Turkey has shot down two Syrian jets over Idlib.
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AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army confirmed on Sunday two of its war planes were downed by Turkish jets after they were intercepted during a combat mission in Idlib province. Earlier, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said one of its drones had been downed on Sunday and that it had shot down two Syrian planes.
Syrian state news media had previously only said that two planes had been “targeted”, adding the pilots escaped in parachutes and were fine.
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Regime airport, jets destroyed
Turkey destroyed three air defence systems of the Syrian regime, including one that downed Turkish armed drone, Turkish Defence Ministry said.
It said two regime jets were also downed in volatile Idlib province. “Two SU-24 regime planes that were attacking our aircraft have been downed," the ministry said. Two regime warplanes were shot down by Turkey in Syrian airspace and pilots ejected with parachutes, Syrian regime confirmed.
Meanwhile, Turkish Armed Forces also bombed the regime's Nairab military airport in Aleppo province, rendering it unusable, Anadolu Agency reported.
Turkey launches Operation Spring Shield
Turkey launched a full scale military operation against Assad regime forces in northern Syria on Sunday.
Operation Spring Shield is already yielding results according to Defence Minister Hulusi Akar. He said since the operation began on February 28, 1 UAV, 8 helicopters, 103 tanks, 72 guns/howitzers/CNRA, 3 air defence systems and 2,212 regime soldiers have already been eliminated.
"We have no intention to confront Russia but we want to stop the Assad regime's massacre of civilians. Our target is only regime forces and elements attacking our troops," he added........