Alwaght-Turkey has announced the detention of 16 Indonesian nationals that
allegedly attempted to cross its border into Syria in a bid to join the ISIL
Takfiri terrorists, as Press TV reported.
Turkish
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that security forces were also
looking for a separate group of 16 Indonesian citizens that have gone missing
in the country.
This
is while local Turkish news outlets reported that 11 children and five women
were among the captured Indonesians without elaborating on the ages of the
detained kids.
Cavusoglu
also said Turkey and Indonesia have been cooperating and sharing intelligence
in an effort to locate the 16 missing Indonesians who are suspected to have
left their native country to travel to Syria.
Turkey
is widely believed to be facilitating the flow of foreign nationals into
neighboring Syria and Iraq, where they join the ranks of extremist terror
groups. Ankara is known as a staunch supporter
of ISIL fighting the governments of Syria and Iraq.
The
Turkish foreign minister made the announcement a day after declaring that the
nation’s authorities had taken into custody a foreign intelligence service
operative that had allegedly helped three young British girls cross into Syria.
Cavusoglu
(pictured above) further elaborated on Friday that detained operative is a
Syrian national who had worked for the intelligence service of a country that
is part of the so-called anti-ISIL coalition led by the US. He refused to identify the country.
Local
Turkish press reports, however, have cited government sources as saying the
intelligence agent was employed by the Canadian government.
The
ISIL terrorist group, with members from several Western countries, controls
swathes of land in Syria and Iraq, and has been carrying out horrific acts of
violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all communities
such as Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, and Christians.
