Turkey Holds Syrian Plane for 8 Hours

A Syrian plane, on it's way back from Moscow, was forced to land in Turkey, on Wednesday.

Turkey used military jets to escort it to Ankara's Esenboga Airport, where it sat for eight hours.

During it's stay, Turkish officials say that they removed "objectionable cargo" from the plane.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that, "There is illegal cargo on the plane that should have been reported".

The Turkish government had received intel that there was non civilian cargo onboard.

While the plane was still on the ground, the Turkish government announced that Turkish aircraft would not be allowed over Syrian airspace, until further notice, declaring it to be "unsafe".

Once they felt all unsafe cargo had been removed, they allowed the plane to resume it's journey.

Relations between the two countries have grown quite chilly, over the last few months, and especially over the last week, as they have exchanged shell fire.