UPDATE 2-Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest
(Adds Syrian state news agency report on plane being shot down) BEIRUT, Aug 14 (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. The Syrian state news agency SANA said the warplane had been hit by an anti-aircraft missile fired by militants while on a mission "to destroy headquarters of the Nusra Front", a jihadist group now known as Tahrir al-Sham. Tahrir al-Sham, the most powerful insurgent group in the ...
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