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Sat Nov 2, 2019, 10:10 AM Nov 2019

Turkey says will send Islamic State prisoners to home countries

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 2, 2019 / 7:01 AM / UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO

Turkey says will send Islamic State prisoners to home countries

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Islamic State members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction on the matter.

“That is not acceptable to us. It’s also irresponsible,” he said of Europe leaving Turkey to deal with the prisoners alone. “We will send the captured Daesh members to their countries,” he told reporters, using another name for Islamic State.

Turkey has captured some escaped IS members in northeastern Syria over the last month after it launched a military incursion there.

Reporting by Irem Koca and Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Alexandra Hudson


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-islamic-state/turkey-says-will-send-islamic-state-prisoners-to-home-countries-idUSKBN1XC08B
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