Russian warplane shot down at Syria-Turkey border-Live updates
Russian warplane shot down at Syria-Turkey border Live updates
Published time: 24 Nov, 2015 11:22
Source: Russian warplane shot down at Syria-Turkey border — RT News
A graphic video taken from the scene of where one of the Russian pilots landed shows so-called “moderate” rebels gathered around his body chanting “Allahu Akbar”. Separate reports claim that the pilot was still alive when he reached the ground and was subsequently killed by the rebels.
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24 November 2015
Syrian Turkmen brigades executed Russian pilots, top officer says
DEBKAfile November 24, 2015, 5:23 PM (IDT)The deputy commander of the Syrian Turkmen brigades, a rebel group, said his fighters executed the pilots of the Russian Su-24 warplane that was shot down by Turkish F-16 jets on Tuesday morning. He said the fighters were from the Alwiya al-Ashar, or the 10th Brigade, of the Syrian Turkmen army.
DEBKAfile‘s intelligence and counterterror sources: The issue of who executed the pilots is very important, as some of the Turkmen brigades are pro-Western ones, like the 10th Brigade that fights alongside the US-backed Free Syrian Army, and others, especially the one based near Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital in Syria, are linked to the terrorist organization or to the Al-Nusra Front, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria.15:17 GMT
CONFIRMATION THAT HELICOPTER WAS SHOT DOWN BY US SUPPORTED FSA GROUP – US SUPPLIED WEAPON
14:38 GMT
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will chair a security meeting later on Tuesday to discuss the incident involving the downed Russian Su-24 bomber. The meeting will also be attended by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the head of the armed forces General Hulusi Akar, the head of the MIT national intelligence agency Hakan Fidan and some ministers, Reuters reports citing presidential sources.
14:00 GMT
The Turkish foreign minister has summoned the representatives of the five UN Security Council permanent members – China, France, Germany, Russia and the US – to brief them on the incident involving the downed Russian Su-24 bomber.
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13:29 GMT
The Russian Su-24 was downed while returning to the Khmeimim airbase, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
“A Russian Su-24 was downed by a Turkish F-16 fighter over the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic while returning to the Khmeimim airbase. Objective monitoring data showed that there was no violation of Syrian airspace,” the statement from the ministry said.
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13:00 GMT
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says Turkey has a right to respond to violations of its airspace and it came in spite of repeated warnings. He also added Turkey would do “whatever is necessary” to ensure its security.
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12:53 GMT
Turkey backstabbed Russia by downing the Russian warplane and acted as accomplices of the terrorists, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
The plane was hit by a Turkish warplane as it was travelling 1 km away from the Turkish border, Putin said. The plane posed no threat to Turkish national security, he stressed.
Putin said the plane was targeting terrorist targets in the Latakia province of Syria, many of whom came from Russia.
Russia noticed of the flow of oil from Syrian territory under the control of terrorists to Turkey, Putin said.
Apparently, IS now not only receives revenue from the smuggling of oil, but also has the protection of a nation’s military, Putin said. This may explain why the terrorist group is so bold in taking acts of terrorism across the world, he added.
The incident will have grave consequences for Russia’s relations with Turkey, Putin warned.
The fact that Turkey did not try to contact Russia in the wake of the incident and rushed to call a NATO meeting instead is worrisome, Putin said. It appears that Turkey want NATO to serve the interests of IS, he added.
Putin said Russia respects the regional interests of other nations, but warned the atrocity committed by Turkey would not go without an answer.
Putin was speaking at a meeting with King of Jordan Abdullah II in Sochi, who expressed his condolences to the Russian leader over the loss of a Russian pilot in Tuesday’s incident, as well as the deaths of Russians in the Islamic State bombing of a passenger plane in Egypt.
The two leaders discussed the anti-terrorist effort in Syria and Iraq and the diplomatic effort to find a political solution to the Syrian conflict.
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12:35 GMT
Several protesters have showed up in front of the Turkish Embassy in Moscow to protest the downing of the Russian bomber. “Turkey, are you for or against ISIS?” one of the banners said in Russian.
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12:28 GMT
Czech President Miloš Zeman has criticized Turkey for downing the Russian warplane.
“Sometimes one may suspect that Turkey has informal contacts with Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL]. Considering that the Russian Air Forces are fighting IS, the attack appears to be too radical a measure,” he said, as cited by Itar-Tass.
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12:21 GMT
A video published by Turkish media reportedly shows two Russian helicopters, a Mi-8 transport and a Mi-24 gunship, patrolling the area around the crash site of the Russian Su-24 downed by Turkey.
