Turkey defends action over plane amid row with Syria and...

  • 12 years ago
Turkey's government insists it had every right to intercept a Syrian passenger plane, forced to land in Ankara on its way from Moscow to Damascus.

The episode has opened a diplomatic row on two fronts for the Turkish government - with both Russia and Syria.

Ankara claims the Airbus A-320 aircraft was carrying an illegal cargo.

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