By Serdar Acil and Cemil Murat Budak
ANKARA (AA) – At least seven members of the Al-Nusra/Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terror group were arrested Wednesday in the Turkish capital Ankara, authorities said.
The arrests came after warrants were issued for 11 suspects who are members of “armed terror group Al-Nusra/Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Front,” the prosecutor’s office in Ankara said in a statement.
The operation launched by anti-terror teams of local police to nab the suspects was conducted simultaneously and it is ongoing to arrest the remaining ones.
The al-Nusra Front – established in Syria – has been classified by Turkey as a terrorist organization since 2014.
It is currently operating under the name of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
*Writing by Sena Guler