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| Russia loses contact with military aircraft over Syria | Russia loses contact with military aircraft over Syria |
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| Russia’s defence ministry said it had lost contact with an IL-20 aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria’s Hmeimim airbase, Syrian state-run Ikhbariya TV reported late on Monday. | Russia’s defence ministry said it had lost contact with an IL-20 aircraft with 14 servicemen on board near Syria’s Hmeimim airbase, Syrian state-run Ikhbariya TV reported late on Monday. |
| The US believes the Russian jet was inadvertently shot down by Syrian government anti-aircraft artillery, a US official told Reuters. | The US believes the Russian jet was inadvertently shot down by Syrian government anti-aircraft artillery, a US official told Reuters. |
| The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the US government’s operating theory was that the Syrian defences accidentally shot down the Russian aircraft while firing at incoming Israeli missiles | |
| “The missiles were not fired by the US military and we have nothing further at this time,” a spokesperson for the Pentagon told the Guardian. | “The missiles were not fired by the US military and we have nothing further at this time,” a spokesperson for the Pentagon told the Guardian. |
| Reports of the downed plane came after missiles were fired from the sea at several locations in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Monday. Syrian state media (Sana) said these were intercepted by air defences. | Reports of the downed plane came after missiles were fired from the sea at several locations in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia on Monday. Syrian state media (Sana) said these were intercepted by air defences. |
| “Air defences have confronted enemy missiles coming from the sea in the direction of the Latakia city, and intercepted a number of them,” Sana quoted a military source as saying. | “Air defences have confronted enemy missiles coming from the sea in the direction of the Latakia city, and intercepted a number of them,” Sana quoted a military source as saying. |
| The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, said huge explosions were heard in the city, wounding more than 10 people, whom they identified as “regime forces and military personnel”. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, said huge explosions were heard in the city, wounding more than 10 people, whom they identified as “regime forces and military personnel”. |
| This is a developing story, please check back for updates … | This is a developing story, please check back for updates … |
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