Publish Date: 1 March 2020 - 16:26

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Turkey shot down two of Syrian warplanes in northwest of Syria on Sunday.

The jets were downed amid a military escalation there that's led to growing direct clashes between Turkish and Syrian forces.

As reported, the jets were targeted over the Idlib region.

The pilots ejected with parachutes and landed safely.

These confrontations have inflated tensions between Turkey and Russia.

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