Syria fires at Second Turkish plane, deputy prime minister says

Syria fires at Second Turkish plane, deputy prime minister says

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A second Turkish plane has been shot at by Syria, Turkey's deputy prime minister said, as it was searching for the wreckage of a fighter jet downed by Syria last week.

Bulent Arinc told a televised news conference Monday that Syrian forces opened fire on a CASA search and rescue plane following the downing of a RF-4E reconnaissance jet in international airspace on Friday. Arinc did not say whether the search and rescue plane was hit.

He says the Syrian side ceased fire after a warning from the Turkish military.



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Wow...the Syrians arent playing around. Looks like it took a warning from the Turkish military to get them to stop firing this time. No mention of where this planes was but it was a search and rescue plane and not a fighter. Tensions are very high right now thats for sure and Syria seems especially antsy.

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