Turkish media reports said Tuesday that Turkish jets shot down a warplane that violated national airspace at the border with Syria. Turkish presidential sources said the downed jet was a Russian-made Sukhoi Su-24. The Russian Defense Ministry issued a statement denying that the jet violated Turkish airspace. Turkey's news agency said it crashed into Syrian territory close to the border with Turkey. Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the warplane crashed in the Turkomen Mountains region in the coastal province of Latakia. The Turkomen Mountains region has been subjected to a government offensive over the past days, under the cover of Russian airstrikes.
