Category: NATOSource

Turkey wants NATO to discuss response to downing of Turkish plane by Syria

By the AP

From the AP:  Turkey is calling on NATO to discuss a response to Syria’s downing of a Turkish jet in what Turkish leaders insist was international airspace.

Putin: Finland will lose ‘sovereignty’ if it joins NATO

By RT

From RT:   Saying that Finland will surrender its right to act independently in the event it joins the western military alliance, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin added that Moscow will respond to deployment of any NATO attack missiles based in the Nordic country.

Turkish and international leaders respond to Syrian attack on Turkish jet

By the AP

Confrontation between Syria and Turkey will not lead to war with NATO

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  [T]he operative word that almost certainly disqualifies this incident from an Article 5 response is "attack."

Members of Assad’s inner circle ‘making secret plans to defect’

By Ruth Sherlock, Suha Maayeh, and Peter Foster, the Telegraph

From Ruth Sherlock, Suha Maayeh, and Peter Foster, the Telegraph:  Members of Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle are secretly making plans to defect to the opposition

How would NATO respond to Syria shooting down a Turkish plane?

By Uri Friedman, Passport

From Uri Friedman, Passport:  If Turkey has reason to believe that Syria shot down its plane, might NATO respond in a similar fashion?

Official statement by Syrian military on shooting down Turkish jet

By H. Sabbagh, SANA

From H. Sabbagh, SANA:  A military spokesman issued the following statement:

Turkey says now clear its warplane shot down by Syria

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  Turkey has said it is now clear that Turkish fighter jet was shot down by Syrian security forces some 8 miles (13 kilometers) away from the Syrian town of Latakia over the Mediterranean Sea.

Syria’s role in loss of Turkish warplane could have major repercussions for NATO

By Adrian Blomfield, the Telegraph

From Adrian Blomfield, the Telegraph:  While the exact circumstances surrounding the aircraft’s disappearance remained far from clear, any indication that it was brought down by Syrian fire could have major international repercussions. As a member of Nato since 1952, Turkey could call on the alliance to support and perhaps even participate in any response it […]

Why should Germany take on everyone’s debts?

By Josef Joffe, the Guardian

From Josef Joffe, the Guardian:  The whole world is in the deepest economic mess since the Depression.