Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian Civil War

Turkish F-16 shoots down Syrian regime aircraft

Turkey has shot down another Syrian regime aircraft for violating its airspace.

A Turkish F-16 that took off from the Incirlik airbase in the southern province of Adana shot down the Syrian aircraft with two missiles on May 16, military officials told daily Hürriyet.

It was not immediately clear what kind of aircraft was shot down.

German government agrees to keep Patriot missiles in Turkey until 2016

Germany's cabinet on Jan. 7 agreed to keep two German Patriot missile batteries in southern Turkey for another year, where they are deployed as part of a NATO mission to defend Turkey's border with Syria.
   
The mandate, which needs approval from parliament, allows a maximum of 400 German soldiers to serve in NATO-member Turkey until January 2016.
   

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