YEREVAN. – Turkey violated air space of Syria by the permission of NATO in an attempt to provoke Damascus, expert in Turkish studies Levon Hovsepyan said at a press conference on Thursday.

According to him, if it were the first case of violating air space by Turkey, Syria would not have attacked the Turkish jet.

“It seems like Turkish jets have violated air space of Syria for many times and Damascus decided to take proper actions. It is nothing but provocation aimed to check how the state will react in case of military aggression,” Hovsepyan said adding Turkey will not declare war on Syria and will continue to act under the protection of the NATO and implement its tasks.