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2:02 GMT
The downing of the Russian jet by Turkey is a very serious incident, the UK Foreign Office said, adding that it was seeking further details.
“Clearly this is a very serious incident, but it would be unwise to comment further until we have more certainty on the facts,” the ministry said.
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11:57 GMT
Turkey has summoned the Russian Ambassador in Ankara following the warplane downing incident, Bloomberg reported.
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11:57 GMT
The rebel group that released an alleged video of one of the Russian warplane pilots has told AP he was shot at by the group while in the air and was dead when he landed.
WarSclerotic 
November 24, 2015 at 4:15 PM
We have always treated Turkey as not only a close neighbor, but also as a friendly nation,” he said. “I don’t know who has an interest in what happened today, but we certainly don’t.”
Perhaps the USA ?????
November 24, 2015 at 4:30 PM
This is complete madness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 24, 2015 at 4:32 PM
Russia will close Syrian airspace for Turkish planes .
By breach they will shoot them down .
November 24, 2015 at 4:38 PM
After the provocative and deadly “Flotilla” incident, no one should be surprised.
Turkish Parliament Members: Turkey Provided Chemical Weapons for Syrian Terrorist Attack http://tinyurl.com/p73l9qe
Former CIA Director Porter Goss Registers to Lobby for Turkey http://tinyurl.com/o9gsc9c
Suicidal Turkey’s Syrian Adventure http://wp.me/p2iCeU-1mr
Is Turkey the New Pakistan? http://tinyurl.com/nexal4p
Turkey’s Demirtas: ‘Erdogan Is Capable of Setting Country on Fire’ http://tinyurl.com/purbyob
Turkey’s Nuclear Aspirations http://tinyurl.com/o2f4waa
Does Turkey’s civilian nuclear program constitute a cover for the development of a military program – as was the case in Iran? A review of Turkey’s investment in its defense industry, space industry, civilian nuclear projects and missile technology, along with its aspirations for regional hegemony, raises some tough questions.
Ami Rojkes Dombe
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/turkeys-nuclear-aspirations
Turkey’s culture of fear http://tinyurl.com/oud9j2g
The West has a big Turkey problem http://tinyurl.com/odr8c76
Orwell’s 1984 comes to life in Erdogan’s 2015 Turkey http://tinyurl.com/peqqd27
NATO Turkey bomb Kurds-Russia Bombs ISIS http://tinyurl.com/oc4macl
Turkey’s Grisly Dances with the Islamic State http://tinyurl.com/ongnfx4
Turkey Detains ‘Syria Arms Interception’ Prosecutors http://tinyurl.com/ore4kun
November 24, 2015 at 4:44 PM
There are still 70 USA nukes in Turkey
November 24, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Although the U.S. has pulled their Patriot Missile Defence System from Turkey [http://tinyurl.com/p27hmxw ] and denied sovereign access to American bases in Turkey since 2003 (Erdogan granted the U.S. very limited use of the bases in July 2015 in exchange for a green-light to attack Kurdish forces without American objections) the United States continues to support the fascist Turkish regime,
November 24, 2015 at 5:04 PM
Do you think this action by Turkey is without USA knowledge ??
The USA sees every plane flying, watching the sky’s by the second !!!
Where are the official statements of the USA and NATO ?
November 24, 2015 at 5:09 PM
The US didn’t mind the “Flotilla”, and instead found Turkey a useful conduit to ship arms to the FSA (Al Nusra etc.) http://tinyurl.com/muz9dqk and of course they value Turkey as a location for their nukes.
November 24, 2015 at 5:11 PM
Yep, and Greece is a stationary aircraft carrier for the USA at cost of Europe !
November 24, 2015 at 5:07 PM
It gives us so warm feeling that we support terrorist animals who kill parachuted pilots !
November 24, 2015 at 5:12 PM
Sky News (UK) https://youtu.be/y60wDzZt8yg has broadcast a “Rebel” film clip of those animals desecrating the bodies and screaming “Allahu Akbar”
November 24, 2015 at 5:14 PM
Earlier today, just hours after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 warplane near the border with Syria, the FSA (more specifically Alwiya al-Ashar) released footage of fighters celebrating over the body of a dead Russian pilot.
The group would later claim to have executed both pilots after they ejected from the plane and attempted to parachute to safety.
In a second serious escalation, another FSA-aligned group claimed to have shot down a Russian search and rescue helicopter.
https://youtu.be/IschF-ihjS0
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-24/caught-tape-syrian-rebels-destroy-russian-helicopter-us-supplied-anti-tank-missile
November 25, 2015 at 7:03 AM
You want to know who is behind this ? Ask : who takes the most profit, and you end up with the BHO administration – again…..