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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The incident has reignited concern over the Syria conflict, with the EU condemning the Damascus regime and imposing new sanctions while also warning against military escalation. Turkey charged that Syria intentionally shot down the F-4 Phantom, and...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
There is a story retold by historian, Robert Darnton, about a series of ritualistic murders of cats ... As disgusting as it is to say this, in our consumer capitalist' society, advertising is everywhere.... Suggested Topics Another large group of...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Dozens of Syrian Army defectors including a general fled to Turkey overnight to join the swelling ranks of rebels based near the border as tensions escalate between the two neighbors. One general, two colonels and some 30 soldiers accompanied by...
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Kuwait Times
| 11 months ago
A wounded Syrian man is lifted off the back of a pickup truck following shelling by Syrian government forces close to the restive city of Homs yesterday. Turkey said yesterday Syrian forces had fired towards a Turkish military transport plane...
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The Age
| 11 months ago
Story continues below Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said his government could cut off electricity supplies to Syria. Turkish companies provide Syria with about 10 per cent of its electricity. Mr Yildiz said a decision could be announced today...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Reuters A Russian ship carrying attack helicopters that was prevented from sailing to Syria has been refitted with a Russian flag, rousing suspicions it is preparing for a second attempt. The MV Alaed, carrying air defence systems and helicopters to...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Turkey (AP) — Dozens of Syrian soldiers defected overnight to Turkey, crossing the border with their families as tensions between the two countries soared three days after Syrian forces shot down a Turkish military plane.
The state-run...
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Newyork Times
| 11 months ago
As more high-ranking Syrian officers were reported on Monday to have defected to Turkey, the European Union urged the government in Ankara to show restraint in a crisis over the downing of one of its jet fighters by Syria , an episode that has...
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DAWN
| 11 months ago
Nato said it would meet to discuss member state Turkey's accusation that Syria shot down one of its warplanes in international airspace and not inside its own territory, as Damascus claims. Nato said it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
The Daily Star The downing of a Turkish jet kilometers off the coast near Lattakia has ushered in a new stage in relations between Turkey and Syria. Despite Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdisi's denial of any hostile intentions toward...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned Syria on Sunday for the "brazen and unacceptable" shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet and vowed to work with Ankara on a suitable response. "It is yet another reflection of the Syrian authorities'...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Story video Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also warned Ankara's southern neighbour not to challenge Turkey's military. Britain, another member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, offered its support for robust international action. According...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Turkey on Sunday accused Syria of shooting down one of its warplanes in international airspace, as a watchdog said the Damascus regime suffered new setbacks and violence reached new heights. According to our conclusions, our plane was shot down in...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Syria shot down a Turkish fighter jet while it was flying in international airspace some 15 minutes after momentarily straying into Syria's territory, Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday. "According to our conclusions, our plane was shot down in...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
A Turkish police officer patrols in front of the Syrian embassy in Ankara, on June 23, 2012. Iran has urged Ankara and Damascus to show "restraint" over Syria's shooting down of a Turkish fighter jet, Iranian state media reported on Sunday. Tehran "...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 11 months ago
Turkey and Syria on Saturday pulled back from a possible confrontation over Syria's downing of a Turkish fighter jet that had strayed across their common border into Syrian air space Friday. As their respective navies searched for the two missing...
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SF Gate
| 11 months ago
Turkey was weighing its response Saturday to the shooting down by Syria of one of its planes, an incident that sent tensions soaring between two neighbors already at odds over the uprising against President Bashar Assad 's rule. The deliberations...
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Zaman.com
| 11 months ago
The Kremlin never raised its voice against the US occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and chose to silently watch the Arab Spring that was sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East. When their interests in the...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Turkey (AP) — Syria said Saturday it shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane because the plane entered its airspace, insisting it was "not an attack" as both sides desperately tried to de-escalate the episode before it exploded into a regional...
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Daily Nation
| 11 months ago
Rating Turkey on Saturday played down the loss of a warplane to Syrian air defences as President Bashar al-Assad announced a new government with key posts unchanged and at least 30 people were killed nationwide...Anti-aircraft batteries hit the plane...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Saudi Arabia was set to start paying the salaries of Free Syrian Army soldiers, according to British newspaper the Guardian. (AFP) Saudi Arabia was set to pay the salaries of the rebel Free Syrian Army to encourage mass defections from President...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 23, 2012 Turkey has promised to take the "necessary steps" in response to Syria's admission that it downed a Turkish air force jet that had flown into Syrian airspace. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement after...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Reuters video Abdullah Gul said that Turkey was still trying to establish the exact circumstances of the incident and whether the jet may have been brought down in Turkish territory. Regional security may hinge on the details that emerge from this...
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B92
| 11 months ago
The Syrian military has admitted it shot down a Turkish fighter plane over the Mediterranean Sea. However, it claims the jet was over Syrian territorial waters. Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held an emergency meeting with his...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Turkey was considering its response Saturday after Syria confirmed it had shot down a Turkish fighter jet it said had entered its territory, and both countries searched for the two missing pilots. In a statement issued after Syria confirmed it had...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
Turkish warplane over its territory, sparking a fresh crisis between the two countries, while accusing rebels of having massacred 25 of its supporters. UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan urged world powers to increase pressure on both sides in the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
The US and Britain claim that Iran cannot be invited because "it is misbehaving, he added. "When the Americans had to ensure additional security for their troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, they had no problem talking directly to Iran," Lavrov said. He...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
The F4 fighter jet disappeared off the radar just near the Syrian border. Syria's military says the aircraft was flying low, well inside Syrian territorial waters, when it was shot down. "Our air defences confronted a target that penetrated our air...
