World Press on Syrian jet stopped in Turkey en route from Moscow to Damascus (October 11, 2012)

On Thursday the New York Times published an article entitled "Rift
with Moscow Deepens After Turkey Forces Syrian Jet to Land."
After the plane on the way from Moscow to Damascus was forced by the
Turkish authorities to land in Turkey on the suspicion of carrying arms on
board, "Moscow expressed dismay at the Turkish action and denied that
there were weapons or other military supplies on the plane, which was
carrying some Russian passengers. 'I think that tension will now
develop in the relationship between Russia and Turkey,' a Russian
Foreign Ministry official said, accusing Turkish officials of breaking
the law by searching the Syrian plane on the ground," the article
reads.
"Despite their differences — and a cold-war history of animosity —
Russia has been striving in recent months to build its relationship
with Turkey, its second-largest trading partner and a key player in
regional politics. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
visited Moscow in late July, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia
is scheduled to return the visit shortly. Some Russian analysts said
that the two sides would step back from further confrontation over the
forced landing," the author of the article states.
The Washington Post published an article today dedicated to the same
topic. In an article entitled "Russia denounces Turkish seizure of
Syrian aircraft with 17 Russians aboard," Liz Sly writes that "Russia
demanded an explanation from Turkey on Thursday as to why it intercepted
a Syrian passenger plane flying from Moscow to Damascus, the latest
instance of spiraling Syrian-Turkish tensions related to Syria’s
bloody civil war."
"Russia, one of Syria’s staunchest allies, has in the past
acknowledged supplying the government in Damascus with weapons and has
blocked several efforts at the United Nations to impose an arms
embargo," the article reads.