Turkey detains 35 suspected militants in raids

Turkish police have detained 35 suspected members of the outlawed Turkish Islamist militant group Hezbollah near Istanbul and in the country's southeast, the state news agency Anatolian said on Monday.

The agency said 15 members of the group were detained near Istanbul, while another 20 were taken in the towns of Batman, Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa. (Reuters)