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Syria. Assad: "I regret 100% that a Turkish warplane was shot down by Syrian forces"
Damascus, Syria - Turkish F-16 patrol the border; Syrian soldiers defect
"I say 100% if only we had not shot it down" said Assad after the event which has eroded the relations between Syria and Nato, most of all Turkey (AVIONEWS). "We learned that the jet belonged to Turkey after shooting it down. We mistaken the Turkish jet for an Israeli one. Of course I might have been happy if this had been an Israeli plane" the president added after the local Information Minister...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1142893
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency