Turkey: Turkish fighter jet downs Syrian warplane over Idlib
A Turkish fighter jet downed a Syrian regime warplane over the northwestern Idlib province Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said, in the third such downing in three days.
Turkey on Sunday confirmed it had launched a military operation against Russia-backed regime forces in the border region, where Ankara supports some rebel groups.
Syrian state news agency SANA said one of its planes was “targeted” after two others were shot down on Sunday.
Turkey confirmed the downing of an L-39 jet.
“As part of the Spring Shield operation that is successfully continuing, an L-39 plane belonging to the regime has been downed,” the Turkish defence ministry said.