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Syria crisis: Turkey downs "drone' on Syria border | |
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Turkey says its warplanes have shot down an unidentified aircraft which intruded into its airspace near the border with Syria. | |
Media reports quote officials as saying the aircraft was a drone. There are no further details so far. | |
The Syrian government is known to be operating drones, as do the US-led coalition against Islamic State and Russia. | |
More than two million Syrians have fled to Turkey in four years of conflict. | |
The Turkish military said the unknown aircraft detected near the border had been warned three times before it was shot down "in accordance with rules of engagement". | |
Earlier this month Turkey accused Russian jets - which have recently joined the air battle against Syrian rebel group - of violating its airspace. | |
The intrusions also drew condemnation from Nato. |