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Turkish police detain 40 suspects over links to IS

ISTANBUL, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Turkish anti-terrorism officers on Friday detained 40 suspects of the so-called Islamic State (IS) or Daesh in two provinces, a police source has told Anadolu Agency.
Twenty were held in the central Anatolian province of Konya and the remainder in the Seyhan district of Adana province, southern Turkey, it added.
The move comes after the Turkish army and anti-Daesh coalition forces launched military operations early Wednesday in northern Syria against the terrorist group.
Since January, rocket attacks on the Turkish province of Kilis from Daesh-held territory in Syria have killed at least 21 people.(end).
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