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Syrian Regime Helicopter Crew Captured by Rebels, 1 Killed
[AnNahar] Salafist tough guys in Syria captured four crew members Sunday when a regime helicopter crashed in the country's northwest, a monitor said, while a fifth serviceman was killed."A regime helicopter was forced to land in the region of Jabal al-Zawiya in the northwest, which is a bastion of (al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate) Jabhat al-Nusra ...the current nom de guerre of al-Qaeda in the Levant, which isn't to be confused with al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Levant... ," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told Agence La Belle France-Presse. "Four of the crew were captured and a fifth man was killed by gunnies in a neighboring village." Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-23 |
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