RockedBuzz , YEREVAN, ARMENIA — The Turkish government has denied claims by the Armenian defense ministry that one of its F-16’s shot down an Armenian warplane , Reuters reports, citing Turkey ’s communications director Fahrettin Altun . Fighting erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday, Sept.
27 over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh lies inside Azerbaijan but has been controlled by ethnic Armenians backed by the Armenian government since the 1988-94 war between the two former Soviet republics. Armenia also controls Azeri territory connecting the region to Armenia.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, an Armenian defence ministry spokeswoman said a Turkish F-16 jet shot down an Armenian Su-25 ground attack plane 60 kilometers inside Armenia proper, killing its pilot.
The Drive’s War Zone blog reports that Armenia did not provide s ubstantial evidence of the loss of an Su-25 or the presence of a Turkish F-16 in the area.
The War Zone cited speculation that one of Azerbaijan ’s MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets may have shot the Su-25 down.
Azerbaijan says it does not possess F-16s. The news raises fears that other regional powers such as Russia could become involved in the conflict.”
The War Zone reports that Armenian officials have warned intervention by Turkish forces could trigger the use of Russian-supplied Iskander-E short-range ballistic missiles against targets in Azerbaijan .
into heavy fighting over the weekend
between armenia
and azerbaijan and now turkey may or may
not be involved
here is what we know so far the turkish
government has denied claims by the
armenian defense ministry
that one of its f-16s shot down an
armenian warplane
communications director
faryteen altoon fighting erupted between
armenia and azerbaijan on sunday
september 27th
over the disputed nagorno-karabakh
region
nagorno-karabakh lies inside azerbaijan
armenian-backed regime since the
1988-1994 war
between the two former soviet republics
armenia also controls azeri territory
connecting the region to armenia
on tuesday september 29th an armenian
defense ministry spokeswoman said a
turkish f-16 jet
shot down an armenian su-25 ground
attack plane 60 kilometers inside
armenia proper
killing its pilot the drive’s war zone
blog reports that armenia did not
provide substantial evidence
of the loss of a su-25 or the presence
of a turkish f-16 in the area
warzone cited speculation that one of
azerbaijan’s mig-29 fulcrum fighter jets
may have shot the su-25 down
the news raises fears that other
regional powers such as russia could
become involved sparking a wider
conflict
war zone reports that armenian officials
have warned intervention by turkish
forces could trigger the use
of russian-supplied iskandar e
short-range ballistic missiles against
targets in azerbaijan
nagorno-karabakh region is recognized
internationally as part of azerbaijan
but its population of about 150 000 is
majority ethnic armenian
turkey is a member of nato and a u.s
ally it has strong cultural and
linguistic ties to azerbaijan
russia has military alliances with both
countries but also has a military base
in armenia
fighting over nagorno-karabakh after the
collapse of the soviet union killed
about 30 000 people and displaced 1
million
it ended in 1994 with de facto armenian
control of the region
given the emphatic denials from multiple
turkish officials this is probably
armenian propaganda
besides turkey is busy elsewhere in the
middle of another of europe’s frozen
wars that could also draw in the u.s
and russia greece and turkey are
conducting
rival military exercises over disputed
waters in the mediterranean
and now even the us and united arab
emirates are involved
here is what you need to know france on
tuesday august 25th
dispatched rafal fighter jets to cyprus
as tensions between turkey and greece
continue to rise
over claims to oil and gas in the
eastern mediterranean
the cyprus mail reports that france is
taking part in a naval exercise with
greece cyprus and italy
that will be conducted west of cyprus
from august 26 to august 28th
the three rafales joined three greek
f-16s at poffos’s andreas papuandra air
base in cypress
french frigate lafayette is also taking
part in the exercises
turkey’s or rich reese research vessel
is currently looking for oil and gas
deposits
in disputed waters east of cyprus
accompanied by turkish naval vessels
according to the bbc ankara announced on
monday that the mission would be
extended to august 27th
meanwhile the greek general staff on
tuesday published photos and video
footage on twitter of a greek american
naval exercise near cyprus on monday
the exercise involved the uss winston-s
churchill destroyer and american
helicopters
and greek officials on friday said the
united arab emirates would send f-16s to
crete
for joint training this week the bbc
reports
greece and turkey are both members of
nato and at least on paper
allies with the u.s but it seems like
washington is trying to send a signal
tensions are flaring up again between
france and turkey
here’s what you need to know france is
boosting its presence in the eastern
mediterranean to support greece in its
standoff with turkey
adding two raphael fighter jets the
frigate lafayette
and the toner amphibious assault
helicopter carrier to its forces in the
area
the french ministry of the armed forces
announced the decision on thursday
august 13th
according to a report in le monde the
move comes after turkey announced on
tuesday august 11
that it had dispatched the orokurez
seismic exploration ship
accompanied by warships to disputed
waters in the region
turkey says the arucres will search for
hydrocarbons in an area comprising
two-thirds of greece’s exclusive
economic zone
until august 23rd according to an
article in the state-run anadolu news
agency
turkey’s claims in the eastern
mediterranean overlap with the exclusive
economic zones of greece and
cyprus in waters mostly dotted with
greek islands the contested area is
believed to be rich in untapped oil
and natural gas fields le monde reports
the raphael jets were in cyprus to help
patrol the cyprus exclusive economic
zone and are now relocating to suda
on the greek island of crete on july 23
president macron
denounced violations of greek and
cypriot sovereignty
by turkey in its exploration of gas
resources in the area
france has also butted heads recently
with turkey over libya and syria
in june france accused turkey of
deliberately targeting a french warship
that was on a nato mission to check
whether a turkish vessel was smuggling
arms to libya
turkey has dispatched thousands of
syrian fighters as proxies in libya
france fears this gives turkish
president erdogan even more control over
the flow of refugees into europe
turkish and greek fighter jets engaged
in 16 mock dogfights after greece’s
airspace was violated by turkish jets on
december 17th
over territorial claims in the aegean
sea stars and stripes reports that greek
air force pilots rushed to intercept the
turkish jets as they entered the
country’s airspace
a total of 40 times on tuesday the two
nations are at odds over issues
including the delimitation of
territorial waters
airspace exclusion zones and turkey’s
claims over small islands in the aegean
sea
citing turkish vice president fuad ogte
stars and stripes reports that turkey
said it could send in military forces
into the eastern mediterranean
and add armed drones to northern cyprus
over the two countries territorial
disputes
greek defense minister nico’s
panagiotopolis had previously said that
the disputed area is controlled by the
greek military
according to greek city times the
country plans to purchase drones from
the us
and israel the technology could be used
to surveil turkey’s military moves in
the mediterranean
the move comes amid growing tensions
between greece and turkey as the u.s has
increased its military ties with greece
while the u.s could move ahead to
sanction turkey over its military
invasion in northern syria
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