"Assessment submitted to Turkish president about the combat effectiveness of the use of strike aerial drones in the Idlib province of Syria, which allegedly destroyed eight Syrian Pantsir anti-aircraft missile/gun systems, have nothing to do with reality and are more than an exaggeration," the ministry said in a statement

On his return flight from a visit to Belgium on Tuesday, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Turkish forces had destroyed 8 Syrian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems in Idlib.

ILKHA