Downing of Syrian regime helicopter kills two pilots

A Syrian military helicopter has been downed by Turkish in Syria’s war-torn province of Idlib, killing both pilots, a war monitor group says.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the aircraft crashed near the village of Qaminas, southeast of Idlib city, after being hit by a rocket fired by Turkish forces.

Ankara, which supports Syrian armed groups in the rebel enclave in northwestern Syria, acknowledged the attack but did not claim responsibility.

Turkey’s defense ministry said it had obtained information that “a helicopter belonging to the regime has crashed” without specifying who was responsible.

— AFP