Rebels say they shot down Syrian warplane

A Syrian warplane crashed in flames in eastern Syria in disputed circumstances yesterday as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces pursued their drive to quell rebels in Aleppo and elsewhere.

Rebels say they shot down Syrian warplane

State media said technical problems had caused the crash and a search was under way for the pilot who had ejected from the aircraft during a “regular training mission”.

Hours earlier, rebels said they had shot down a plane in the same area and an opposition activist who said he was in the north-eastern town of Mohassen posted a video of a fighter jet bursting into flames while under heavy ground fire.

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