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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster
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TURKEY SHOOTS DOWN A RUSSIAN JET

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian war plane near the border with Syria Tuesday in an incident that raises the possibility of conflict between Moscow and NATO.

A U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that the Russian Sukhoi-24 was downed by an air-to-air missile near the town of Hatay, north of the port city of Latakia. The official said the aircraft's two pilots ejected from the plane and were last seen trying to evade capture.

The official added that the Russian jet was warned three times to depart Turkish airspace.

A statement from Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's office said the Turkish leader spoke with Turkey's military chief and foreign ministry about the incident. It said Davutoglu would start "initiatives" within NATO and the United Nations.

Video footage of the incident showed the plane on fire before crashing on a hill.

Rami Abdurrahman who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the warplane crashed in the Turkmen Mountains region in the coastal province of Latakia. The Turkomen Mountains region has been subjected to an offensive by Syrian government forces over the past several days under the cover of Russian airstrikes.

Last month, Turkish jets shot down an unidentified drone that had also violated Turkey's airspace.

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

foxnews.com

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