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US-SYRIA-CRISIS-TURKEY-FLIGHTS:Syria says bans Turkish civilian flights over its territory
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said on Saturday that it was banning Turkish civilian flights over its territory, just a few days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian airliner carrying what it said were Russian-made munitions for the Syrian army.
A Syrian Foreign Ministry statement carried by the state news agency SANA said the ban will take effect at midnight on Saturday. It said the move was in retaliation for a similar Turkish ban on Syrian flights.
Turkey has not announced such a ban, but said it will ground Syrian civilian planes again if it suspects they are carrying military equipment for the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
(Writing by Diana Abdallah, editing by Jason Webb)
Source:Reuters.
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