Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Warplane After Border Incursion
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Turkey downed a Syrian warplane that crossed into its airspace yesterday, escalating already inflamed tensions with its neighbor as the Turkish government battles widening corruption allegations.
The Turkish air force fired a missile yesterday at a Syrian MiG-23 that had ignored four warnings and briefly penetrated 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) into Turkish airspace, Turkey’s military said in a statement.