By Bulent Aliriza Contributor: Ali, Uslu
CSIS - Dec 16, 2015
During the morning of November 24 the semi-official Anatolia News Agency
quoted “Turkish presidential sources” in reporting that “Turkish jets
shot down a warplane believed to be a Russian-type SU-24 after it
violated the Turkish air space. The incident happened near Turkey’s
southern border with Syria.” Confirmation quickly followed that one
of two Russian aircraft on a bombing mission against Syrian Turkmens,
backed by Ankara against the Assad regime, was shot down by a
Turkish fighter aircraft as it traversed the southernmost tip of the
Turkish province of Hatay for 17 seconds before crashing in Syria.
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