24 November 2015 (02:06 UTC-07 Tango 01)/03 Azar 1394/11 Safar 1437/13 Ding-Hai 10th month 4713

Russian military administrators say a Russian operated Sukhoi 24 was shot down near the border with Turkey, but that it was shot down by a missile that came from the ground.  They stress the plane was not in Turkish airspace.

Turkey is now claiming that they are defending Turkmen territory in Syria. Weeks ago the Turkish president adamantly stated that they would never let Syrian Kurds control northern Syria (aka Rojava) which includes territory that Turkey considers to be Turkmen.