In the recordings, a voice is heard saying in saying broken English: “This is Turkish Air Force speaking on guard”.
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“Hundreds of posters say: “Turkey will answer for the stab in the back”, “Punishment inevitable”, “We don’t need the Turkish coast”, “Hands off Syria” and “Turkey, you will be left without gas”.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Wednesday that Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian fighter jet and the death of its pilot amounted a “war crime”.
Two Turkish F-16 warplanes shot down the Russian jet after it failed to heed at least 10 warnings within the rules of engagement.
The S-400 missile systems, which will be sent to the Hemeimeem air base in Syria’s coastal province of Latakia, located just about 50km south of the border with Turkey, are capable of targeting Turkish jets with deadly precision. The other one was rescued.
Tensions between Ankara and Moscow have been high since Turkey shot down a Russian jet on Tuesday, saying it had trespassed its airspace.
Meanwhile, The Russian government has ordered its agricultural-safety agency to tighten control over imported agricultural products from Turkey, citing “repeated violations” of Russian norms by Turkish producers.
In a statement, the Syrian armed forces said Syrian and Russian forces had penetrated into territory controlled by the “terrorists” – the regime’s description of all armed opposition – to rescue the pilot.
A Russian soldier was also killed while searching for the men after his helicopter was shot at and forced to make an emergency landing, the Russian military said.
He revealed that two Turkish citizens were wounded by pieces of the Russian plane that fell on the Turkish side of the border.
Some Russian lawmakers suggested that Moscow should crack down on Turkish companies in Russia, but Lavrov said that “we don’t want to artificially create problems for Turkish producers and exporters, who aren’t responsible for what has happened”.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, however, said the military will install long-range missiles at its Hmeymim air base on Syrian’s Mediterranean coast, less than 45 kilometers from the Turkish border.
