Heavily armed police in eastern Turkey have clashed with members of the so-called Islamic State
in a fierce gun battle that lasted several hours and killed nine
people, the deadliest encounter between security forces of the NATO ally and the jihadists so far.
The shootout Monday in Diyarbakir, one of Turkey’s biggest cities, came two weeks after suspected ISIS members killed 102 people in a twin suicide attack in the capital, Ankara, it could mark a turning point in relations between Turkey and the Islamist militia.
On the campaign trail ahead of parliamentary elections this Sunday, the opposition is accusing the government of being too lenient towards—or even cooperating with—the self-styled “caliphate” of the jihadists in neighboring Syria. The government denies the accusations.
Read more: The ISIS War Inside Turkey Is Escalating - The Daily Beast
The shootout Monday in Diyarbakir, one of Turkey’s biggest cities, came two weeks after suspected ISIS members killed 102 people in a twin suicide attack in the capital, Ankara, it could mark a turning point in relations between Turkey and the Islamist militia.
On the campaign trail ahead of parliamentary elections this Sunday, the opposition is accusing the government of being too lenient towards—or even cooperating with—the self-styled “caliphate” of the jihadists in neighboring Syria. The government denies the accusations.
Read more: The ISIS War Inside Turkey Is Escalating - The Daily Beast
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