NATO ‘will defend’ Turkey against Syria as Ankara moves F-16s to border
NATO has promised to back Ankara in its escalating conflict with Syria, as Turkey adds 25 new F-16 fighter jets to its border protection force. It follows days of retaliation from Turkey after Syrian...
View ArticleTurkish F16s intercept Syrian civilian flight from Moscow to Damascus...
Turkish F-16 fighter jets forced a Syrian Air passenger plane to land in Ankara over suspicions that it was carrying "non-civilian" cargo. The Damascus-bound plane, en route from Moscow, has departed...
View ArticleTurkish F-16s intercept Syrian jet from Moscow over ‘suspicious cargo’
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View Article‘Turkey violated Convention on International Civil Aviation’– airline chief...
The passengers of the plane forced by Turkish jets to land in Ankara spent over five hours inside the aircraft while its cargo compartment was searched in a breach of international regulations, Syrian...
View ArticlePlane incident marks new low in Syria-Turkey relations
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View ArticleTurkey endangered lives of Russians on Syria-bound plane – Foreign Ministry
Ankara endangered Russians by diverting a flight from Moscow to Damascus, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. Moscow expressed anger at not being informed that Russians were involved in the incident, and...
View ArticleRussia demands Turkey explain intercepted jet
Moscow accuses Ankara of endangering lives by grounding Syria plane that Turkey claimed carried "non-civilian" cargo. … Read More
View ArticleSyria accuses Turkey of ‘air piracy’, demands return of seized cargo
Damascus said that the Syria-bound commercial jet diverted to Ankara Wednesday night was not carrying prohibited cargo, and demanded Turkey return the goods it seized. The airline accused Ankara of...
View ArticleTurkish PM claims diverted Syria-bound plane was carrying munitions for Damascus
The Syrian commercial jet forced to land in Ankara mid-flight between Moscow and Damascus Wednesday evening was carrying munitions for the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
View ArticleTurkey says Syrian plane carried Russian munitions
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's defense ministry,...
View ArticleSyria plane ‘carried Russian-made munitions’
Turkish PM says passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying material destined for Syria's defence ministry. … Read More
View ArticleSyrian plane carried ‘Russian-made munitions’
Turkish PM says passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying material destined for Syria's defence ministry. … Read More
View ArticleTurkish parliament gives nod to early local elections
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has given initial approval to a constitutional amendment bringing local elections forward by six months, a move seen as giving Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan more...
View ArticleTurkey closes airspace to Syrian civilian flights after similar move by Damascus
Ankara has placed a ban on Syrian Airlines flying into Turkish airspace, after a diplomatic row that began when Turkey seized cargo from a Syrian civilian plane it forced to land in Ankara. Earlier,...
View ArticleSyria closes airspace to Turkish civilian flights
Damascus has placed a ban on Turkish Airlines flying into Syrian airspace following a diplomatic row that began when Turkey seized cargo from a Syrian civilian plane it forced to land in Ankara. Read...
View ArticleSyria bans Turkish flights as ties plummet
Damascus bans civilian flights over its air space claiming retaliation to Ankara's interception of a Syrian airliner. … Read More
View ArticleIranian gas flow to Turkey resumes after blast: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - The gas flow on a pipeline carrying Iranian natural gas to Turkey resumed on Sunday, almost a week after it was halted by an explosion in eastern Turkey, Turkey's energy minister...
View ArticleSyria and Turkey ban flights as ties plummet
Both countries ban civilian flights from their air space days after Ankara's interception of a Syrian plane. … Read More
View ArticleTurkish authorities force down, search Armenian plane: sources
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities searched an Armenian plane after forcing it to land in the eastern city of Erzurum on Monday, sources from Turkey's state airports authority said, without giving...
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