Turkey says Syria ‘harassed’ Turkish jet

Published March 24, 2014 8:12am ET



ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s military says a Syrian missile system “harassed” a Turkish fighter jet for more than four minutes by locking radar onto it.

Monday’s military’s announcement said the incident happened on Sunday, the same day that Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane for violating Turkey’s airspace. Tensions have since escalated between the neighboring countries.

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