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Turkey freezes al-Qaeda, Taliban assets

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Turkey has imposed financial sanctions on some 350 people and dozens of organizations that have been blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for alleged links to al-Qaeda or the Taliban. The move, made public late Thursday, would freeze any assets those individuals or groups may have in Turkey.

 

The sanctions come at a time when Turkey has been accused of supporting groups linked to al-Qaeda which are launching attacks on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Turkey denies backing those groups. (AP)

 

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