TURKEY SEARCHES SYRIA-BOUND ARMENIAN PLANE
Vision Insights and New Horizons
Nov 9 2012
Turkey ordered an Armenian aircraft bound for Syria to land on
Thursday.
Authorities were searching the plane's cargo in the second such move
by Ankara in a month.
Searches like this are designed to prevent the use of its airspace
to provide supplies to the Syrian military.
According to a Turkish broadcaster the plane was carrying humanitarian
aid.
In mid-October another Armenian plane was also stopped and searched,
before continuing on its way.
Turkey has become increasingly assertive in challenging Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad.
Last month, Ankara banned Syrian aircraft from Turkish airspace after
finding Russian munitions onboard a plane bound for Syria.
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