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| Russian fighter jet 'shot down' in Syria's Idlib province | |
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| A Russian Sukhoi-25 fighter jet has been shot down in a rebel-held area near Idlib in north Syria, reports say. | |
| The pilot was said to have ejected before the crash and been captured, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. | The pilot was said to have ejected before the crash and been captured, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. |
| Video posted on social media appeared to show the plane being hit, while other video showed burning wreckage on the ground, with a red star on a wing. | Video posted on social media appeared to show the plane being hit, while other video showed burning wreckage on the ground, with a red star on a wing. |
| Russia has acted alongside its Syrian allies targeting rebels in the area. | Russia has acted alongside its Syrian allies targeting rebels in the area. |
| Syrian government troops launched a major offensive around Idlib in late December, backed by Russian jets. The UN says some 100,000 civilians have been displaced. | |
| The fate of the pilot has not yet been confirmed, nor which group shot his plane down or captured him. | |
| Hardline rebel groups including the jihadist, al-Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham are active in the north-western province. | |
| The Sukhoi-25 is a close-support ground-attack aircraft. | |
| Russian air force losses have been rare since it began its Syria campaign in September 2015. | |
| All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it was shot down over Syria in August 2016. |