Turkey Prime Minister: Syrian Plane Was Ferrying Ammunition



Turkey Says Syrian Jet Carried Russian Arms, Drawing Moscow Deeper Into Crisis -- Washington Post

BEIRUT — Turkey claimed Thursday that it had found Russian munitions aboard a Syrian passenger jet forced to land in its capital, Ankara, drawing Moscow into the spiraling Syrian-Turkish tensions that are threatening to erupt into regional war.

Russia demanded an explanation from Turkey for the interception of the Syrian Air plane, which was escorted to the civilian airport in Ankara by Turkish F-16s on Wednesday and detained for nearly eight hours before being allowed to continue on its way without its cargo.

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