Turkey

Turkish security forces detained 45 suspected members of an al Qaeda cell in Istanbul. The raids were a follow-up to arrests made in January. Police say the cell was prepared to carry out attacks.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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