Turkey releases 5 of 15 detained in assault of 2 US Marines

The USS Wasp, shown here docked in Limassol, Cyprus, on Aug. 10, 2024, is the ship of two U.S. Marines who were assaulted in Izmir, Turkey, on Sept. 2, 2024, while the Wasp was docked at the port there.

Turkey placed 10 people in pretrial detention Tuesday in connection with an assault of two U.S. Marines in Turkey’s western port city of Izmir.