{"id":801,"date":"2018-08-20T12:25:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joban.test\/en\/?p=801"},"modified":"2018-08-20T12:25:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T12:25:30","slug":"turkey-shots-fired-at-us-embassy-in-ankara-amid-deepening-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobanmagazine.com\/globaledition\/2018\/08\/20\/turkey-shots-fired-at-us-embassy-in-ankara-amid-deepening-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: Shots fired at US embassy in Ankara amid deepening row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-heading-des\"><em><strong>No casualties reported after assailants fire shots at window in a security cabin in drive-by shooting, police say.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-img\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-name\">\n<div class=\"article-duration\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the United States embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/threatens-sanctions-turkey-detained-pastor-180817065237665.html\">trial of a US pastor in Turkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A police officer told Reuters news agency at the scene the drive-by shooting occurred around 5am (02:00 GMT) and that nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy was set to be closed this week for a public holiday to mark the Eid al-Adha festival.<\/p>\n<p>Police teams were searching for the assailants, who fled in a white car after the attack, private news channel CNN Turk said. Four or five gunshots were heard, it reported.<\/p>\n<p>Broadcaster Haberturk showed police teams inspecting one of the entrances to the embassy and apparent damage caused by a gunshot could be seen in one window.<\/p>\n<p>It said empty cartridges were found at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Ties between Ankara and Washington have been strained over the case of an imprisoned US pastor Andrew Brunson, leading the US to impose sanctions and increased tariffs that sent the\u00a0<a class=\"InternalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/08\/turks-woes-currency-crisis-it-kind-cold-war-180819051510161.html\">Turkish lira tumbling<\/a>\u00a0last week.<\/p>\n<p>The US embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Istanbul have been the targets of attacks and have faced numerous security threats in the past.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It [the attack] shows how the antipathy is between Ankara and Washington as the diplomatic dispute continues to rumble,&#8221;\u00a0Al Jazeera&#8217;s Sonia Gallego, reporting from Istanbul, said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would appear to be an attack \u2026 designed to usher a warning or demonstrate the displeasure that there is towards the United States at this moment,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0<em>AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No casualties reported after assailants fire shots at window in a security cabin in drive-by shooting, police say. 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