Turkish PM also warns that armed forces will respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border Turkey’s prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, has threatened Syria with retaliation for the shooting down of a military jet, and warned that Turkish armed forces would respond to any Syrian encroachment on the border. Erdo?an described the downing of the reconnaissance plane on Friday as a deliberate and hostile act that would not go unanswered. He said the rules of engagement for Turkish forces along the Syrian border had been changed so they would respond more forcefully to threats coming from Syria. “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,” Erdo?an said.

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