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Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Front: Turkish Attack Has Revived ISIS
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said a Turkish attack in northern Syria had revived Islamic State and called on allied states that helped fight the jihadist group to close off air space to Turkish war planes.
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Turkey Extends Orders For Fighter Jets To Patrol Airspace: Source
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has extended an order for fighter jets to patrol air space over Istanbul and Ankara today and has banned military helicopters from taking off in Istanbul, a source in his office said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Says Will Not Refuse to Meet Turkish Counterpart
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today he was willing to meet his Turkish counterpart this week for the two countries' first high-level face-to-face talks since Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes.
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Turkey Sends Body of Shot Down Pilot Back to Russia: Reports
Turkey today sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border, reports said.
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No Warning From Turkey, Says Surviving Pilot of Russian Jet
One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border has told state media that there was no prior warning.
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Turkey Downs Russian Warplane Near Syria, Putin Says 'Stab in the Back'
Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian-made warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeatedly warning it over air space violations, Turkish officials said, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.
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Turkish PM Davutoglu Says Downed Drone Was Russian-Made: Report
A drone shot down by Turkish warplanes in Turkish air space near Syria on Friday was Russian-made, but Moscow has told Ankara the unmanned aircraft did not belong to Russia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today.
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Turkey Shoots Down Drone Near Syrian Border, Nationality Unknown
Turkish warplanes shot down a drone in Turkish air space near the Syrian border today and its nationality has not yet been identified, a senior government official told Reuters.
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Angered by Air Strikes, Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Warns Russia on Energy Ties
President Tayyip Erdogan, angered by Russian incursions into Turkish air space, has warned Russia there are other places Turkey could get natural gas and other countries that could build its first nuclear plant.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Russia After Airspace Incursion
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Moscow against taking "undesirable steps" on Tuesday following accusations Russia deliberately violated Turkish air space in its bombing campaign in Syria.
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Russian Jet Over Turkey Risked Being Shot Down, Says John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Monday that a Russian warplane's "incursion" into the air space of Washington's NATO ally Turkey risked provoking a serious escalation.
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Turkey Warns Russia Over Air Space Violations from Syria
Turkey warned Monday that it was ready to activate rules of engagement if Russian warplanes violate its air space, as Moscow conducted another wave of air strikes in neighbouring Syria.
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Turkey Says Russian Warplane Violated Its Airspace
A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting the Air Force to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it, the Foreign Ministry said today.
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Turkey, US Ease Strains on Islamic State But Differences Remain
Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State during a weekend visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, but the talks heralded little in the way of deeper military cooperation between the NATO allies.
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Turkey shoots down Syrian plane it says violated air space
Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday which Turkey said had crossed into its air space in an area where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of a border crossing.
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Kurdish-Led Syrian Democratic Front: Turkish Attack Has Revived ISIS
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said a Turkish attack in northern Syria had revived Islamic State and called on allied states that helped fight the jihadist group to close off air space to Turkish war planes.
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Turkey Extends Orders For Fighter Jets To Patrol Airspace: Source
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has extended an order for fighter jets to patrol air space over Istanbul and Ankara today and has banned military helicopters from taking off in Istanbul, a source in his office said.
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Russian Foreign Minister Says Will Not Refuse to Meet Turkish Counterpart
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today he was willing to meet his Turkish counterpart this week for the two countries' first high-level face-to-face talks since Ankara shot down one of Moscow's warplanes.
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Turkey Sends Body of Shot Down Pilot Back to Russia: Reports
Turkey today sent back to Russia the body of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border, reports said.
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No Warning From Turkey, Says Surviving Pilot of Russian Jet
One of the Russian pilots of a fighter jet shot down by Turkey on the Syrian border has told state media that there was no prior warning.
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Turkey Downs Russian Warplane Near Syria, Putin Says 'Stab in the Back'
Turkish fighter jets shot down a Russian-made warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday after repeatedly warning it over air space violations, Turkish officials said, but Moscow said it could prove the jet had not left Syrian air space.
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Turkish PM Davutoglu Says Downed Drone Was Russian-Made: Report
A drone shot down by Turkish warplanes in Turkish air space near Syria on Friday was Russian-made, but Moscow has told Ankara the unmanned aircraft did not belong to Russia, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today.
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Turkey Shoots Down Drone Near Syrian Border, Nationality Unknown
Turkish warplanes shot down a drone in Turkish air space near the Syrian border today and its nationality has not yet been identified, a senior government official told Reuters.
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Angered by Air Strikes, Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan Warns Russia on Energy Ties
President Tayyip Erdogan, angered by Russian incursions into Turkish air space, has warned Russia there are other places Turkey could get natural gas and other countries that could build its first nuclear plant.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns Russia After Airspace Incursion
Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Moscow against taking "undesirable steps" on Tuesday following accusations Russia deliberately violated Turkish air space in its bombing campaign in Syria.
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Russian Jet Over Turkey Risked Being Shot Down, Says John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Monday that a Russian warplane's "incursion" into the air space of Washington's NATO ally Turkey risked provoking a serious escalation.
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Turkey Warns Russia Over Air Space Violations from Syria
Turkey warned Monday that it was ready to activate rules of engagement if Russian warplanes violate its air space, as Moscow conducted another wave of air strikes in neighbouring Syria.
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Turkey Says Russian Warplane Violated Its Airspace
A Russian warplane violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border on Saturday, prompting the Air Force to scramble two F-16 jets to intercept it, the Foreign Ministry said today.
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Turkey, US Ease Strains on Islamic State But Differences Remain
Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State during a weekend visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, but the talks heralded little in the way of deeper military cooperation between the NATO allies.
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Turkey shoots down Syrian plane it says violated air space
Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday which Turkey said had crossed into its air space in an area where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of a border crossing.
