Turkey summons Russian envoy over airspace violation

Turkey has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest at the violation of its airspace by a Russian war plane near the border with Syria, the Foreign Ministry said.

The Russian plane violated Turkey’s airspace near the town of Yayladagi, in Hatay province on Saturday, prompting Turkey to scramble two F-16 jets which intercepted the Russian aircraft and forced it to fly back into the Syrian airspace, a Foreign Ministry statement said.