Turkey scrambles fighter plans to Syrian border
- 12 years ago
Tensions continue along the Turkish border with Syria.
On Friday Turkey scrambled two fighter planes along the border after a Turkish town was bombed by a Syrian military helicopter.
There has been intense fighting between rebels and Syrian government forces in Syrian towns near Turkey -- an area strongly opposed to
President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Fighting along Turkey's 560-mile border with Syria has repeatedly spilled over into Turkish territory in the past week,. The Turkish army has responded in kind to gunfire and mortar shells fired from Syria.
On Friday Turkey scrambled two fighter planes along the border after a Turkish town was bombed by a Syrian military helicopter.
There has been intense fighting between rebels and Syrian government forces in Syrian towns near Turkey -- an area strongly opposed to
President Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Fighting along Turkey's 560-mile border with Syria has repeatedly spilled over into Turkish territory in the past week,. The Turkish army has responded in kind to gunfire and mortar shells fired from Syria.