Turkey accuse
Turkey accuses Syria of shooting at second plane
of opening fire on one of its military aircraft for the second time in four days on Monday, escalating an already dangerous confrontation among the 2 countries.
A Turkish Air Force search and rescue plane was shot at by Syrian air defences as it sweep the skies over the Mediterranean looking for the remains of a F-4 Phantom fighter-jet shot down in the same area on Friday, Turkey's deputy prime minister supposed.
Syria ceased fire after a warning from the Turkish military and the plane was not hit, Bulent Arinc supposed.
On the 1st jet, Arinc supposed that Syria intentionally shot down their jet in international airspace with a "heat-seeking guide laser rocket", addition that it was a "hostile act of the maximum order."
Meeting on the eve of an emergency sitting of Nato, summoned at Turkey's behest, EU foreign ministers fated Syria's actions as "improper" but attempted to defuse the potential for disagreement.
Guido Westerwelle, the German overseas minister, called for a political solution to the catastrophe, while his Dutch matching part, Uri Rosenthal, additional: "We don't go for any intervention."
Turkish official - speaking before the second gunfire incident - supposed they were looking for their fellow Nato allies to step up pressure on Syria but supposed they were "not talking concerning war".
Syria insists the plane was shot down within its airspace.
"What happened is a gross breach of Syrian sovereignty," supposed Jihad al-Makdissi, the Syrian overseas ministry's spokesman.
Syrian officials did not right away comment on Turkey's latest accusation, which could complicate labors to resolve the crisis quietly.
A Turkish Air Force search and rescue plane was shot at by Syrian air defences as it sweep the skies over the Mediterranean looking for the remains of a F-4 Phantom fighter-jet shot down in the same area on Friday, Turkey's deputy prime minister supposed.
Syria ceased fire after a warning from the Turkish military and the plane was not hit, Bulent Arinc supposed.
On the 1st jet, Arinc supposed that Syria intentionally shot down their jet in international airspace with a "heat-seeking guide laser rocket", addition that it was a "hostile act of the maximum order."
Meeting on the eve of an emergency sitting of Nato, summoned at Turkey's behest, EU foreign ministers fated Syria's actions as "improper" but attempted to defuse the potential for disagreement.
Guido Westerwelle, the German overseas minister, called for a political solution to the catastrophe, while his Dutch matching part, Uri Rosenthal, additional: "We don't go for any intervention."
Turkish official - speaking before the second gunfire incident - supposed they were looking for their fellow Nato allies to step up pressure on Syria but supposed they were "not talking concerning war".
Syria insists the plane was shot down within its airspace.
"What happened is a gross breach of Syrian sovereignty," supposed Jihad al-Makdissi, the Syrian overseas ministry's spokesman.
Syrian officials did not right away comment on Turkey's latest accusation, which could complicate labors to resolve the crisis quietly.
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