Syria fighting rages as Damascus bans Turkish flights
- Published: 13 Oct 2012 at 15.49
- Online news: World
Fighting raged between troops and rebels in Syria as Damascus ratcheted up the tension with Ankara by banning all Turkish passenger flights from Syrian airspace from Sunday.
Syrian rebel fighters guard a post on the front line near the Wadi Daif government army base on the outskirts of the city of Maaret al-Numan, in Idlib province, October 13. Fighting raged between troops and rebels in Syria as Damascus ratcheted up the tension with Ankara by banning all Turkish passenger flights from Syrian airspace from Sunday.
Rebels and activists said a Syrian regime warplane was shot down near Aleppo, while part of the embattled northern city's historic Ummayad mosque was set ablaze in fighting as rebels attacks army positions inside, monitors said.
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