Turkey had warned Russia in advance before moving to bar Russian planes from flying to Syria over its territory, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that Turkey had asked Russia more than a month ago not to send Syria-bound planes over its territory. She added that “the reasons for that were clear to us and the Russian side isn’t using that route.” Zakharova made the comments at a briefing when asked about Turkey’s announcement over the weekend that it had halted Russian flights to Turkey over its territory from the start of this month….