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Turkish F-4 airplane shooting down: the Syrian version of events

Damascus, Syria - "What Turkey said is baseless and inaccurate"

Damascus is trying to defend itself about the shooting down of the Turkish F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft while the entire world continues to condemn the civil war which caused more than 10,000 victims since 2011. Jihad Makdessi, the Syrian Foreign Minister, has replied that the shooting down of an aircraft which blatantly violated the Syrian airspace was a defensive and sovereign act. The minister...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142635
Rome, Italy, 06/26/2012 11:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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