ISIS opened office in Turkey to target Europe, Russia, Caucasus
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) had quietly built its second base in Turkey to target Europe and Central Asia, only to move its operations to Syria after the imposition of international pressure on the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which forced a limited crackdown on ISIS cells.
Newsrael News Desk 09.09.2022
As part of reorganization efforts after sustaining heavy loses in the US-led global anti-ISIS campaign that wiped out caliphate territory, ISIS turned to Turkey in 2017 to set up one of the main branches under the name of the “Al-Faruq office.”
The office was designed primarily to manage the ISIS network in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Caucasus.
Source: Nordic Monitor
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