Turkey says Syria faces consequences if it retaliates over chopper downing

Ankara warned the Syrian government Wednesday it would “face the consequences” if it sought to avenge the downing of a Syrian military chopper this week. However, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Tuesday's bombing at Syria's rebel-held Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Turkey, which wounded at least 12 people, did not appear to be a revenge attack. “Such retaliation against us from within Syrian territory cannot be considered,” AFP quoted Davutoglu as saying. “The Syrian regime should know that it will face the consequences even if it thinks of retaliating,” he warned.