Allies At War

Turkey, US Tread Fine Line After Downing of Turkish Drone in Syria

The U.S. went into a damage control mode to avoid an escalation with NATO ally Turkey after the shooting of a Turkish drone in northern Syria.

Abdullah Ayasun

Published in

The Turkish Journal

4 min readOct 6, 2023

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The smoke billows from the wreckage of a Turkish drone shot down by a U.S. F-16 fighter jet in northern Syria. (Photo Credit: Reuters)

Abdullah Ayasun

Written by Abdullah Ayasun

Editor for

The Turkish Journal

Boston-based journalist and writer. Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. On art, culture, politics and everything in between. X: @abyasun

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