Turkish police and the U.S. consulate in Istanbul have been hit in a string of deadly attacks starting early Monday, as the two North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies deepen their cooperation against Islamic State and Turkey intensifies its fight against Kurdish militants. A police station in the city’s Sultanbeyli neighborhood was struck by a suicide car-bombing at about 1 a.m. local time, injuring three policemen and seven civilians, the Istanbul Police Department said in a statement. Less than six hours later, two assailants and one police officer were killed at a gunfight that erupted when the station drew fire. The U.S. consulate in the city’s Sariyer neighborhood was attacked in shortly after the assaults on the police, with two people opening fire and prompting a clash between the attackers and police. There were no injuries or deaths, and one of the assailants has been caught, according to Turkey’s state-run […]