Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has justified the downing of a Syrian helicopter by military, describing it as necessary. "The Turkish Armed Forces did what's necessary," Erdogan told a press conference on Tuesday, defending the military's downing of the helicopter. He went on to say that the Turkish government has briefed the army ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - A Turkish F-16 jet shot down a Syrian MI-17 attack helicopter, saying it made a 2km incursion into its airspace and ignored warnings. The Turkish military has released a statement saying that it first identified the Russian-built helicopter 26 nautical miles (48 km) away from its airspace, and radioed the pilots until it was ...