Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey?s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo)
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey?s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria. (AP Photo)
In this citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, anti-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans during a demonstration at Binnish village, in Idlib province, northern Syria, on Friday Oct. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN)
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands before a meeting during a forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Turkey?s prime minister sharply criticized the U.N. Security Council on Saturday for its failure to agree on decisive steps to end the 19-month civil war in Syria.(AP Photo)
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, right, meets briefly with Abdelbaset Sieda, the head of the Syrian National Council opposition group, at a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Syria's state-run news agency SANA says Syria decided to ban Turkish Airlines flights from Syrian airspace.
SANA sent the announcement to reporters in a text message late Saturday, but did not elaborate.
The decision came three days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian passenger plane en route from Moscow to Damascus and seized what it said was military equipment on board.
Tensions between the neighbors have been rising since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad erupted 19 months ago.
Turkey sides with the rebels, providing political support and a rear base. Turkey has also begun retaliating for stray Syrian shells and mortar rounds hitting Turkish soil.
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