ALJAZDEERA: A Syrian plane carrying roughly 30 passengers has been allowed to leave Turkey after it was grounded for over eight hours on Wednesday.
Turkey said it seized “objectionable cargo” aboard the plane it intercepted en route from Moscow to Damascus.
The A-320 plane was escorted on Wednesday evening by two Turkish jets to Ankara’s Esenboga Airport after suspision was raised it was carrying military equipment.
The move marks a new deterioration in relations between Turkey and Syria, already heightened by days of cross-border shelling… (more)
