{"id":11885,"date":"2019-11-14T00:03:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/14\/turkey-says-it-captured-important-isis-figure-in-syria\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:33","slug":"turkey-says-it-captured-important-isis-figure-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/14\/turkey-says-it-captured-important-isis-figure-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey says it captured \u2018important\u2019 ISIS figure in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANKARA, Turkey \u2014 Turkey\u2019s interior minister said Wednesday that his country\u2019s forces have captured an \u201cimportant\u201d figure within the Islamic State group, in Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suleyman Soylu said the suspect is still being interrogated but did not identify the person or provide further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe recently captured an important man within the (IS) in Syria. He has given information on the things he did. His interrogation is continuing,\u201d Soylu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a suspected ISIS member spent a third day in a heavily militarized no man\u2019s land between Turkey and Greece, after Turkey tried to expel him to Greece but Athens refused him entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/07\/abu-bakr-al-baghdadis-inner-circle-trying-to-enter-turkey-says-erdogan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19311305021240.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi\u2019s inner circle trying to enter Turkey, says Erdogan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that members of slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi\u2019s \u201cinner circle\u201d are trying to enter Turkey from Syria.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkish media have identified him as 39-year-old Mohammad Darwis B. and said he was an American citizen of Jordanian background. It was not clear why Turkey tried to deport him to Greece. Turkish officials have declined comment on his case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man could be seen standing some 50 meters (yards) away from the Turkish passport control on the Turkish side of the no man\u2019s land, with one or two Turkish border soldiers and four other men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A car with Turkish number plates approached, along with four men on foot, with the man in the car addressing the alleged ISIS suspect as \u201cMohammad.\u201d The ISIS suspect turned around and asked in an American accent if he would be \u201cable to speak today.\u201d The Turkish man replied \u201cmaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked to comment on the reports about the man, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday: &#8220;Whether they are stuck there at the border it doesn&#8217;t concern us. We will continue to send them. Whether they take them or not, it is not our concern.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/06\/turkey-captures-al-baghdadis-wife-erdogan-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19310480098667.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Turkey captures al-Baghdadi\u2019s wife, Erdogan says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has engaged in a new push to deport foreign ISIS members who are held in Turkish prisons or in Syria, since it invaded parts of northeast Syria to drive away Syrian Kurdish fighters it considers to be terrorists from a border area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three foreign ISIS suspects \u2014 from the United States, Denmark and Germany \u2014 were deported on Monday, while an official said seven Germans would be expelled on Thursday. Turkey also plans to soon deport two Irish and 11 French nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has said it captured and detained several members of the family of the slain Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including one of his wives, his sister and a daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Baghdadi blew himself up during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/10\/30\/centcom-commander-releases-video-of-raid-on-baghdadi-compound-which-now-looks-like-a-parking-lot-with-large-potholes\/\" target=\"_blank\">an Oct. 26 raid by U.S. special operations forces<\/a> on his heavily fortified safe house in the Syrian province of Idlib.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey has been publicizing its efforts to catch ISIS members, following criticism that its military offensive against the Syrian Kurdish fighters would lead to an ISIS resurgence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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