Syrian Forces Fire At Second Turkish Plane Looking For The Plane That Was Shot Down Last Week

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Syrian Forces Fire At Second Turkish Plane: Turkey -- Reuters

Turkey said on Monday Syrian forces had fired towards a Turkish military transport plane involved in a search for an F-4 reconnaissance jet shot down by Syria last week, but the second aircraft was not brought down.

Damascus described its shooting down of the F-4 jet on Friday as an act of self-defense and warned Ankara and its NATO allies against any retaliation. Turkey said the incident would "not go unpunished" but it did not intend to go to war over it.

The disclosure of the second incident came on the eve of a NATO crisis meeting that Turkey summoned to address the shooting down of its F-4 jet, which Ankara has described as an unprovoked attack in international airspace.

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My Comment: If this report is true .... the Assad government in Syria has crossed the Rubicom in it's relations with Turkey.