Ankara pledged support for the Syrian rebels, and warned that any Syrian troops approaching Turkish borders would be considered a threat and dealt with as a military target.
The statements came from Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, who was addressing the national parliament. He was explaining how his government was dealing with last week’s downing of a Turkish warplane by Syrian troops, after the aircraft violated the country’s airspace.
Erdogan lashed out at Syria, saying it poses threat to Turkey’s national security, calling Syrian government tyrants. He accused Syrian officials of acting hostile after the incident happened.
He reiterated an earlier assessment that the plane was downed after leaving Syrian airspace, saying Turkey has proof of it. Syria insists the plane was still in its territory when its air defense forces engaged it, citing the fact that it was shot down by an artillery gun with a maximum range of 2.5 kilometers rather than a longer-range surface-to-air missile.
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