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Turkey shoots down military jet over Syrian border – local media report plane is Russian

From independent.co.uk

Turkey has shot down a military jet which it says violated its airspace near the Syrian border. Turkish TV reports described the plane as Russian, and video posted by the Haberturk TV station appeared to show the jet coming down in flames. A military official, quoted by Turkey's Dogan news agency, said the plane was shot down by Turkish F16s, and that the pilot was given prior warning. He did not say which nation the plane was from. Various reports described the plane as coming down in hostile Syrian territory, and the fate of the two pilots on board was unkown. Turkey has shot down a military jet which it says ... (full story)

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