Syria announced on Saturday that it will no longer allow Turkish civilian planes to fly over its territory, just days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian flight allegedly carrying Russian munitions to the Syrian army.
According to Syria’s foreign ministry, the ban is a response to a similar move from Ankara, although Turkey has not announced such a ban.
A series of cross-border incidents, including several days of cross-border fire and shelling have caused tensions to rise rapidly between the two countries.
The opposition-backing Turkish government has called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign.