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Syria ‘intimidates’ Turkish fighter jets
Syrian rockets locked on to Turkish jets as they flew along border, says Turkish military.
02.04.2014 - Update : 02.04.2014
ANKARA
Syria took "intimidating measures" against Turkish fighter jets as they patrolled the border with Syria, the Turkish armed forces have said.
Missile systems targeted the jets and maintained a "lock" on them for more than 15 minutes as they flew along borderlines, the armed forces said in a statement on Wednesday.
Turkish F-16s shot down a Syrian military aircraft on March 23 - a week before Turkey's local elections - after it repeatedly violated Turkish airspace.
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