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Syria's SANA news agency confirmed the aircraft were hit over northwestern Idlib province, but said no one was hurt in the attack. The pilots used parachutes and landed safely, it added.
The shootdowns came as Turkey announced a full-scale military operation dubbed "Spring Shield" against Syrian targets.
The Syrian military's al-Nayrab airport, on the outskirts of Aleppo city, was hit by air attacks "making it out of service", Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency cited "local sources" as saying.
Syrian forces used the airbase for "attacks against the
"The regime's range of action has been further restricted as the al-Nayrab military airport has been made unusable," sources were quoted as saying.
Al Jazeera was unable to independently confirm the report.