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Tahrir Al-Sham Claims Responsibility for Shooting Down Russian SU-25 - Reports
Tahrir Al-Sham Claims Responsibility for Shooting Down Russian SU-25 - Reports
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Terrorist group Tahrir al-Sham, linked to former terrorist Al Qaeda branch in Syria, claims responsibility for shooting down Russian combat jet SU-25 with... 03.02.2018, Sputnik International
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Tahrir Al-Sham Claims Responsibility for Shooting Down Russian SU-25 - Reports
19:08 GMT 03.02.2018 (Updated: 10:29 GMT 06.02.2018) Terrorist group Tahrir al-Sham, linked to former terrorist Al Qaeda branch in Syria, claims responsibility for shooting down Russian combat jet SU-25 with shoulder-launched anti-aircraft Projectile.
Tahrir al-Sham released a post on social media quoting a commander in charge of its air raids as saying one of its militants had hit Russian SU-25 during an "air raid" over the city of Saraqeb in the northwestern province of Idlib.
Earlier on in the day, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that dozens of terrorists were killed as a result of a powerful high precision strike targeting Syria's province of Idlib where Russian SU-25 aircraft was downed.
3 February 2018, 18:07 GMT
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was downed in the Syrian northwestern province of Idlib on Saturday.
"When patrolling the Idlib de-escalation zone, a Russian Su-25 aircraft crashed… According to the preliminary information, the jet was shot down from a man-portable air-defense system," Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that the pilot was killed.
It is noted that the pilot reported that he managed to eject from his plane and landed in an area controlled by Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group.
"The pilot was killed during a fight with terrorists," the Russian ministry said.
Terrorist group Tahrir al-Sham includes the terrorist group formerly known as the Nusra Front, which served as al Qaeda's Syrian branch, also a terrorist organization.
