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| Syrian government warplane crashes in Idlib province | Syrian government warplane crashes in Idlib province |
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| A Syrian government warplane has crashed in a marketplace in the north-western town of Ariha, killing 17 people, activists say. | |
| The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) activist group said the crash occurred amid bombing raids. | The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) activist group said the crash occurred amid bombing raids. |
| Ariha was one of the last government strongholds in Idlib when it was captured by Islamist rebels in May. | Ariha was one of the last government strongholds in Idlib when it was captured by Islamist rebels in May. |
| The fall of Ariha left most of Idlib province, bordering Turkey, in rebel hands. | The fall of Ariha left most of Idlib province, bordering Turkey, in rebel hands. |
| The SOHR said dozens more had been injured in the incident. It is not clear whether the plane was shot down or crashed for another reason. | The SOHR said dozens more had been injured in the incident. It is not clear whether the plane was shot down or crashed for another reason. |
| The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), a network of opposition activists, posted an image online of what it said was the aftermath of the crash, showing huge damage to the marketplace and surrounding buildings. | The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), a network of opposition activists, posted an image online of what it said was the aftermath of the crash, showing huge damage to the marketplace and surrounding buildings. |
| It said people were working to find survivors under the rubble and remove bodies. | It said people were working to find survivors under the rubble and remove bodies. |
| "The plane had dropped a bomb on the main bazaar street at low altitude only seconds before it crashed," said Ghazal Abdullah, a resident close to the incident told Reuters. | |
| In January officials said at least 35 soldiers had been killed in a cargo plane crash in Idlib province. | In January officials said at least 35 soldiers had been killed in a cargo plane crash in Idlib province. |
| State media blamed that crash on "weather conditions and heavy fog" but al-Nusra rebels, linked to al-Qaeda, said they had shot down the cargo plane. | State media blamed that crash on "weather conditions and heavy fog" but al-Nusra rebels, linked to al-Qaeda, said they had shot down the cargo plane. |