In northwest province of Idlib, two people were killed in regime shelling targeting the town of Maaret al-Numan, the Observatory said.

A delay in announcing the result was explained by officials as required to deal with appeals over local voting irregularities.

Makdisi was quoted as saying that Syria did not realize the plane was Turkish, and "there was no enmity against Turkey."

Hovik Abrahamyan thanked the envoy for contribution to Armenian-German inter-state and inter-parliamentary ties.