Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened to attack Syria if
it approaches the border between the two countries.

“The rules of engagement of the Turkish Armed Forces have changed,” he said on Tuesday. “Any
military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria by posing a
security risk and danger will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military
target.”

Erdogan’s threat means Syria will risk war between the two countries if it responds to attacks launched from the Turkish side of the border.

Erdogan issued the threat after Syria shot down a Turkish plane
that had crossed over into its airspace on Friday. “Even if the plane was in
their airspace for a few seconds, that is no excuse to attack,” he
said.

Syria’s Foreign Minister, Jihad Makdissi, insisted the Turkish
plane was shot down over Syrian territory. Turkey claims the fighter jet was
over international waters and briefly strayed into Syria.

Turkey ratcheted up tensions between the two countries on Monday when it said Syria had
fired on a search and rescue mission dispatched to find two airmen lost after
the plane was shot down. The search and rescue plane had also entered Syrian
airspace.

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