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Syrian opposition activists claim rebels have shot down a warplane in the country's northwest where Government forces and their allies are advancing with the help of intense airstrikes. A Syrian monitoring group and a Syrian militant say the pilot was killed when he resisted capture by opening fire from his pistol. The Russian media quoted an official source confirming that an SU-25 has been shot down. It is the first SU-25 to have been shot down for two years. There are reports that the pilot survived and other that he was burned alive. Reports say a Turkish team tried to recover the downed Russian pilot but FSA jihadists executed before they could reach the downed plane.
The opposition's Aleppo Media Centre says it was a Russian SU25 but did not say whether it was Russian. There is no immediate word from Moscow to confirm the downing of the plane or the killing of the pilot. Pro-opposition outlet claims the aircraft was shot down using a Russian made Igla anti-aircraft missile. UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the plane was downed on Saturday afternoon near the rebel-held town of Sreqeb. Syrian troops have been trying to reach this region under cover of Russian airstrikes.
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