Dangerous Cargo from Moscow Syrian Jet Incident Ups Turkish-Russian Tensions
By Raniah Salloum in Beirut, Lebanon
Moscow is denying that weapons were on board the Syrian Air jet forced to land in Ankara on Wednesday. But the incident is likely to increase tensions between Turkey and Syria. As Putin's cancellation of a Monday visit to Istanbul shows, Turkey's relationship with Russia could also be threatened.
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