Three suicide bombers killed at least 36 people and injured more than 140 others in a Tuesday attack that could result in an escalation of the fight against ISIS. The blasts struck Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, which is the base of Turkish Airlines and a target certain to draw a strong response from the Turkish government. "This is a symbolic attack against the heart of Turkey," Soner Cagaptay from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy tells the Washington Post. He says that if the attack was indeed the work of ISIS, as authorities believe, it represents a major escalation and fighting the group will "now be unavoidable" for Turkey. In other coverage:
- Reuters reports that officials say the three attackers arrived by taxi and blew themselves up in the airport's arrival hall. At least one opened fire in the departures hall. Security footage shows another being shot and falling to the ground before detonating his explosives.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack will be a "turning point" in the global fight against terrorism, the BBC reports. "The bombs that exploded in Istanbul today could have gone off at any airport in any city around the world," he said.