Istanbul — Turkish intelligence has seized a man in Syria suspected of co-ordinating a 2013 bombing that killed 53 people in southern Turkey, a Turkish security official said on Wednesday. The state-run news agency Anadolu said that during his questioning, Yusuf Nazik confessed to having received orders from Syrian intelligence to plan an attack in Turkey and having arranged the transport of explosives into Turkey. Twin car bombs ripped through the border town of Reyhanli on May 11 2013. At the time, Turkey accused a group loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of carrying out the attacks. Damascus denied any involvement. Nazik was captured in Syria’s government-controlled city of Latakia by members of Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency (MIT) and repatriated to Turkey with the support of the Turkish armed forces, the security official said. The official said no intelligence or logistic aid was received from any foreign state during the operation. It was not clear when Nazik wa...
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