The story: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that “Saudi Arabia has asked Turkey for armed drones.” In the same speech, the president criticized recent joint military exercises by Saudi Arabia and Greece. Erdoğan’s remarks follow last week’s statements made by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who welcomed the prospect of rapprochement between Ankara and Riyadh.

The coverage: On March 17, the US-funded Al-Hurra reported that Riyadh’s request to Ankara comes...