Crews have found the bodies of the Turkish pilots killed in last month's downing of their jet by Syria, an incident that prompted an outbreak of hostile rhetoric between the two nations that continued Wednesday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview published in the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet Wednesday, lambasted Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for interfering in Syrian internal politics. And Turkey's foreign minister disputed some of al-Assad's assertions Tuesday about the downing of the jet. Syria shot down the F-4 Turkish Phantom jet on June 22, intensifying the animosity between the countries, whose once-close relationship has eroded since the al-Assad regime begain cracking down on opposition forces 16 months ago.
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Al-Assad accuses Turkey of interfering in Syria's internal affairs
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Turkey's foreign minister disputes al-Assad on some points
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Syria's shootdown of the Turkish jet intensified the animosity
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"This initial desire to interfere in our internal affairs, unfortunately, made @placeholder a party in all the bloody activities in the later process.
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In the first installment of the interview with the Syrian president, published Tuesday in @placeholder, al-Assad expressed regret over the plane incident.
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Davutoglu said he agreed with just one of the comments made by @placeholder in the Tuesday interview.
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Meanwhile, at least 70 people -- including 10 children and three women -- were killed Wednesday in @placeholder, opposition activists said.
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CNN cannot independently confirm the reports of casualties or violence because @placeholder restricts access by international journalists.