Turkish authorities arrest over 100 ISIL suspects amid surge in regional activity

In another incident on Thursday in Australia, two vehicles were intercepted in southern Sydney in connection with a planned violent act, with New South Wales Police noting that no connection to the Bondi Beach massacre was identified.

ISIS calls Bondi Beach mass shooting ‘source of pride,’ stops short of claiming responsibility

Later on his Truth Social platform, the US president said that Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is “extremely angry and disturbed by this attack,” adding that there will be a “very serious retaliation.”

‘ISIS attack against US’: Trump vows ‘serious retaliation’ after two US troops, one civilian killed in Syria

The incident is the first of its kind reported since Islamist-led forces overthrew longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December last year, and rekindled the country's ties with the United States.

American troops killed in Islamic State ambush attack in Syria

Saquib Nachan was also convicted for possessing illegal weapons, including an AK-56 rifle and sentenced to 10 years in jail under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). He was later released in 2017 after serving his sentence.

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