Syrian warplanes bombed rebel areas near Damascus today as President Bashar Assad’s troops battled opposition fighters for control of the road linking the capital to the country’s largest airport.

Turkey has warned it will retaliate if Syrian aircraft enter its airspace amid a third day of air strikes by Syrian forces against rebels along the border with Turkey.

A Syrian jet bombed a rebel-held region near the border with Turkey for a second day today, killing at least one person and wounding three others, an official said.

A Syrian fighter jet bombed an area near the Turkish border today, causing several casualties, officials and witnesses said.