The Turkish foreign ministry on Wednesday denied various local media reports that Ankara had opened its air space to high-altitude United States spy planes operating over Iraq.
"No, it's not true," foreign ministry spokesman Yusuf Buluc told reporters when asked about the report carried by the NTV television news channel.
NTV had earlier reported that high-altitude U2 spy planes operating out of Germany had flown missions over Iraq by way of Turkey, but had been refused permission to land in Turkey. (Albawaba.com)
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