It is the first time that Washington has announced that it shot down an aircraft of NATO ally Turkey
The United States on Thursday shot down a Turkish drone operating near its troops in Syria, said a US official. It is the first time that Washington has announced that it shot down an aircraft of Turkey’s NATO ally.
Turkish Defense Ministry official stated that the drone shot down by the US-led coalition did not belong to the Turkish armed forces, but he did not say whose property it was.
NATO country US shoots down a drone from NATO country Turkey.
Does Article 5 now come into effect?
🤔(Syria) pic.twitter.com/VuV1u4cR4K
— Richard (@ricwe123) October 5, 2023
Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said an F-16 shot down the Turkish drone after the United States repeatedly warned Turkish military officials that it was operating near US ground forces.
A US official said the Turkish drone was reportedly armed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a local security source said the US-led coalition shot down a Turkish drone near a base in northeastern Syria.
In case anyone missed it:
A US fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone over NE #Syria earlier today — I’ve had that confirmed by a senior US official.
That’s a VERY rare NATO-on-NATO clash. pic.twitter.com/QJNrOLhgF3
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) October 5, 2023
Syrian Kurdish forces allied with the US said the Turkish attacks killed eight people in an escalation triggered by a bombing in Ankara claimed by Kurdish militants.
US support for Kurdish forces in northern Syria has long caused tension with NATO ally Turkey, which views them as a wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Source :Skai
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