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           Insurgents Capture 4 Syrian Airmen After Helicopter Crash

   by VOA News

   Insurgents captured four Syrian airmen Sunday after their helicopter
   crashed in a rebel-held area in northwestern Syria.

   The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks
   violence in the country, said the aircraft experienced a technical
   malfunction and made an emergency crash landing near Jabal al-Zawiya.
   Syria's state news agency confirmed one of its helicopters crashed in
   Idlib province.

   The monitoring group said opposition fighters, including some from the
   al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, took four crew members prisoner.
   Another crew member was killed by his captors, while the fate of a
   sixth airman was unknown.

   The United Nations says the Syrian air force uses helicopters
   extensively  to drop barrel bombs, giant canisters packed with
   improvised munitions, on rebel-held positions.


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