US consulate attack in Turkey

YEREVAN, AUGUST 10, ARMENPRESS.A gun attack targeted the US Consulate in Istanbul leading to an exchange of fire between assailants and security personnel. Armenpress reports the latter referring to “Al Jazeera”. The reports said that one attacker was male and the other one was female, adding that the police was searching for the suspects.

Last month it conducted aerial strikes against ISIL positions in Syria and agreed to let the US-led coalition use its bases for its fight against ISIL. The move followed a suicide bombing blamed on ISIL which killed 32 people and after ISIL fighters fired at Turkish soldiers from across the border in Syria, killing one soldier. Police cordoned off the area but people gathered outside the police station shouted slogans against the PKK, Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper reported.