DHAKA: Turkish anti-aircraft fire shot down a Syrian warplane on Sunday as it bombed rebels fighting to seize control of a border post in northwestern Syria.

An NGO said, reports The Straits Times.

‘Turkish air defences targeted a Syrian fighter bomber as it struck areas of the northern province of Latakia. The plane caught fire and crashed in Syrian territory,’ the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

BDST: 1850 HRS, MAR 23, 2014