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| Turkey's military said on Monday that it had lost one of its F-16 fighter jets near Osmaniye, about 30 miles from the border with Syria, but NTV television quoted military sources as saying the crash had probably been an accident. | Turkey's military said on Monday that it had lost one of its F-16 fighter jets near Osmaniye, about 30 miles from the border with Syria, but NTV television quoted military sources as saying the crash had probably been an accident. |
| Last June Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet off the Syrian coast. It said it had acted in self-defence without knowing that the jet was Turkish, although Ankara said the plane had been identifiable and in international airspace. | Last June Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet off the Syrian coast. It said it had acted in self-defence without knowing that the jet was Turkish, although Ankara said the plane had been identifiable and in international airspace. |
| There was no immediate word on what happened to the F-16 on Monday, although the military said in a statement that the pilot had radioed to say he was ejecting. The sources quoted by NTV said it now appeared likely that the loss of the plane was an accident. | There was no immediate word on what happened to the F-16 on Monday, although the military said in a statement that the pilot had radioed to say he was ejecting. The sources quoted by NTV said it now appeared likely that the loss of the plane was an accident. |
| Relations between the two countries have been strained since Turkey fell out with President Bashar al-Assad over his violent response to what began as a peaceful protest movement and then became an armed rebellion. | Relations between the two countries have been strained since Turkey fell out with President Bashar al-Assad over his violent response to what began as a peaceful protest movement and then became an armed rebellion. |
| Turkey now harbours Syrian rebel forces and refugees on its territory, and has called for Assad's departure. Syrian army shells have strayed into Turkish towns and on Saturday Turkey blamed a group with links to Syrian intelligence for two bomb blasts that killed 46 people on the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, home to thousands of Syrian refugees and a logistics base for the rebels. | Turkey now harbours Syrian rebel forces and refugees on its territory, and has called for Assad's departure. Syrian army shells have strayed into Turkish towns and on Saturday Turkey blamed a group with links to Syrian intelligence for two bomb blasts that killed 46 people on the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, home to thousands of Syrian refugees and a logistics base for the rebels. |
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