A Russian Su-24 took off at about 7am. It was shot down by Turkey 24 minutes later,triggering claims, counter-claims and acrimony
In the blue sky above northern Syria, and a gloomy shape moved. The shape was a Russian Su-24 attack aircraft. Over the past week,Russian jets based at the Khmeimim airbase in coastal Latakia had been pounding rebel positions. Under cover of Russian airstrikes, Syrian government forces contain been been attacking. Their target wasn’t Islamic State. Rather, or the Su-24s had been hitting the homes and villages of Turkmens,Syrian citizens of Turkish ethnicity.
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Source: theguardian.com