Turkey warns to retaliate if historic tomb in Syria attacked

ANKARA, Mar 14 (AFP): Turkey warned Friday to retaliate "in kind" if a historic tomb that it controls inside war-torn Syria came under attack.

"Any kind of attack, be it from the regime or radical groups ... will be retaliated in kind and Turkey will take any measures to defend its homeland without any hesitation," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

The Tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of Ottoman Empire founder Osman, is located in the city of Aleppo.

The area is 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the Turkish/Syria border remains Turkish territory under a 1921 treaty signed between France and Turkey. It is guarded by Turkish soldiers and flies the Turkish flag.