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The Independent
| 11 months ago
Having noticed that at least a couple of times a week, a topic would trend with an anti-female messa... Today marks the last scheduled day in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who, on the 22nd July 201... Suggested Topics An urgent Turkish search-...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
The navies of both countries were cooperating in a search for the missing pilots, a Syrian military spokesman added. An unidentified aircraft entered Syrian airspace shortly before noon Friday at a very low altitude and high speed, and anti-aircraft...
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Arab News
| 11 months ago
Tariq Alhomayed Friday 22 June 2012 The reported shooting down of a Turkish warplane by the Assad's air defense is an important message to everybody in Ankara, as well as the international community, namely that the Assad regime and those backing it...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Turkey says its air force jet that disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea Friday was shot down by Syria, in an action likely to worsen already strained relations between the neighboring countries. A statement following a two-hour security meeting led...
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The Courier-Mail
| 11 months ago
Joint efforts with Syria to locate the wreckage and the pilots were continuing, according to a statement from the office of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was read on national television late last night. The jet had been missing...
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Asbarez
| 11 months ago
Turkey and Syria are looking for a Turkish war plane that was shot down earlier Friday. Turkey said that Syrian forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet, with official Damascus reportedly apologizing for the incident. Turkish press sources said it was...
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National Public Radio
| 11 months ago
Eyder Peralta Kofi Annan is trying to rally the international community to bring the violence in Syria to an end. Annan even suggested that Iran should be consulted, an idea the United States doubts. NPR's Michele Kelemen filed this report for our...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Turkey (AP) — A Turkish air force jet went down in Syrian waters on Friday, but Turkey's prime minister said he could not confirm media reports that it had been shot down by Syrian forces.
Turkish and Syrian vessels were searching for...
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San Jose Mercury News
| 11 months ago
An online video showed more than a dozen bloodied corpses, some of them piled atop each other and in military uniforms, dumped beside a road in northern Syria in what the government Friday called a mass killing by rebel forces. The circumstances of...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Osman Orsal/Reuters A Turkish military jet has crashed in the eastern Mediterranean, amid claims that Syria shot the plane down and then apologised for the incident. Turkish and Syrian vessels were searching for the F-4 jet, which went down in the...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 11 months ago
Turkey lost a warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday, but its prime minister said he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot it down and had apologized. If the Syrians did indeed bring down the Turkish F-4 jet, a new crisis could erupt...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
54 Erdogan expressed uncertainty about what had happened to the missing plane [AFP] A Turkish fighter jet has gone missing over the Mediterranean near Syria, risking a new crisis between Middle Eastern neighbours already at bitter odds over a 16-...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Turkey has joined nations such as the United States in saying that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down because of the uprising in his country that has killed thousands of people. Turkey also has set up refugee camps on its border for more...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
Turkey There are reports that the Turkish military jet that disappeared today over the Mediterranean near Syria may have been shot down by Syrian forces. A Hezbollah TV station in Lebanon quotes Syrian security sources as saying the plane was shot...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Turkey loses warplane off southeast coast; Ankara denies reports that Syria admitted shooting down plane and apologized. Turkey lost a warplane over the Mediterranean on Friday, but its prime minister said he could not confirm reports that Syria had...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Story continues below At least 114 people were reported killed in Syria on Thursday, Red Cross access to a troubled area was blocked and a Syrian air force pilot defected in the course of what activists called ''a bloody day'' as heavy shelling...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Syria has reportedly shot down a Turkish F-4 warplane that was earlier listed as missing near the two countries' borders, but confusion is swarming over this development. The initial report of the downing of the aircraft came from al-Manar, the TV...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Turkey loses contact with military aircraft over southeastern coast; Lebanon's Al-Manar TV reports Syria responsible. Umit Bektas Lebanon's Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar television station said on Friday that Syrian air defenses shot down a Turkish...
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Associated Press
| 11 months ago
Syrian vessels joined a search for a missing Turkish military jet which apparently went down Friday in the eastern Mediterranean, Turkey's state-run television said. The F-4 jet disappeared in an area over the sea, southwest of the Turkish province...
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Mail and Guardian
| 11 months ago
The violence, which followed a day of bloodshed across Syria in which 125 deaths were reported, is further evidence of a slide towards sectarian-tinged civil war in a country where majority Sunni Muslims are spearheading an anti-Assad revolt. Russia,...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Troops on Friday shelled rebel strongholds across Syria in Homs, Daraa and Idlib, as the opposition called for new anti-regime protests a day after 170 people were killed nationwide. Security forces rained down shells on several districts of the...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Top Assad regime advisers have secret plans to defect, U.S. officials said as Jordan granted asylum to a Syrian fighter pilot who landed a warplane near Amman. Senior military figures who are part of President Bashar Assad's inner circle are among...
