Turkey sends in fighter jets to patrol Syrian border

Turkey has scrambled fighter jets to its border with Syria for the first time since warning its neighbour that escalating tensions could lead to war. The Turkish jets fired no shots, but their response to a Syrian aircraft flying close to the frontier on Friday is being interpreted as a sign that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be prepared to enforce a de facto no-fly zone inside Syrian airspace.

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