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Turkey Shoots Down Two Syrian Fighter Jets as Clashes Intensify

An SU-24 warplane.

An SU-24 warplane.

Photographer: Lev Fedoseyev/TASS via Getty Images

Turkey shot down two Syrian SU-24 warplanes and destroyed three Syrian air defense systems, the Turkish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

The jets were shot down as they attempted to attack Turkish planes, the ministry said, without giving further details. Turkey bombed Syrian air defense systems after they downed one Turkish armed droned in Idlib, it said.