Turkey arrests senior Islamic State figure, police say

The arrest came after a series of security warnings by several foreign diplomatic missions in Turkey about potential attacks on Westerners last month.
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An officer from Turkey's police special operations division guards the outside of a smugglers safe house during a raid on the property on July 13, 2021, in Van, Turkey. - Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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ANKARA — Turkish authorities recently arrested a senior Islamic State figure in Istanbul, Turkish police announced Wednesday. 

Acting on Turkish intelligence, Istanbul police caught the man, who was only identified by his initials M.M.B. and his code name Abu Huzaifah, during a raid at his hideout in Istanbul, according to an official statement. 

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