A report prepared by the Dutch intelligence revealed that Daesh mercenaries are currently using Turkish territory as a strategic base to regain its strength and launch a covert war in Europe, the Intel News website reported Thursday.
\nThe assessment came in a report published for the first time by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands, on its website under the headline “The legacy of Syria: Global Jihad is still a threat to Europe.”<\/p>\n
The 22-page report said the Turkish government did not see extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh a national security threat, instead, “the Turkish security services are much more interested in the Kurds of the PKK in Turkey, and the People’s Protection Units in Syria.”<\/p>\n
Although the Turkish authorities sometimes take action against al-Qaeda and Daesh, according to the report, “Turkish interests do not always coincide with European priorities in the fight against terrorism.”<\/p>\n
Because of this difference of interest, “Turkey has become a major center for the transit of tens of thousands of foreign fighters who have poured into Syria to fight for extremist organizations during the height of the Syrian civil war.”<\/p>\n
According to the intelligence report that at least 4,000 elements of Daesh and al-Qaeda are Turkish citizens.<\/p>\n
In addition, Turkey has become home to tens of thousands of Daesh and al-Qaeda sympathizers, while the two organizations have maintained an active presence throughout Turkey.<\/p>\n
The Turkish government’s non-interference approach “gives sufficient breathing space and freedom of movement to these organizations to work in the country.” the report said.<\/p>\n
The two organizations are using relative stability in Turkey to develop plans to attack Western targets, according to Dutch intelligence.<\/p>\n
Adding that Daesh “is planning to form and guide a secret war on the European continent.”<\/p>\n
The successive strikes of the international coalition against Daesh in both Syria and Iraq have led to a geographically receding decline.<\/p>\n
However, the disappearance of thousands of Daesh elements has led to considerable controversy over those providing them with a safe haven, primarily Turkey, which was their main transit point from Europe to Syrian and Iraqi territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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