Subject: WHOA! Syria Shoots Down Turkish Warplane, Fraying Ties Further Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:36 pm
Lebanon — Turkey announced Friday that Syrian forces had shot down a Turkish warplane with two crew members over the Mediterranean, a potentially ominous turn for the worse in relations already frayed because of Turkey’s support for Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrians later acknowledged their antiaircraft gunners had downed the plane, contending it had violated Syrian airspace.