Turkish army on Sunday shot down a drone that violated Turkish airspace for six times, the country's Defense Ministry said.

Two Turkish F-16 fighter jets had tracked down the drone after its repeated violations of Turkish airspace, but which country the drone belonged to could not be immediately determined, said the ministry in a written statement.

The violations occurred in the operation center of Operation Euphrates Shield and the southern province of Kilis, read the statement, noting that the wreck of the drone was found in Kilis between a military base and a temporary sheltering center for refugees.

Now, Turkey is in talks with the United States for setting up a safe zone in the east of Euphrates which also aims at sweeping up the Kurdish fighters to south. 

xinhua