Turkey ? A Turkish court on Friday sentenced seven suspected al-Qaida militants to life in prison for a pair of 2003 suicide bombings in Istanbul that killed 58 people – attacks prosecutors said were ordered by Osama bin Laden.

The defendants, including Syrian Loa’i Mohammad Haj Bakr al-Saqa, were among 74 suspects standing trial in the attacks, which targeted two synagogues, the British consulate and a London-based bank.

The court acquitted 26 of the defendants, while sentencing the rest to prison terms ranging from three years and nine months to 18 years.