Monday, September 16, 2013

Turkey Shoots Down Syrian Helicopter

Turkey said it had downed a Syrian military helicopter which violated its airspace on Monday. A Syrian MI-17 helicopter was detected two kilometres (1.2 miles) inside Turkish airspace at 2:20pm (1120 GMT), Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told reporters. "It was continuously warned by our air defence but as the violation continued, it fell on Syrian soil, having been hit by missiles from our planes," he added. Talk about escalating things.



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