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 a US plane stationed at the 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.

(CGTN)