Turkish police arrests 200 members of Islamist groupJuly 24, 2009 - 22:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish police arrested nearly 200 people in early-morning raids Friday in 23 cities as part of an operation against a militant Islamist group. Police targeted suspected members of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which backs the creation of a world Islamic state and the application of Sharia law. Turkish police regularly investigate and make arrests among the country's more militant Islamic community, in particular searching groups or individuals linked to Al-Qaeda. The authorities blame a local cell of Al-Qaeda for the November 2003 attacks against two synagogues, the British consulate and a branch of HSBC Holdings PLC (HBC), which killed a total of 63 people, the Anatolia news agency reported. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |