Syrian military threatens to down Turkish planes

Syria’s military command is threatening to shoot down any Turkish warplane that enters the Syrian air space.

Thursday’s announcement came after Turkish jets raided several villages held by Syrian Kurdish forces the previous day in Syria’s northern Aleppo province where the Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are jostling for territory once held by the Islamic State group, Washington Post writes.

The two sides have so far avoided engaging with the Syrian military.

The military statement called the Turkish air incursion a “flagrant aggression that targeted innocent civilians is a dangerous development.”

It says “these irresponsible acts will have dire consequences that will threaten the region’s stability and security.”