Syria Blames Turkey for Tension After Helicopter Downed
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Syria’s military accused Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of stoking border tensions after a Syrian helicopter was shot down close to their border.
The Mi-17 strayed into Turkish airspace and was on a flight path back when it came under attack, the Syrian armed forces said on the state-run Sana news agency. The incident was the most direct confrontation between the two sides since Syria shot down a Turkish F-4 jet in June 2012, saying it encroached on its airspace.