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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ratcheting up the pressure on Syria over the shooting down of a Turkish military plane on Friday. Addressing parliament Tuesday, he launched a stinging attack on Syria's rulers, declaring the country "a...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Erdogan threatens military response Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened possible military action of Syrian troops approach the Turkish border...June 26 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday threatened a...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Turkey's prime minister, Recip Tayyip Erdogan, has pledged to help "liberate Syrians from dictatorship". He also announced that the country has changed its military rules of engagement and that any Syrian troops approaching Turkey's border would be...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Iran on Tuesday offered to use its good ties with Damascus and Ankara to help resolve the row between the two countries over Syria's downing of a Turkish warplane. We will use our good relationship with the two countries to resolve the issue," Ramin...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
Syria of a Turkish reconnaissance plane over the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey, to request consultations if its security has been threatened. Turkey's unarmed RF-4E reconnaissance jet was overflying the Syrian coastline on Friday when it was shot down.
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The search-and-rescue plane was looking for the wreckage of the two-seat, twin-engine F-4 Phantom jet Syria shot down over international waters Friday, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said. The wreckage is 4,265 feet below the surface 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 Hindu
| 11 months ago
General among those who crossed border The slide in ties between Turkey and Syria remains in focus after dozens of Syrian soldiers defected overnight to Turkey, a few days after the shooting down of a Turkish warplane increased tensions between the...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Negative actions from the Turkish government regarding the conflict in Syria have aggravated the situation, a spokesman for the Syrian government said. Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi said Monday that Syrian forces were able to...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
FoxNews.com A second Turkish plane has been shot at by Syria, Turkey's deputy prime minister said, as it was searching for the wreckage of a fighter jet downed by Syria last week. RF-4E reconnaissance jet in international airspace on Friday. Arinc...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
Seeking to publicly justify the shooting of the plane off the Mediterranean coast last Friday and to profess no ill will toward Turkey despite rising tensions between the neighbors, the Foreign Ministry's spokesman told reporters in Damascus that the...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
The 33 army defectors entered Turkey and were sent to a camp in southern Hatay province, the Anadolu news agency said, citing authorities. The defections took place amid heightened tensions between Syria and Turkey, and the rest of the international...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
The 33 army defectors entered Turkey and were sent to a camp in southern Hatay province, the Anadolu news agency said, citing authorities. The defections took place amid heightened tensions between Syria and Turkey, and the rest of the international...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
A rescue plane sent to find a Turkish fighter jet that had been shot down over the eastern Mediterranean was itself placed in the crosshairs by the Syrian military, a European diplomat told AFP on Monday. The Turkish army plane was searching Friday...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Syria general and two colonels 'defect to Turkey' Several high-ranking Syrian military figures have defected to Turkey, reports in Turkish media say. A general, two colonels, two majors and about 30 other soldiers are said to have crossed into Hatay...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The European Union ministers meeting in Luxembourg had already planned to discuss the 16-month Syrian conflict, the officials said, but would now focus on a response to the shoot-down after Ankara said the two-seat, twin-engine F-4 Phantom jet was...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
Prime Minister Najib Mikati highlighted the need for Syrian-Turkish dialogue during a telephone conversation Sunday with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Mikati was briefed by Davutoglu on efforts to locate two missing Turkish pilots whose...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
In wake of its jet being downed by Syria in international space, Turkey on Sunday appealed to Nato state members to meet and discuss the response over the issue...Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday said that Syria on Friday shot down...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 11 months ago
Story continues below He dismissed an earlier statement by Syria that it had not known the plane was Turkish, saying it was clearly marked. Turkey has filed an official protest to Syria and has been weighing its response to the shooting, which has...
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War In Context
| 11 months ago
According to sources, the discussions could involve invoking Article 4 of the alliance's charter, which calls for consultations among member countries when the security of any parties is involved. Our plane was shot down in international airspace, 13...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Turkey's foreign minister Sunday issued a harsh rebuke to Syria for shooting down an unarmed Turkish military jet that briefly strayed into Syrian airspace...The Turks have also consulted with the United Nations and European Union, the report said.
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
June 24, 2012 Turkey's foreign minister says Syria shot down a Turkish fighter jet while the aircraft was flying in international airspace. Ahmet Davutoglu told state-run TRT television Sunday the pilots were testing the jet's radar capabilities...
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B92
| 11 months ago
Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused Syria of shooting down a Turkish warplane in international air space. Ahmet Davutoglu (file) The Turkish reconnaissance plane was performing a test and training flight to control the operation of...
