The Guardian: Syrian jet downed near Aleppo as fighting picks up across country
Al-Qaida affiliated rebels bring down plane with surface-to-air missile, amid uptick in violence that poses most serious threat yet to partial ceasefire.
Syrian rebels have shot down a government fighter jet south of Aleppo as renewed fighting across swaths of the country threatened to upend a fragile truce.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels from the Nusra Front brought down the Sukhoi-22 on Tuesday in an area where the al-Qaida-affiliated fighters had come under heavy bombardment since they captured it this week.
Syria’s military said a plane on a reconnaissance mission had been shot down by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot had bailed out and efforts were under way to rescue him, it said.
Videos showed a ball of flame in the sky falling, and locals cheering: “God is great.”
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Syrian War News Updates -- April 5, 2016
Rebels said to down warplane in northern Syria as truce frays -- Washington Post
Syrian jet shot down, pilot taken by rebel forces in Aleppo -- UPI
Syrian rebels shoot down warplane, capture pilot south of Aleppo -- Reuters
Downed fighter pilot captured by al-Qaeda in Syria -- DW
In Syria, attack on Kurdish neighborhood in Aleppo kills 9 -- AP
Syrian Army, Supported by Russian Aviation, Destroys Daesh Command Point -- Sputnik
Destruction, Razed Monastery Left Behind by ISIS in Syria Town -- AP
ISIS launches chemical weapons attack on Syria’s airbase in Deir Ez-zor – report -- RT
Syria war: IS 'used mustard gas' on Assad troops -- BBC
Russian claims on Syria airstrikes 'inaccurate on grand scale', says report -- The Guardian
Islamic State Losing Ground to Regime and Rebel Attacks in Syria -- Foreign Policy
Syria's civil war has created an uncomfortable reality for the Druze -- ITV News
Moscow's Mercenaries in Syria -- Mark Galeotti, War On The Rocks
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