Turkey Deports 3 Suspected IS Militants

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Turkey, on Thursday said it had deported three suspected Islamic State (IS) members of Swiss nationality to their home country, the Turkish Interior Ministry said.

The ministry made the announcement in a brief statement, without providing details or identifying the suspects.

Earlier, Turkey said it would send thousands of captured IS militants, including those from Europe, back to their countries even if their citizenship was revoked. Ankara started to send suspected foreign IS captives back to their countries of origin in Nov. 2019.

Turkey has started the repatriation of captured Islamic State militants, state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Monday after the Turkish interior minister warned last week that Ankara would do so even if the prisoners had their citizenship revoked. It…

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