ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that a warplane of the Syrian government forces had been shot down in the course of a Turkish-led military offensive launched in northwest Syria to push back the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
The ministry described the downed jet as an L-39 warplane. The Syrian state news agency SANA separately reported that a Syrian warplane had been targeted by Turkish forces.
Reporting by Ezgi Erkoyun; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Dominic Evans
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