Syrian jet crashes over central Hama province
A Syrian government fighter jet has crashed in the country’s western-central province of Hama.
On Saturday, the Syrian government confirmed the incident, citing "technical difficulties", adding that the pilot "managed to eject safely" and was rescued by Syrian forces, AFP reported.
According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the MiG-21 was downed by the al-Qaeda-linked Ahrar al-Sham Takfiri terrorist group with heat seeking missiles on Saturday.
"The first missile missed but the second one struck the plane," said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
Syrian forces have recently been making rapid advances against terrorists, who are committing heinous crimes against all religious groups, in several parts of the crisis-hit country.
Last week, Syrian troops killed over 70 Nusra terrorists and destroyed several of their armed vehicles. Elsewhere, government forces retook several villages and areas from the terrorists in the northern province of Aleppo.
Syria has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011. According to a February report by the Syrian Center for Policy Research, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 470,000 people, injured 1.9 million others, and displaced nearly half of the country’s pre-war population of about 23 million within or beyond its borders.
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