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Syria opposition downs Assad regime helicopter

February 11, 2020 at 12:38 pm

Smoke rises from the wreckage of a helicopter belonging to Assad Regime after it was shot down at the west of Saraqib district center in Idlib, Syria on February 11, 2020 [Izzeddin idilbi / Anadolu Agency]

Syrian opposition groups have today downed a Syrian regime helicopter in the “de-escalation zone” in north-west Syria.

The helicopter was hit while flying over Al-Naiyrab village west of the town of Saraqib, Anadolu reported.

In Idlib, at least five Turkish troops were killed and five others injured in an attack yesterday by Assad regime forces, Turkey’s National Defence Ministry said.

Hitting back after the attack, Turkish forces fired on 115 Syrian government targets and destroyed 101 of them, including three tanks, two mortar positions and one helicopter, Turkey’s defence minister said.

Read: Syrians flee regime bombing of Idlib