Turkish flights banned from flying over Syria

by admin
Oct 12, 2012

Syria announced on Saturday that it will no longer allow Turkish civilian planes to fly over its territory, just days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian flight allegedly carrying Russian munitions to the Syrian army.

According to Syria’s foreign ministry, the ban is a response to a similar move from Ankara, although Turkey has not announced such a ban.

A series of cross-border incidents, including several days of cross-border fire and shelling have caused tensions to rise rapidly between the two countries.

The opposition-backing Turkish government has called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign.

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