Turkey arrests 4 Daesh suspects in Black Sea region

By Duygu Avunduk and Recep Bilek

TRABZON/SAMSUN, Turkey

At least four people were arrested from Turkey's Black Sea region on Tuesday for their suspected links to the Daesh terror group, according to security sources.

In Trabzon province, a so-called senior Daesh member and his wife were arrested, provincial police department said in a statement.

The suspects, identified by initials A.G. and D.B.G., were involved in an assassination and terrorist activities in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region, added the statement.

In Samsun, another province in the region, the anti-terror teams of the Turkish Police arrested two Iraqi nationals as part of an operation against the Daesh terror group.

Security forces have been involved in a long-running campaign to clear Daesh terrorists from Turkey.

More than 300 people have lost their lives so far in Daesh-claimed attacks in Turkey, where the terror group has targeted civilians in suicide bombings and rocket and gun attacks.