ISIS starts sending suicide bombers to Europe via Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia

The Islamic State has begun using new routes through Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Georgia to smuggle suicide bombers from Syria to Europe, Turkish intelligence sources reported on Monday. According to the sources ISIS recently tasked its operatives from Azerbaijan and the Northern Caucasus to carry out attacks in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Since the Istanbul airport attack, ISIS has stopped using Turkey as a transit route to European targets, while at the same time forming a group of 20 to 25 terrorists in Syria for attacks in Turkey.

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