The Independent
| 7 months ago
Turkey scrambled fighter planes to force a Syrian passenger jet to land and seized what it suspected was military equipment being ferried from Russia to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces. The interception of the Syrian Air plane came hours...
The Hindu
| 7 months ago
Istanbul/Beirut, October 11, 2012 AP People gather atop the aircraft steps at a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Turkey confiscated what it described as objectionable...
Zee News
| 7 months ago
A Syrian passenger plane suspected of carrying arms was forced to land in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, Xinhua reported. According to Dogan news agency, the plane was Damascus-bound. Turkey scrambled F-16 fighter jets after the Airbus A-...