Turkey has shot down two Syrian warplanes in Idlib as part of its offensive in the area. The Syrian Army destroyed several Turkish drones on the same day Turkey’s UAVs penetrated Syria’s airspace well beyond Idlib. Turkish fighter jets intercepted two Syrian warplanes over Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib and shot them down, the state-run SANA news outlet reported, adding that both planes’ crews ejected and parachuted to safety. Source RT
On Tuesday afternoon, Anastasia Azaryan was painting the words “we are open,” along with her family restaurant’s phone number, in big lilac letters on the wooden boards covering the front of Kebab and Pizza Time on Van Nuys Boulevard. Source Los Angeles Times
The US is to ban passenger flights from China from 16 June, in the latest sign of tensions between the two economic giants. The Department of Transportation said it is punishing Beijing for refusing to let US airlines resume flights to China as its pandemic subsides. Source BBC
EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell has called on Turkey to respect the sovereignty of Greece and Cyprus, following Ankara’s decision to begin hydrocarbon explorations in the Eastern Mediterranean, near Greek islands. Source Neweurope
