Turkey says it deported Moroccan suspected ISIS fighter

A Moroccan suspected terrorist fighter was deported to the Kingdom by the Turkish authorities, the Turkish Interior Ministry said Monday in a statement relayed by Anadolu press agency.

The Moroccan national was sent back to the Kingdom as part of «Turkey’s ramped-up efforts to repatriate foreign terrorist fighters», the ministry said in a statement.

Turkey is deporting other foreign terrorist fighters as well as ISIS members and their families detained in Syria, the same source added.

For the record, Turkey has deported so far 7,500 ISIS members while 1,149 others are pending deportation.