Turkey

Turkish security forces reportedly captured a senior leader of al Qaeda in Turkey. Serdar Elbasa, who is known as Abu Zar, was among 30 al Qaeda operatives detained during an operation in Ankara. Elbassa fought in Chechnya and had recruited Chechens, Azeris, and Georgians in his organization.

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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