Türkiye Arrests ISIS Bomb Expert

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
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Türkiye Arrests ISIS Bomb Expert

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)
Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday. (AFP file photo)

Türkiye announced the arrest of an ISIS bomb expert during a security operation in Istanbul on Sunday.

In a joint operation, police and the Turkish National Intelligence teams detained the suspect, identified only by the initials A.J.A. in Sultanbeyli, said security sources.

The suspect was involved in training the group's members on explosive-making, which they used in terror attacks in Syria and Iraq.

Police seized five bombs and detonators, as well as digital propaganda materials and other documents.

Turkish Minister of the Interior Ali Yerlikaya recently announced that 17 members involved in funding ISIS were arrested in a campaign that included 20 homes and seven workplaces in Istanbul.

He vowed that the battle against terrorist organizations and collaborators would continue, and the financial resources of terrorists would be dried up one after the other.

ISIS claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks in Türkiye between 2015 and 2017, which killed more than 300 and wounded dozens.

Türkiye designed the group as a terrorist in 2013.



White House Makes 2,000-Pound Bombs Available to Israel, Undoing Biden’s Pause

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows Palestinians walking through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP)
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows Palestinians walking through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP)
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White House Makes 2,000-Pound Bombs Available to Israel, Undoing Biden’s Pause

An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows Palestinians walking through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP)
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows Palestinians walking through the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP)

President Donald Trump's White House has instructed the US military to release a hold imposed by the Biden administration on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, a White House source told Reuters on Saturday.

The move was widely expected. Biden put the hold on the delivery of those bombs due to concern over the impact they could have in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

A ceasefire to halt the war was recently agreed.

The Biden administration's particular concern had been over the use of such large bombs in the city of Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians in Gaza had taken refuge.