RUSSIAN JET DOWNED BY TURKEY
A file picture taken on October 3 shows a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber taking off from the Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia. Russia said on November 24 that the military plane Turkey shot down at the Syrian border was a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet, adding that the jet did not enter Turkish space. AFP PHOTO
A file picture taken on October 3 shows a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber taking off from the Hmeimim airbase in the Syrian province of Latakia. Russia said on November 24 that the military plane Turkey shot down at the Syrian border was a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet, adding that the jet did not enter Turkish space. AFP PHOTO
ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet on the Syrian border, Russian and Turkish authorities confirmed after some initial confusion as to the plane’s nationality.