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17:21, 11-Aug-2017
Suspected ISIL militant detained over plan to down US aircraft
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Turkish police have detained a suspected member of ISIL who was reportedly planning to down a US aircraft at Incirlik Airbase in Adana.
It was reported that the suspect is a Russian citizen named Renat Bakiev.
He is accused of plotting to down the aircraft stationed at Incirlik Airbase, apparently planning to do so with a drone.
CGTN's Michal Bardavid reported that Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci announced Turkey would be limiting the movement of non-humanitarian goods at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Syria.
Tufenkci stated that the Syrian side of the border was now controlled by a terrorist organization.
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