“A US jet shot down a Turkish drone on Thursday “After he was deemed a threat to US forces in northeastern Syria,” The Wall Street Journal reports, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Reuters notes that For the first time, Washington shot down a NATO friendly aircraft. However, a Turkish Defense Ministry official said the drone was shot down by the US-led coalition. He was not part of the Turkish armyBut he did not say whose property it was.
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the F-16 shot down the Turkish drone, after the U.S. called Turkish military officials several times to warn them that it was operating near U.S. ground forces.
The diary reminds me of when this episode takes place Turkey has been conducting airstrikes against Kurdish fightersWhom does he blame for Sunday’s bombing in Ankara?
More than 60 people were killed in a drone attack on a military academy in Homs on Thursday morning. – AFP reported, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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According to AFP, citing military sources, the attack was carried out using “explosive drones”. The conflict in Syria, which began in 2011 with protests against President Bashar al-Assad, has claimed more than half a million lives and led to the country being divided.
About 900 US troops are stationed in SyriaCollaborates with Kurdish fighters in the fight against the Islamic State.
Relations between the US and Turkey have been strained recently in various fields. The government in Ankara, for example, has long sought the approval of the US Congress to purchase 40 F-16 fighter jets of the latest version and the possibility of modernizing several dozen older machines of this type. After the announcement of Erdogan’s approval of Sweden’s accession, representatives of the Biden administration pledged that the White House fully supports the sale of the fighter jets.
The case was blocked by the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who has been a vocal critic of Turkey in Congress.