ANKARA, November 24. /TASS/. The yet-unidentified fighter jet that crashed in Syria near the Turkish border earlier on Tuesday had violated Turkish air space and was downed by Turkish Air Force interceptors, the CNN Turk television channel reports quoting local and Syrian sources.

Media reported that a fighter jet has crashed in Syria on the border with Turkey on Tuesday.

Reportedly the plane had ventured into Turkish airspace and F-16 fighter jets, ordered into the air in accordance with the country’s rules, shot it down.

The plane has not been identified yet.

Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu is holding an urgent conference with the senior officials of the general staff over the incident.