Amateur video Reuters cannot independently verify purports to show the moment Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane.<br/> <br />Turkey says it violated its airspace.<br/> <br />Syrian rebels have been fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in the region.<br/> <br />Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN SAYING: (partly overlaid on shot 3)<br/> <br />"A Syrian plane violated our airspace. Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard... I congratulate our armed forces and honorable pilots in your presence. I congratulate the Turkish air force."<br/> <br />Syria says Turkish air defense shot down the jet while it was attacking rebel forces inside Syrian territory.<br/> <br />Damascus called the jet's downing a "blatant aggression."<br/> <br />Rights groups say initial reports suggest the plane came down on the Syrian side of the border.<br/> <br />Syrian state television repor
