Turkey's special police officers prepare to storm a house during an operation to arrest ISIL suspects in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, early Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Gokhan Keskinci / AP
Turkey's special police officers prepare to storm a house during an operation to arrest ISIL suspects in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, early Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Gokhan Keskinci / AP
Turkey's special police officers prepare to storm a house during an operation to arrest ISIL suspects in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, early Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Gokhan Keskinci / AP
Turkey's special police officers prepare to storm a house during an operation to arrest ISIL suspects in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, early Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Gokhan Keskinci / AP

Turkey detains 13 ISIL militants suspected of plotting attack


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Turkish security forces arrested in the southern city of Adana 13 ISIL suspects, who were allegedly plotting attacks on a number of targets in the city, including the US consulate.

Police detained the suspects on Wednesday in raids at homes, reported the state-run Anadolu Agency. It added that 12 of the suspects were Syrian nationals.

The arrests come a day after Turkish authorities arrested in the Turkish Black Sea coastal city of Samsun four ISIL suspects, all of whom were Iraqi, in an investigation of a possible plot against the US embassy in Ankara – forcing the American facility to shut down on Monday.

Limited services were provided on Tuesday, but spokesman David Gainer said that the embassy “will be operating as normal” on Wednesday.

Earlier on Monday, police detained 12 ISIL suspects in Ankara and were searching for eight others, Anadolu reported, although it was not clear if these arrests were linked to the threat against the US embassy.

The Ankara chief prosecutor's office said in a statement that all of the suspects captured in the police operation were foreign nationals. They were allegedly trying to recruit members for ISIL and were in contact with people in "conflict zones".

In 2013, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the embassy, killing himself and a Turkish guard.

Turkey suffered a slew of deadly terror attacks in 2015 and 2016 carried out by ISIL or Kurdish rebels. An attack at a luxury Istanbul nightclub during New Year celebrations on January 1, 2017, killed 39 people.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Monday that ISIL extremists had carried out 20 attacks in Turkey, killing a total of 310 people and wounding 967 others.

Turkish authorities arrested a total of 4,043 ISIL militants between 2011 and 2018, Mr Bozdag added. Close to 2,000 of them were "foreign terrorist fighters," the minister said.

Other ways to buy used products in the UAE

UAE insurance firm Al Wathba National Insurance Company (AWNIC) last year launched an e-commerce website with a facility enabling users to buy car wrecks.

Bidders and potential buyers register on the online salvage car auction portal to view vehicles, review condition reports, or arrange physical surveys, and then start bidding for motors they plan to restore or harvest for parts.

Physical salvage car auctions are a common method for insurers around the world to move on heavily damaged vehicles, but AWNIC is one of the few UAE insurers to offer such services online.

For cars and less sizeable items such as bicycles and furniture, Dubizzle is arguably the best-known marketplace for pre-loved.

Founded in 2005, in recent years it has been joined by a plethora of Facebook community pages for shifting used goods, including Abu Dhabi Marketplace, Flea Market UAE and Arabian Ranches Souq Market while sites such as The Luxury Closet and Riot deal largely in second-hand fashion.

At the high-end of the pre-used spectrum, resellers such as Timepiece360.ae, WatchBox Middle East and Watches Market Dubai deal in authenticated second-hand luxury timepieces from brands such as Rolex, Hublot and Tag Heuer, with a warranty.

UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Need to know

Unlike other mobile wallets and payment apps, a unique feature of eWallet is that there is no need to have a bank account, credit or debit card to do digital payments.

Customers only need a valid Emirates ID and a working UAE mobile number to register for eWallet account.

Six tips to secure your smart home

Most smart home devices are controlled via the owner's smartphone. Therefore, if you are using public wi-fi on your phone, always use a VPN (virtual private network) that offers strong security features and anonymises your internet connection.

Keep your smart home devices’ software up-to-date. Device makers often send regular updates - follow them without fail as they could provide protection from a new security risk.

Use two-factor authentication so that in addition to a password, your identity is authenticated by a second sign-in step like a code sent to your mobile number.

Set up a separate guest network for acquaintances and visitors to ensure the privacy of your IoT devices’ network.

Change the default privacy and security settings of your IoT devices to take extra steps to secure yourself and your home.

Always give your router a unique name, replacing the one generated by the manufacturer, to ensure a hacker cannot ascertain its make or model number.

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