Turkey and Syria must solve their problems themselves - Iran

Turkey and Syria must solve their own problems, Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said, Trend reported.

Vahidi was commenting on the latest tensions between Turkey and Syria over a shot down Turkish Air Force F-4 jet.

A Turkish Air Force F-4 jet departing on Friday from the Erhac airbase in the Province of Malatya disappeared from radar screens half an hour after take-off in airspace over the Mediterranean Sea area of Hatay province's south-east border with Syria.

Syria said it shot down the F4 jet because it was flying over Syrian territorial waters. However, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the F4 jet was shot down in international airspace and its wreckage fell into Syrian territorial waters.