Syria: Turkey issues border warning as it condemns ‘heinous’ attack on jet

Mr Erdogan’s first response was cautious and he refrained from denouncing
Syria on Friday. In the speech on Monday, however, the prime minister warned
that this “should not be perceived as a weakness”. He added that Turkey, a
member of Nato, would expect the solidarity of its allies.

The country has chosen to invoke Article IV of the North Atlantic Treaty,
convening a meeting of Nato ambassadors in Brussels to discuss this threat
to its security. Such a step falls short of triggering Article V, which
binds all Nato members to come to the defence of any that are attacked.

After the meeting, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Nato secretary general,
condemned the shooting down of the jet as “unacceptable”, adding: “It is
another example of the Syrian authorities’ disregard for international
norms, peace, security and human life.”

But he said nothing about a specific Nato response to the incident. Mr
Rasmussen said the alliance would “follow the situation closely and with
great concern” and “remain seized of events on the south-eastern border with
Nato”.

Mr Rasmussen said that he expected Syria to ensure that “such an incident
won’t happen again”.

Inside Syria, heaving fighting has taken place in suburbs of the capital,
Damascus. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London based group,
said that army had fought insurgents about five miles from the city centre.

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