Rift with Moscow Deepens After Turkey Forces Syrian Jet to Land
By ELLEN BARRY, ANNE BARNARD and SEBNEM ARSU
Published: October 11, 2012
MOSCOW — Adding to strains with Turkey over the conflict in Syria, Russia demanded on Thursday that Turkey explain why its warplanes forced a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow to Damascus to land in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on suspicion of carrying military cargo.
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