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TURKEY SEARCHES ARMENIAN PLANE EN ROUTE TO SYRIA, REPORT
Ya Libnan
Nov 8 2012
Lebanon
Turkey ordered a Syria-bound Armenian plane to land and searched
its cargo on Thursday, airport officials said, in the second such
action in a month to prevent the use of Turkish airspace to supply
the Syrian military.
The cargo aircraft was searched in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum
in a previously agreed step, as in mid-October when another Armenian
plane was allowed to continue its journey after confirmation it was
carrying humanitarian aid as stated.
Officials at Erzurum airport said Turkey had allowed the plane to
leave after a search of around four hours and that none of the Air
Armenia plane's cargo had been seized.
Turkey has become increasingly assertive in challenging Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad amid growing tensions along the border.
It banned Syrian aircraft from its airspace in October after saying
it had found Russian munitions believed to be destined for Syria's
armed forces on board a Syrian plane.
Reuters
http://www.yalibnan.com/2012/11/08/turkey-searches-armenian-plane-en-route-to-syria-report/
From: Baghdasarian
Ya Libnan
Nov 8 2012
Lebanon
Turkey ordered a Syria-bound Armenian plane to land and searched
its cargo on Thursday, airport officials said, in the second such
action in a month to prevent the use of Turkish airspace to supply
the Syrian military.
The cargo aircraft was searched in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum
in a previously agreed step, as in mid-October when another Armenian
plane was allowed to continue its journey after confirmation it was
carrying humanitarian aid as stated.
Officials at Erzurum airport said Turkey had allowed the plane to
leave after a search of around four hours and that none of the Air
Armenia plane's cargo had been seized.
Turkey has become increasingly assertive in challenging Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad amid growing tensions along the border.
It banned Syrian aircraft from its airspace in October after saying
it had found Russian munitions believed to be destined for Syria's
armed forces on board a Syrian plane.
Reuters
http://www.yalibnan.com/2012/11/08/turkey-searches-armenian-plane-en-route-to-syria-report/
From: Baghdasarian