Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest
A general view shows Khan Sheikhoun in the southern countryside of Idlib/ BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province on Wednesday as Russian-backed government forces closed in on a strategically important town, rebel sources and a war monitor said. A pilot who ejected from the plane was captured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the war using a network of sources. Syrian state media made no initial mention of such an incident. The jihadist Tahrir ...
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