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Then all the sudden the Turks claim they shot down a Russian jet.
from tweeter:
Suriye sınırında düşen askeri uçaktan çok özel kareler. Paraşütle atlayan pilot da karede Fotoğraflar AA
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...warplane-crashes-in-syria-near-turkish-border
russia confirm they lose a glorious jet
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/24/middleeast/warplane-crashes-near-syria-turkey-border/
If it’s on the Syrian side, the West now has a very serious problem. Actually, even if it was in Turkish airspace, the West has a very serious problem, as shooting down a jet for a minor airspace violation is an act of war.
Turkey is in NATO.
so casus belli for everyone but so far nothing much has happened, but there are a few more statements from relevant persons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8e0c42-9288-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html
This Arabic video has also emerged (on a YouTube channel covering Syrian events), purportedly showing the sand-apes finding the Russian pilot who had parachuted from the plane, or possibly killing him. It isn’t clear
from tweeter:
Suriye sınırında düşen askeri uçaktan çok özel kareler. Paraşütle atlayan pilot da karede Fotoğraflar AA
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...warplane-crashes-in-syria-near-turkish-border
The jet shot down by Turkish forces on the Syria border earlier today was Russia’s, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing sources in the office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Su-24 jet was warned after violating Turkish airspace and was then downed in line with Turkey’s rules of engagement, Anadolu says, citing officials at the presidency.
russia confirm they lose a glorious jet
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/24/middleeast/warplane-crashes-near-syria-turkey-border/
A Russian warplane crashed Tuesday on the Syrian side of the Turkey-Syria border, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson told CNN. The cause of the crash and the fate of the pilot remains unclear.
If it’s on the Syrian side, the West now has a very serious problem. Actually, even if it was in Turkish airspace, the West has a very serious problem, as shooting down a jet for a minor airspace violation is an act of war.
Turkey is in NATO.
so casus belli for everyone but so far nothing much has happened, but there are a few more statements from relevant persons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8e0c42-9288-11e5-8aa0-5d0946560a97_story.html
Russian officials confirmed that a Russian Su-24 warplane, one of more than three dozen fixed-wing aircraft flying sorties in Syria as part of Russia’s two-month old bombing campaign there, had been shot down but insisted it had not violated Turkish airspace.
Turkey’s military said, however, that the Russian jet was warned multiple times before it was shot down by two F-16 fighter jets.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the plane, flying at an altitude of 6,000 meters, was likely shot down “due to shelling from the ground.” It said it wanted to “stress that the plane was over the Syrian territory throughout the flight.”
The incident highlights heightened friction in Syria’s increasingly crowded airspace, which now includes Russian warplanes that are targeting the armed opposition of President Bashar al-Assad’s embattled forces.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman called the warplane’s downing a “very serious incident,” but said it was too early to draw conclusions.
“It is just impossible to say something without having full information,” Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spokesman, told reporters in Moscow. While Peskov urged caution, however, some Russian lawmakers called for retaliation against Turkey by evacuating Russian tourists from popular vacation destinations there.
This Arabic video has also emerged (on a YouTube channel covering Syrian events), purportedly showing the sand-apes finding the Russian pilot who had parachuted from the plane, or possibly killing him. It isn’t clear