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The Guardian
| 11 months ago
Staff and agencies Ahmet Davutoglu says the Turkish jet entered Syrian airspace but quickly left, and was then shot down without warning by Syrian forces Photograph: Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Turkey 's foreign minister has said the fighter jet shot...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Turkey (AP) — Turkey's foreign minister says a Turkish jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission.
Ahmet Davutoglu says the plane entered Syrian airspace on...
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CNSNews.com
| 11 months ago
Turkey (AP) Turkey's foreign minister says a Turkish jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria, but the plane was not on a spying mission. Ahmet Davutoglu says the plane entered Syrian airspace on Friday, but quickly...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 11 months ago
Damascus sought last on Saturday to defuse tensions with Turkey over the shooting down by Syrian air defences of a Turkish plane, insisting it was 'an accident'. As some Turkish politicians branded the downing of the plane an "act of war", a Syrian...
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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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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The shooting down of a Turkish F-4 jet by the Syrian military is snowballing into a big crisis. The Turkish foreign ministry is expected to release a statement on Sunday while Syrian officials said the shooting down was an accident and not an...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has vowed to do whatever is required following the incident in which a Turkish jet was shot down by Syria over the southwest of Hatay province, according to Anatolia news agency. Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad...
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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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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 A military strike against...
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Al Jazeera English
| 11 months ago
03 As the search continues for two pilots of a Turkish military jet shot down over the Mediterranean Sea, Syria says the shooting was not an act of aggression and that the aircraft violated its airspace. While the Turkish foreign ministry is to...
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The Globe & Mail
| 11 months ago
Reuters Watch Reuters video Watch Both sides signalled they do not want to escalate an incident that has the potential to explode into a regional conflict, but the downing of the Turkish reconnaissance plane on Friday was a dramatic sign that the...
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Novinite
| 11 months ago
Turkish fighter jet downed by Syria, in Damascus, Syria, 23 June 2012. Turkish President Abdullah Gul stated his country will do "whatever is needed" in response to the incident, in which a Turkish military fighter jet was downed by the Syrian army.
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
Turkish President Abdullah Gul condemned Syria for shooting down one of its military jets on Saturday, soon after Syrian forces acknowledged they had downed an unarmed Turkish military plane that had entered the country's air space. Share This Story...
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The New York Times
| 11 months ago
It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, said President Abdullah Gul of Turkey, according to the Anatolia news agency...Syria said Friday that its military forces had shot down a Turkish jet that had entered its airspace just off the...
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Washington Post
| 11 months ago
Gallery Turkish President Abdullah Gul was quoted by Turkish media as saying that the government was trying to ascertain where the plane at the time, suggesting it was looking for ways to ease the crisis...It is not possible to cover over a thing...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
A Turkish warplane shot down by Syria Friday may have been in Syrian airspace, Turkish president Abdullah Gul said Saturday. The plane, an F-4 Phantom fighter, was shot down by Syrian air defenses Friday morning, The Daily Telegraph reported.
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The Jakarta Post
| 11 months ago
Syria said Friday its forces had shot down a Turkish military plane that entered its air space. The plane, an unarmed F-4, went down in the Mediterranean Sea about 13 kilometers away from the Syrian town of Latakia, Turkey said...The two neighbors...
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The independent
| 11 months ago
Suggested Topics Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said today that the jet shot down yesterday by Syria was not a warplane but a reconnaissance aircraft, state television TRT reported. It was not immediately clear where Arinc, who is one of...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 11 months ago
Turkey to act 'decisively' over downed jet Updated June 23, 2012 20:54:14 Turkey has promised to act "decisively" after Syria shot down one of its reconnaissance aircraft, with Turkish president Abdullah Gul saying the incident cannot be ignored.
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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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Indian Express
| 11 months ago
It is not possible to cover over a thing like this, whatever is necessary will no doubt be done, Gul told reporters from the central Anatolian city of Kayseri. The Turkish military said it had lost contact with one of its F-4 fighter jets off the...
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Zee News
| 11 months ago
Turkish jet may have breached Syria airspace' Zeenews Bureau Ankara: A day after Syria said it shot down a Turkish military plane, Turkey's President Abdullah Gul on Saturday said that the downed jet may have violated Syrian airspace. However, the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Saturday the jet fighter shot down by Syria might have violated Syrian airspace. "It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over [national] borders... when you consider their speed over the sea,"...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Saturday it was not possible to ignore the fact that Syria had shot down a Turkish fighter jet and said everything that needed to be done following the incident would be done, Turkish media...
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BBC
| 11 months ago
Turkish warplane downed by Syria 'may have crossed border' Turkey's President, Abdullah Gul, has said the Turkish fighter jet shot down by Syria's air defence forces on Friday may have violated Syrian airspace. Mr Gul said it was routine for...
