Thirteen arrests were made in Istanbul following a series of overnight anti-terror raids, ABC News has confirmed.
The raids follow Tuesday’s attack at the city’s international airport, which left 42 dead and 238 others injured, according to Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin. It was unclear if the raids were directly linked to the attack.
According to Turkey’s Ministry of the Interior, of the 13 arrested, 3 were foreign nationals. Their nationalities were not identified.
The overnight operation consisted of 16 raids at different addresses in Istanbul, the ministry said. State-run media reported the addresses were in the city’s Pendik, Basaksehir and Sultanbeyli neighborhoods.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, carried out by three individuals, but Turkey’s interior minister has said that “all findings show it’s ISIS.” And CIA Director John Brennan said Tuesday the attack “bears the hallmarks” of ISIS’ “depravity.”
In other ISIS-related developments, senior Defense officials confirmed to ABC News that as many as 250 ISIS fighters were killed in Iraq in airstrikes south of Fallujah on Wednesday. Forty vehicles were also destroyed in the airstrikes. One of the officials said “we’re still assessing the strikes and gathering details” but that the figure of 250 killed is “consistent with our early assessments.”
ABC News’ Engin Bas contributed to this report.