the agency said. He is said to be one of the closest aides of IS leader Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi.