Turkey arrests 20 for suspected ISIS links

It comes a day after the US said they had killed the ISIS leader in a raid in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at his presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Erdogan on Thursday renewed a threat to resume its military offensive if his country continued to be "harassed" by the Kurdish militia.( Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool )

Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at his presidential palace in Ankara. AP

Oct 28, 2019

Turkish police have detained 20 foreign nationals suspected of links to ISIS, the country's state-run news agency has said.

Anadolu Agency said on Monday that the suspects were detained in the capital Ankara by anti-terrorism police. There was no immediate information on their nationalities.

People look at a destroyed houses near the village of Barisha, in Idlib province, Syria after an operation by the US military which targeted ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. AP

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Turkey was hit by a wave of attacks in 2015 and 2016 blamed on ISIS and Kurdish militants that killed around 300 people.

In the last major attack, 39 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at an Istanbul nightclub during New Year celebrations in the early hours of 2017. The attack was claimed by ISIS.