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“We expect Turkey to do the same”, EU President Donald Tusk told reporters alongside Erdogan.

“The Commission will come to its aid”, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker told the European Parliament before he unveiled the proposals.

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says he doesn’t believe Russia’s claims that its violation of Turkish airspace over the weekend was an accident and is promising to respond.

With Russia extending its air strikes to include the ancient city of Palmyra, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he was losing patience with Russian violations of his country’s air space.

“Russia must deconflict its military activities in Syria”, he said and added that an initial assessment of the incidents indicated “that it doesn’t look like an accident”. He famous that they can “survived for quite a time”.

Stoltenberg also has said he doubts Russia’s explanation that it was an accident.

“Turkey+about+Turkish+Airspace+Violation%2C+PM+Davutoglu+Says” Russian Federation confirmed the first violation, saying it was due to poor weather conditions and vowed to take the necessary steps to avoid the repetition of similar incidents in the future.

Turkey, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member with the alliance’s second-biggest army, scrambled two F-16 jets on Saturday after a Russian aircraft crossed into its airspace near its southern province of Hatay, the Turkish foreign ministry said.

European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker (R) speaks to the media as he welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium, October 5, 2015.

Neither country spoke about the second incident.

The reason? Trump said he’s anxious a few of the refugees – who have been fleeing Syria after years of civil war – could be members of the terrorist organization the Islamic State, or ISIS, in disguise. But numerous strikes appear to have hit Western-backed...

Russian Federation admitted to the first incursion Saturday, but said it intruded “by mistake” and assured Ankara it wouldn’t happen again, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised interview.

Britain’s ambassador to Ankara Richard Moore said Russia’s incursion into Turkish airspace was “reckless and worrying”.

“The Russian aircraft exited Turkish airspace into Syria after it was intercepted by two F-16s from the Turkish Air Force, which were conducting patrols in the region”, Turkey’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

According to the Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed opposition group, the Russian airstrikes resulted in the deaths of 36 civilians, including five children. “It was through the tactical cooperation and operational air support by the terrorist [Syrian...